Observations: Basketball Travelers Classic Review
My first thought when watching the games this weekend were how fast the Huskies were. This is extremely important in Romar system. I think this team will be better then last year's team because they do not depend so heavily upon one person to score (a la Brandon Roy). Basically, this tournament went off exactly how Romar would have wanted:
1. Easy, slightly tough game to start out...get his freshman involved.
2. A blowout against a zone, develop confidence in the three point shot.
3. A come-from-behind, gritty win that shows the heart of his team.
Spencer Hawes is clearly worth the billing of a top-5 recruit. Heck, top-3. Hawes' scoring will be great, but it is his passing that will make the Huskies a national title contender this year. Brockman has twelve points in that opening game without Hawes' passing. In Hawes, the Huskies finally have a player where we can play a half-court game with. In the past seasons, when the Huskies were forced to play half-court offense for an extended period of time, they has a hard time scoring consistently. Same can be said about opponents playing zone against us. We did not have the hieght to enter the ball into the the middle of the zone and kick it out to an open shooter or take the wide open shot that we have now in Hawes. Hawes creates mismatches and his ability to exploit those will be key. We saw against Nicholls State that when they packed the middle to prevent Hawes from scoring that the open shooters took care of business. Not too many people doubled down on Jamaal Williams last year because their big man was bigger than him. I am also impressed with how quick Hawes is.
Pondexter is going to be a 16 point, 9 rebound guy night in night out for the Huskies. I liked Bob Weiss comment this weekend that Pondexter probably hustles to the shower. The guy is everywhere, and I would not be surprised if he carried us all season. He is not all that flashy, but does everything, a la Brandon Roy.
Like Dentmon. He has developed nicely. Still has that ice cold water in his veins sinking those four free throws last night.
Get off Appleby. He is fine. He was fine in the first game as the second string point guard. I actually like Perry as the backup point guard more. That or Oliver. Once Joel Smith comes back, we will have our back-up point guard back. Joel Smith will have a big year off the bench. You heard it here.
Nelson looks lost. Like the speed of the game is too much for him. Needs to learn he can't guard people the distance of the court in College. Only playing 4 minutes last night might not be a good sign for the freshman. During practices leading upto the season, Romar was so impressed with Nelson. Maybe that is gone now.
Oliver looks good.
What about Hans Gasser? He has looked great in the first two games. I hope he plays well all season.
Next game: 11/19 at home versus Sacramento State
1. Easy, slightly tough game to start out...get his freshman involved.
2. A blowout against a zone, develop confidence in the three point shot.
3. A come-from-behind, gritty win that shows the heart of his team.
Spencer Hawes is clearly worth the billing of a top-5 recruit. Heck, top-3. Hawes' scoring will be great, but it is his passing that will make the Huskies a national title contender this year. Brockman has twelve points in that opening game without Hawes' passing. In Hawes, the Huskies finally have a player where we can play a half-court game with. In the past seasons, when the Huskies were forced to play half-court offense for an extended period of time, they has a hard time scoring consistently. Same can be said about opponents playing zone against us. We did not have the hieght to enter the ball into the the middle of the zone and kick it out to an open shooter or take the wide open shot that we have now in Hawes. Hawes creates mismatches and his ability to exploit those will be key. We saw against Nicholls State that when they packed the middle to prevent Hawes from scoring that the open shooters took care of business. Not too many people doubled down on Jamaal Williams last year because their big man was bigger than him. I am also impressed with how quick Hawes is.
Pondexter is going to be a 16 point, 9 rebound guy night in night out for the Huskies. I liked Bob Weiss comment this weekend that Pondexter probably hustles to the shower. The guy is everywhere, and I would not be surprised if he carried us all season. He is not all that flashy, but does everything, a la Brandon Roy.
Like Dentmon. He has developed nicely. Still has that ice cold water in his veins sinking those four free throws last night.
Get off Appleby. He is fine. He was fine in the first game as the second string point guard. I actually like Perry as the backup point guard more. That or Oliver. Once Joel Smith comes back, we will have our back-up point guard back. Joel Smith will have a big year off the bench. You heard it here.
Nelson looks lost. Like the speed of the game is too much for him. Needs to learn he can't guard people the distance of the court in College. Only playing 4 minutes last night might not be a good sign for the freshman. During practices leading upto the season, Romar was so impressed with Nelson. Maybe that is gone now.
Oliver looks good.
What about Hans Gasser? He has looked great in the first two games. I hope he plays well all season.
Next game: 11/19 at home versus Sacramento State
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