First time poster here on BearcatTalk. Been viewing the website for years and I enjoy the interests and passion everyone here has for our beloved Bearcats. Some thoughts I want to discuss about the game.
1.) If Gary Clark develops any type of left hand he will be unguardable in the post. The young man is an absolute animal and I do not know how he did not garner more attention in NC.
2.) I also loved what I saw when we picked up the pace in the second half. Mick needs to find a way to get our guards going defensively to create that kind of energy if we are going to get any upset wins in December. Especially in our home games...I believe getting early confidence in these guards will result in point totals in the 70 to 73 pt range.
3.) Octavious Ellis. Come on man. But when he was in I loved his jump shot and of course his rebounding.
4.) KJ was solid and I absolutely love Morman. KJ really needs to be automatic at the line and I hope he can become that guy for us.
5.) Moore. Double edged sword with him. Watching him play offense is awesome. He can face up, hit the jumpshot. If you take the jumpshot away, he will drive and look to make a pass. Needs to work on passing on his drives but you have to love the looks his drives create. His defense is just plain bad. I can't tell if he is unable to play d at this level or what. Sometimes it looks like he isn't giving it his all in terms of boxing out. If he can work on that I believe he can bring a nice dynamic if Clark/Ellis get in foul trouble.
6.) Nice to see Shaq have some fun out there!
Go Cats!