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Message: [QUOTE="RichZ, post: 2034398, member: 534"] [LIST=1] [*]Adams to Facey on the 2nd play of the game was just sweet. It would turn out that many of our lob plays would be just as pretty. [*]Brimah's two handed dunk off the miss on the next play was even sweeter. No coming down and thinking about it just smash it through. Wonderful. [*]I like the gray unis. Adams shorts are almost old school. Not my era old school, but getting there. The rest of the team's shorts look smaller than recent years, too. No one looks like they are wearing culottes. To me, this is a major improvement. [*]Facey's early game was exceptional. I also noticed that he played a lot of perimeter D tonight and played it well. He's got quick enough feet to stay in front of his man, and with those long arms, presents a unique situation on the perimeter. [*]Purvis didn't attempt a shot until 5 minutes in and he didn't shoot another one until the 9 minute mark. That's good. When he jacks a couple up before he's really warmed up and in the flow of the game, it almost always portends a bad shooting night. [*]I don't care who you're playing. Holding the other team without a field goal for the first 7 minutes of the game is something special. [*]Got a little sloppy -- [I]Who am I kidding? A lot sloppy [/I]-- for a while after USF scored their first FG. [*]Enoch's first bucket looked like a Facey move. So did his last one. Straight up for the soft jumper, with more finesse than muscle. Maybe he's been watching #12 in practice? Or guarding him? [*]At about 5:56 when Vital fouls Thorpe, someone clearly yells "[I]What the ([SIZE=3]mentally override the profanity filter here[/SIZE])[/I]". Can't decide if it was from the stands or the bench, but I'm hoping it was from the bench. [*]Jackson protested vociferously when called for his 3rd, but in three rewatches, yeah, he fouled the guy. I guess his foul situation is what held him to 18 minutes. But for playing 18 scoreless minutes, he still impacted the game with 7 boards and 3 assists. To me though, he looked hesitant to shoot, and that worries me a little. On one 2nd half possession, he drove to the hoop and was about 18" from a poorly contested finger roll, and instead flipped it back out for what I believe was Rodney's only miss on a catch and shoot 3 attempt. [*]Adams 6 of 8 from 3 was impressive, but not nearly as impressive as a couple of the pinpoint bullets he threw to bigs in position. He is rounding into the player we kind of expected him to be this year. Next year could/should be special for him. [*]Facey and Amidah each only played 25 minutes -- Not foul trouble related, but get Steve and Juwan minutes related. Both of those guys responded well to the extended playing time, too. [*]Rodney should never shoot a jumper off the dribble. 6 of 9 from three for the game, but 6 of 7 off catch and shoot threes, and 0 of 2 shooting threes off the dribble. But when he pulls up for a two just a step or so inside the 3 point line, he's money. [*]At about the 2:42 mark in the 1st half, I imagined the chat room going nuts, and it probably got much worse when Purvis stepped on the sideline at 2:22. Chatroom hystrionics aside, USF's late first half recovery was fueled mostly by our mistakes and mishandling of the ball. [*]Gillen is starting to sound a lot like Al Mcguire, but without the credibility. [*]The lead grew so fast in the 2nd half, that it just kind of became a blur. 10 minutes in, 10 points had grown to 41. [*]The middle of the 2nd half had to be a big confidence builder for Enoch. He was a big part of the offense and played well at the other end too. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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