re: AU Basketball v Ok State, watch or listen

Definitely going to have to figure out rebounding and defense. Definite potential for the team but some definite weaknesses right now, but heck of an exhibition to learn from. OSU if they play/shoot like that will be a tourney team

Did not have a great night shooting.

Missed a barrel of free throws.

Played a bunch of guys.

Lost.

OKST has some dudes.

Lots to work on but number one for me is cutting down on the dribble drives and rim protection. They had way too many lay ups

Yeah, I feel okay after that. I'll feel better when we make sure Murphy is okay.

I think we will have scorers. The defense showed flashes and will come along. I'm not worried about Pett, he had some damn good sequences with D/O. Overton quietly put up 15+.

We will be different with the bigs, but I think it can work when they all learn their roles. We will struggle against the bigger, deeper teams like UF, though. One good thing there is that we have the dudes to get some teams in foul trouble. We didn't have that last year.

Feel good about the offense. Early on it looked like a bunch of dudes that have never played together and found more of a rhythm later. I expect this to get better quickly as the season goes. Had a pretty poor shooting night and still got in the mid 80’s against a potential tourney team.

Defense and rebounding were rough but that’s going to be a common thing this year running a four G lineup. Defense looks like it’s gonna be feast or famine. Guys do not defend well enough to guard for the full shot clock. Way too many guys away from the ball got caught watching and lost their man. Big boys are gonna have to attack the ball when rebounding and stop trying to tip it so much (looking at you Jovic).

SWA, Hall, Freeman, and Overton are all excellent additions. SWA isn’t gonna be a dude that takes over a game like those others but he was the only somewhat consistent defender and plays hard every second he’s on the court.

Thought we’d win but also didn’t expect them to barely sub and have a guy go full Dametime.

Really underwhelmed with Jovic and Bashir and Magwood but I think Jovic and Magwood will come along. Bashir I am not sure is cut out for this level based on the limited action I saw tonight. Liked Murphy before he got hurt and loved Hall, Freeman, Overton. Like SWA as well.

LONG way to go defensively. Haven't seen a Pearl team look like that defensively since pre-Kessler

Transition O is on a different planet from the last couple of years. Overton and Freeman can get up and GO

Freeman is gonna end up being a steal. He’s got NBA potential.

For Bashir it was just his general athleticism that looked concerning. Maybe he can be a spot up shooter for us but I was expecting more

I thought athletically he looked fine. I did expect him to be a little taller though. I could have sworn his profile said he was like 6'6 or something, but he's closer to 6 foot even. Def 1 or 2 and won't be playing any 3 this year like I thought he might.

Edit-- just looked and it says Bashir is 6'7. Someone should go to jail for a lie that big lol.