Bazz overall had a great game, though he took two poor shots and had one poor pass at the end of the game. Gambled a bit on defense and got burnt a few times early.
Lamb had a quiet but highly effective offensive game. He had some trouble with the physical nature of FSU. He still looks a bit slow out there, I wonder if his ankle is 100%. Shot that floater again (what a thing of beauty).
Boatshow: fantastic debut, played better than I thought he would. He will have some issues on defense though. He has to be careful of those midcourt screens, the FSU bigs were killing him which really allowed the FSU players to drive the ball more effectively.
Roscoe: played great defense, had some really good rebounds but is not as involved as I would like on offense.
Drummond: great defensive game. Needs to learn to box out and get position on rebounds. He is too big and talented to not get lower and use his ass to carve space.
Olander: horrid shooting game, but hustles.
Oriakhi: I'm a big believer that he has to earn his time back for UConn to be the best it can be. I think he can do it, I hope he feels the same.
Daniels: FSU beat him up and he didn't seem ready for it.
Overall a fun game, but I can't wait for games to be played in a regular gym, that just seemed so odd seeing the game in the arena it was in. I don't know what it looked like from the floor, but it just felt off on TV.
FSU plays very physical ball. The dude who hurt his shoulder was playing sumo (hitting him with open palms, left and right over and over) with Olander every time Olander had the ball. How that wasn't a foul every time I don't know. The FSU defense also did a nice job of sending a third defender on pick and rolls. Bazz and Lamb didn't do a great job of picking that up.
Drummond had 6 blocks but it felt like 10 with the way FSU was looking over their shoulder. That kid is going to be something when he gets the fundamentals down. FTs look better but not quite there yet.
Lamb had a quiet but highly effective offensive game. He had some trouble with the physical nature of FSU. He still looks a bit slow out there, I wonder if his ankle is 100%. Shot that floater again (what a thing of beauty).
Boatshow: fantastic debut, played better than I thought he would. He will have some issues on defense though. He has to be careful of those midcourt screens, the FSU bigs were killing him which really allowed the FSU players to drive the ball more effectively.
Roscoe: played great defense, had some really good rebounds but is not as involved as I would like on offense.
Drummond: great defensive game. Needs to learn to box out and get position on rebounds. He is too big and talented to not get lower and use his ass to carve space.
Olander: horrid shooting game, but hustles.
Oriakhi: I'm a big believer that he has to earn his time back for UConn to be the best it can be. I think he can do it, I hope he feels the same.
Daniels: FSU beat him up and he didn't seem ready for it.
Overall a fun game, but I can't wait for games to be played in a regular gym, that just seemed so odd seeing the game in the arena it was in. I don't know what it looked like from the floor, but it just felt off on TV.
FSU plays very physical ball. The dude who hurt his shoulder was playing sumo (hitting him with open palms, left and right over and over) with Olander every time Olander had the ball. How that wasn't a foul every time I don't know. The FSU defense also did a nice job of sending a third defender on pick and rolls. Bazz and Lamb didn't do a great job of picking that up.
Drummond had 6 blocks but it felt like 10 with the way FSU was looking over their shoulder. That kid is going to be something when he gets the fundamentals down. FTs look better but not quite there yet.