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Nice. I like hearing Fats looked more decisive, too. Sounded that way on the radio as well.
Fats has a beautiful jumper and his height at guard is a plus. One thing about this team is that there are so many shooters from 3. I was thinking last night and it feels like the most VCU has ever had. I think Fats was still getting in the flow with spacing and flow of the offense. In the postgame radio broadcast Robby mentioned that he missed a couple of weeks recently.
 
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Pretty sure they were heart monitors for the trainers to study or something similar to that.
I'd be surprised...that's old school and HRM's are typically worn on the chest.

I'm guessing a geo-tracker to see positioning and movement to analyze like they do in practice.

(edit...heck...they have HRM's on rings these days)
 
I'd be surprised...that's old school and HRM's are typically worn on the chest.

I'm guessing a geo-tracker to see positioning and movement to analyze like they do in practice.

(edit...heck...they have HRM's on rings these days)
Makes sense. I saw a couple of them fall off during the game.
 
Max was chilling, Joe did what Joe does, Phil can fill it up (we knew this but pointing it out bc he was 0/9 in B&G) and brings that "hardnose" intensity we all appreciate from our guards, Jack Clark is going to do a little bit of everything, Ferm was killing on the glass but take it with a grain of salt because it's a D3 team. But basically, all those guys did exactly what most of us expected. Now for the rest.

Fats: Despite what others said, to me it looks like he put on some muscle. He's just so lanky with a slight frame, it's not going to look drastic. He looked much more confident on the court and decisive on what he was going to do when he got the ball. Jumper still looks good, hopefully we'll see signs of him turning into the player we've been hoping for

Belle: Picked up where he left off last year, defensively. Offensively he still needs a lot of work. Right now it's looking like the only way he's going to score is hustle plays on OReb, and straight line drives to the basket. Needs to work on change of pace on drives and using his body to create some more space to finish at the rim. Jump shot mechanics look a little better but doesn't look confident.

Hill: He's going the be the JeQuan to Jennings' Briante when they're upperclassmen. Crafty scorer and has the right hand-right foot layup down pat already.

Jennings: His wingspan and IQ are going to allow him to make an impact defensively early. Offensively, he'll be able to manufacture some points for himself (OReb, FT's, etc.) if his shot isn't falling. He has the demeanor and IQ to be a solid PG, just needs to work on varying his passes on PnR. No worries that it'll happen, but so far I've only seen bullet chest passes for the most part.

Bamgboye: He's going to be a project so expect growing pains. Doesn't move well and is all over the place. This is typical for bigs who dominated HS off their size, but we'll have to be patient. I think we'll need Ferm log heavier minutes than anticipated.

Obi: Good to see him score! Minimal minutes for the season as anticipated

Zeb: DNP (Quad, precautionary)

Carrere: Wasn't dressed out, not sure if it's because of injury but I'm guessing he'll redshirt
This is good analysis, in that it follows mine. A couple of areas of slight disagreement: as with last year, if Fermin had the ability to squeeze rebounds he gets his hands on he'd be elite. Even against this D3 squad, and facing no one taller than 6'7", there were multiple times when he had both hands on a ball but failed to come up with it. He also got a rebound and brought the ball down to midget level once and someone just took the ball out of his hands. A recurring theme, I know.

I also thought more of Luke's fluidity. I thought he moved well without the ball. Like most freshmen bigs, when he gets the ball close to the basket he is so anxious to do something with it he doesn't move smoothly to the basket. It's a fraction of a second he needs to take to get himself under control; something I am 100% certain he'll learn, and sooner rather than later.

Really impressed by Hill. Brandon had a tough night, but there is a ton to like there.
 
for those that were there - was the full court press more of the Havoc style or was it more trying to chew up some clock and zone pressure?
 
Did Belle actually have a Euro for an &1 as Robby described? Always consider the level of competition (I remember Mike Gilmore hit on in the B&G his sophomore year that had me convinced he'd put it all together), but hearing that was encouraging in the same way seeing 11 turnovers in the box was.
Yup! And that's what he needs to continue to do, but for the majority of the game it was straight downhill trying to muscle his way to a basket. Of course he's a tank so it'll work sometimes but changing up his gathers and timing will create more open looks
 
Fats has a beautiful jumper and his height at guard is a plus. One thing about this team is that there are so many shooters from 3. I was thinking last night and it feels like the most VCU has ever had. I think Fats was still getting in the flow with spacing and flow of the offense. In the postgame radio broadcast Robby mentioned that he missed a couple of weeks recently.
It's interesting how polarizing Fats is. He's had some bad injury luck but I think he can and will be a star. His stroke is as pure as any VCU player I can remember. And to me he was playing with greater intensity on defense last night which has always been his downfall. Minutes are going to be hard to get and I have no idea what Odom is seeing in practice etc, but if I were coach (thank goodness I am not) he'd play a bunch.
 
for those that were there - was the full court press more of the Havoc style or was it more trying to chew up some clock and zone pressure?
It was curious. They picked up full court, but from my vantage point, it never looked like they intended to turn anyone over. No trapping. And really I am not sure what the point was other than draining an extra 3-4 seconds off the shot clock.
 
It's interesting how polarizing Fats is. He's had some bad injury luck but I think he can and will be a star. His stroke is as pure as any VCU player I can remember. And to me he was playing with greater intensity on defense last night which has always been his downfall. Minutes are going to be hard to get and I have no idea what Odom is seeing in practice etc, but if I were coach (thank goodness I am not) he'd play a bunch.
Yeah, I love Fats. My guess is we willl be seeing Hill play minutes all season. That young man is a baller.
 
It was curious. They picked up full court, but from my vantage point, it never looked like they intended to turn anyone over. No trapping. And really I am not sure what the point was other than draining an extra 3-4 seconds off the shot clock.
And yet opponent had 3 assists and 23 turnovers I believe…

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Yeah, I love Fats. My guess is we willl be seeing Hill play minutes all season. That young man is a baller.
Hill is going to be this season's Ace Baldwin or Jayden Nunn (hopefully without those two's end results) - talented freshman who develops super quickly and gets more and more minutes as the season goes on. Kid has a very high ceiling.
 
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