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Message: [QUOTE="mauconnfan, post: 3322107, member: 489"] ESPN3 view: Well not only did I not get to watch until the 2nd half but even then I was limited as they went to a commercial during one time out only to miss another 3-4 minutes. ESPN sucks but anyway... 2nd half view they focused on getting Josh the ball early and often and he was ready. Nice job against a pretty decent big who had some beef. Showed a nice drop step, really knows where the hole is and took advantage. One thing I read on here having not seen him is he was bigger and a couple people thought in the exhibition his size had slowed him. Only a couple of times but I would agree, loose balls in his area very slow to them and lost the race both times. It's early Im no sold on that as of yet. Vital was all over the place, worked his butt off as expected. The steals showed he's a smarter player but you have to admit also showed SHU wasn't really good with the ball. He is our best shooter and those 3 of 4 in that run were huge. He had a really good 2nd half from what I saw. Gilbert, heard bad first half, not a great 2nd half but decent though. He passed the ball well, didn't turn it over and made a great wrap around pass to Josh for an easy bucket. Nice pull up from inside the FT line after betting past the first level of defense would like to see more of that form him. Played good defense but a little too aggressive a couple of times beaten to the hole. He will be fine. Polley made one 3 and a lay in, but still ran away from too many rebounds. When I read about his improvement I thought I would see him trying to take his man to the rim here or there, none of that. Need more from him to see improvement we hear of. Only one game but looked like the same guy to me in those few minutes. Akok kind of quiet player. Not a lot going on unless he's in the middle of it. Again first game needs to get more aggressive on both ends but as sj and others have said, just nice to have that shot blocker hanging around and he IS that. Expect mid way through the year we see more form this kid, nice athlete. Adams is improved. Just his confidence is noticeable by the fact he can get to the rim off the bounce. He plays really hard both ends and made a couple shots which he needs to. Plays hard defense, not sure he's as quick as many seem to believe here on that end but we will see as we move into the schedule. Nonetheless he will get minutes with his improvement. Whaley obviously didn't get to see much because of foul trouble but can see a different guy on the court confidence-wise just by the way he plays. Different guy but needs to stay out of foul trouble. Wilson heard a great 1st half good to hear. In his first appearance 2nd half I saw the same guy as last year. Although he did have a nice offensive rebound and put back. But he got lost on D twice in a row, once lost his guy at the foul line, ended up a wide open back door lay in. The next D down he had a nice help opportunity and instead of moving his feet to stop the guy he lined up a block and never even attempted, easy lay up. I mean to me he only plays if he can defend. He blocked a couple of shots too from the 2nd level but if he's more concerned about the blocks than defending his won guy he won't see the court as much as he'd like to. Listen, uber athlete but needs to be smarter on both ends. Hope he gets it. All in all not awful, not great even 2nd half. 1st half must have been horrific. But you look at scores across the country and teams who are good had scares, it's early. Long way to go and not sure where we will be as they head into he AAC. Will know more the next 2. [/QUOTE]

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