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Liam is awesome and Karaban looked like a man amongst boys out there. They both will be fun to watch this year.
 
Brochacho said:
Diarra
Ball
McNeeley
Karaban
Reed
That’s my starting 5.
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Agreed. Without any rim protection (all due respect to AK) we need better perimeter D and Diarra is in another tier compared to Mahaney. Also Loved his 6 assists. Can’t believe Samson fouled out against Sacred Heart with only 3 boards compared to Reeds 11.
 
bendm said:
Agreed. Without any rim protection (all due respect to AK) we need better perimeter D and Diarra is in another tier compared to Mahaney. Also Loved his 6 assists. Can’t believe Samson fouled out against Sacred Heart with only 3 boards compared to Reeds 11.
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You don't think we're going to have any rim protection? Lolz
 
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bendm said:
No Not compared to last year. Alex will be our leading shot blocker and he’s 6’6
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You said without any rim protection. We had the best rim protector in the country last season, that doesn't mean we'll have no rim protection this season. Reed and Samson will both provide rim protection and are better rim protectors than Karaban.
 
superjohn said:
You said without any rim protection. We had the best rim protector in the country last season, that doesn't mean we'll have no rim protection this season. Reed and Samson will both provide rim protection and are better rim protectors than Karaban.
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I wasn’t being literal. rim protection and rebounding were the consensus weaknesses of this team. Sorry for exaggerating but yet another weird flex by you.
 
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AntG168 said:
Looking at Reed, Karaban and McNeeley tonight I don’t think rebounding will be an issue
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We played sacred heart but if reed becomes the starter I agree rebounding isnt a concern. loved Liam’s 10 boards didn’t expect that.
 
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Wow with Karaban and McNeeley as our forwards we are going to be really hard to beat. They are both so dynamic and can shoot. Karaban using his good length to block 7 shots was amazing. Is it me or does Karaban's release look quicker too? We have two capable Centers but I think Reed will end up being our starter as the year goes on. He is just a bigger difference maker near the hoop than Samson. Samson fouling out again. LOL! I wonder if Nowell could end up starting over both Diarra and Mahaney. He brings life on both sides of the ball and is just a "Dog". Mahaney looks really slow covering players off the dribble and if his offense isn't working he doesn't give you much. At least Diarra is gving better ball movement and defense when his shot isn't falling.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Mahaney - most disappointing Husky of the night. Things seemed to stall with ball in his hands. Didn’t really have much presence out there, felt a little stunted at the pace of action. Him throwing a donut up as a starter against SHU can’t happen. Can only go up from here, but the PG position is one to watch. Had a hard time staying in front as a defender at times.

Hassan - tough shooting night. Did have 6 assists and the team generally looks better with him out there at PG, as he pushes pace and is so active, and defends. It almost felt like he may have been pressing on the shot as it’s clearly one of the reasons he doesn’t start.
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I agree everything looked much better when Hassan was running things. But then again, it took Newton half a season to mesh with the team as the point guard.

I suspect they might like to start using Mahaney as an off guard at some point, until he better understands the offense.

This may be the trial by fire that he needs.
 
temery said:
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Karaban, McNeeley, Ball looked like pros. Samson, and Reed look solid at center. Point Guard shooting was pretty rough tonight, but I expect Mahaney and Diarra will be better. Team definitely needs to build chemistry as several teams players didn’t cut the way the passer expected.
 
upstater said:
I agree everything looked much better when Hassan was running things. But then again, it took Newton half a season to mesh with the team as the point guard.

I suspect they might like to start using Mahaney as an off guard at some point, until he better understands the offense.

This may be the trial by fire that he needs.
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Don't forget Nowell. He looks like a dawg out there. Maybe he won't break through this year but he will be great soon.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
Hot take prediction of the night based on way too small of a sample size: Nowell ends the season as the starting point guard. My god he looked confident running the offense.
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I just saw this comment and had already posted but I mentioned that he looked the best out of the 3. Mahaney is having trouble covering PGs with his lack of lateral quickness which is dissapointing but not surprising. When his shot isn't falling he really adds nothing. What has happened to Diarra's outside shot?
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
A lot of firepower on offense. Think Maui will tell us a lot about just how good this team can be.

As far as things to lookout for/improve:

Solo is shooting how Hurley thought he could last year. But I would like to see more from his offensive game. Didn’t see a lot of drives outside of attacking close outs. This is against SHU too so I hope he can show that against better teams.

Foul trouble at the 5 spot against a team like this is worrisome. Have to fix that against better opponents. Reed played well. Think he’s going to continue to get better and better under Hurley as he really simplifies the game for bigs.

Liam is Liam. He’s perfect fit for this offense and he’s going to score effortlessly all year. Only thing I’m looking out for is his defense against higher level competition.

Karaban played like junior team leader today. 7 blocks is crazy. Wonder if his defense has improved enough to keep those athletic 4s at bay that he used to struggle with.

PG play has a lot of room for improvement.

We are an incredibly deep team. Wish we could’ve saw Ross today. My only question is if we can survive an off shooting night with the amount of 3s we take when it matters.
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Thinks Boston Celtics with us. LOL!
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
Great game. I tend to think he’ll be starting by end of season, but I am always a little hesitant to judge the big guys too much against the cupcakes. The physical mismatches are just too big.
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More important to me that it looks Hurley has another workable two-man split at the five. If they combine for 24 every night, we're golden. Both gonna have to learn not to give away silly fouls though.
 
