Hawkins vs Binghampton

[MexicoHusky]

I mean I've watched him play in more games than anyone on this board. His handle looks improved but it was not good just 8 months ago. Not saying that makes my opinion infallible, but it seems pretty apparent to me.

At what point today did he demonstrate great handles? I saw him run it across half court a few times and need to dump it off to Gaff or Cole + a bunch of right handed drives. He pulled up both times he went left from what I can remember (and made one).

I'd be thrilled ro be proven wrong this season though.

Seems like he comes in for Gaff or Cole and is given ball handler responsibilities. I haven't seen him look like a disaster, turn it over or even appear uncomfortable. But he hasn't been pressured much. And my viewing sample size is really small. I definitely defer to someone who's seen him play prior to UCONN.

Two things are both possible. He's worked on his handle a lot or he just hasn't been pressured enough to show his limitations. You are right, haven't seen him go left a ton. I'm right, haven't seen glaring ball handling limitations within the 20 minutes of pt at UCONN. Time will tell.

 

[David 76]

We have beaten teams outside of the top 300 in the NCAA.
We should probably wait before cutting down the nets and putting Hawkins in the NBA.
I'm excited too but geez.

 

[microfich]

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