It's going to be a fun year.
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GriznMN
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I'm not at the game. I'm watching via ESPN+. How quick is Aguino, comparatively speaking?
mtgrizrule
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My only concern is lack of muscle other Sawyer in the paint. I won't be surprised to see more traps as our competition gets better.
mtgrizrule
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He's not real fast. Great hands and quick in short spaces. Moorehead like quicks and athleticism. He's an offensive horse in his base on the post.
Well the first 12-13 minutes were pretty hard to watch, but after that they really settled in! They started getting stops, knocking down shots, and had great ball movement. And Money and Sawyer hardly played so that was a plus as well! I think every guy played in the first half except for Jedkins. Really liking Aguino and Hicks. They both look great!
mtgrizrule
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Him, Anderson, Hicks, Betts
mtgrizrule
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Athleticly, he looks solid.
He's a jack of all trades.
He'll play 2,3, and 4 (small lineup).
mtgrizrule
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Jedkins and Betts in together.
mtgrizrule
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Henderson with a 3, then a steal and dunk.
mtgrizrule
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I really don't know how Travis will get to a 8 to 9 man rotation. Personally, as always I hope he goes 10 deep.
Not sure we learned much about this team but it was a dominating win and fun to see all the new faces. One more tune up Wednesday before the big one on Saturday against Stanford. Also shoutout Idaho for beating the Cougs and the cats keeping it close with the Buffs.
footballdood
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I know it's the first game and all but I can't complain too much about EWU losing to UCLA by 6.
Quickness only works when you have the ball, at least offensively. I do have high hopes for this years team. But the age old issue with the Griz, and the majority of the mid-majors, is the lack of a strong presence inside. We have a plethora of 6’7’/6’8” players but they’re all 210/215 weight wise. What is needed is a 6’10” 260 lb guy inside that’s going to block out our quickness.
Tonight’s game was not a good barometer on just how good we can compete. The upcoming game against Stanford should give us a better valuation of what this team is made of.
Another area of concern, at least on my part, is I do not see a pure 3shooter on this team. Hopefully that will come as the season progresses. My apologies, my memory is not what it used to be to be but remember a couple of years ago we had that transfer from I think Southern Utah that had ice in his veins and you could see he never hesitated to pull the trigger.
Tonight’s game was not a good barometer on just how good we can compete. The upcoming game against Stanford should give us a better valuation of what this team is made of.
Another area of concern, at least on my part, is I do not see a pure 3shooter on this team. Hopefully that will come as the season progresses. My apologies, my memory is not what it used to be to be but remember a couple of years ago we had that transfer from I think Southern Utah that had ice in his veins and you could see he never hesitated to pull the trigger.
What I watched, second half only, was the same thing. I was going to post last night about the pure 3 point shooter. It is a single game against an inferior opponent, so it is certainly possible that someone develops into that. Unfortunately (fortunately???), what I saw was a bunch of athletic dudes that can take it to the hoop.
Travis commented after the game that the Grizzlies are a much better shooting team than they showed...I guess we'll see.