Spaceman213J said:
In a game where he had 0 points, I was impressed with Mahaney. He competed the entire night on the defensive end, which is a good indication that he has fully bought in. Also, I think he is smart enough to know that on this team that he doesn't need to hunt shots.

Still need SJ to not have the silly obvious fouls. He had two in the second half that were obvious to anyone but him. Still, I liked his aggressiveness at the offensive end.
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Point of improvement is to have the guards dribble penetrate in the style of Newton. Mahaney needs to be a threat to score. This will create more inside possibilities. We took 30+ 3 pointers for a 42% closing rate. This is impressive and on an NBA style shot pattern. This rate of outside shooting perhaps reflex's the great outside shooting ability of our team but balance wins close games if it come to that. The penetrating guards were not present in this game.
The second half touch pass from Karaban to Reed was classic. The lights went on for Reed in the second half. He now has the Film down of the previous great centers we have had. Reed posted up well and called for the ball. Karaban was beyond description. WOW, you can see the physical improvement and confidence he now plays with. He was showing strong on court verbal leadership for the young puppies and transfers. Alex has taken a leadership position for the team.

I particularly like the warm smiles the bench showed for great X and O's execution in the second half. It was a clinic of basketball. This team grew in the second half. Nice to see Hurley use his entire bench for early season experience. The depth of this team was on fun to watch.
 
Mahaney has an off game, doesn’t shoot much at all and the yard is down on him again lol. He was arguably our best player against URI but all is forgotten, crazy. Remember the “Cam can’t keep anyone in front of him” talks early last year. Geez

Anyway McNeeley is real good and already improving on D, much more physical than I expected we know he can shoot but that lefty take and his rebounding were real good,

SJ and Reed both solid, Tarris can absolutely rebound in traffic strong man. SJ with a reach and foul 30 ft from the basket please stop!

Hassan not bad, couple bad TOs and didn’t make any wide open looks but we know he’ll be better. D always solid. Still like him as 6th man happy to see that.

Alex is a leader impressed with his on the court coaching, and of course his play. Very aggressive and when he’s making shots like that we will be very good.

Solo may be the real deal he can shoot it. His defense has improved as well, wow this team has shooters.

The one I like despite short minutes, Nowell. Kids gonna be real good. Pest on D, strong going to the basket that finish’s at the rim the defender bounced off him. 3 rebounds in 8 minutes? Like his game there will be more minutes as this season goes along.

Good win lots to like!
 
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Great first game!

Love the 3 pt shooting display, AK going off, Liam being settled after the airball, Reed Jr, block party, Ball!

First game though and a cupcake. SH played zone so we tossed up a lot of decent look 3s.

Overall a lot of nerves and settling in. 2nd half was better for sure but usually is.

Really fun to have the season start now and things should get better in terms of players letting the game come to them and being more disciplined in the system.

Plus they covered, again.
 
B1GEast said:
McNeeley debut stats
27 mins / shots 6-11 / 3pt 3-6 / FT 3-6 / Rebounds 10 / Assist 2 / steals 1 / points 18

Flagg debut stats
30 mins / shots 6-15 / 3pt 0-4 / FT 6-6 /
Rebounds 7 / Assist 5 / steals 3 / points 18

Very similar stats. I think McNeeley has a better supporting cast.

It's going to be very interesting if and when these two freshmen get an opportunity to face each other.
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And better coaching
 
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I think we have to give Mahaney a little time. TNew struggled up through the middle of BE play and then became the rock we knew him to be. It must not be easy finding your roll in the system coming away from being THE guy being asked to put up 20 shots a game in your old program.
 
upstater said:
I agree everything looked much better when Hassan was running things. But then again, it took Newton half a season to mesh with the team as the point guard.

I suspect they might like to start using Mahaney as an off guard at some point, until he better understands the offense.

This may be the trial by fire that he needs.
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Mahaney came in as an off guard and is being developed at the point because of his size and because you can play Ross at the 2 and get extra big on the perimeter.
 
10TOES said:
I think we have to give Mahaney a little time. TNew struggled up through the middle of BE play and then became the rock we knew him to be. It must not be easy finding your roll in the system coming away from being THE guy being asked to put up 20 shots a game in your old program.
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He’s definitely going to get much better. We’ve already seen what he is and that is a really good player. It looks like he’s still not totally in sync with the offensive system and the required decision making, but real game experience should get him there pretty quickly.
 
10TOES said:
I think we have to give Mahaney a little time. TNew struggled up through the middle of BE play and then became the rock we knew him to be. It must not be easy finding your roll in the system coming away from being THE guy being asked to put up 20 shots a game in your old program.
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AMs role will need time. What was discouraging in this game was how little command he had out there, as you want to see some leadership out of your PG. He looked a beat slow, hesitant, and had a hard time on defense. It looked more like the open practice player than the URI player.

Hurley said Ross would have started today if healthy - wondered fro whom.
 
RuffRuff said:
Hurley said Ross would have started today if healthy - wondered fro whom.
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Would've had to be Solo or McNeeley, no? Even if he's pushing Stewart out of the rotation as 7th-man, this team is in for a heck of a season.

I like Ross. He always gave you 100% on the floor. It was bound to pay off eventually.
 
Want to see Ross in there- Hurley has been really impressed with him pre-season. I know he’s dinged up, is he supposed to be out long?
 
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