11-05-2012, 02:17 PM
I watched the game via Pac12 network. it was not a pretty win, but it was a win. the negatives were FT shooting, 3 pt shooting and bigs getting lost on post picks. the positives were Huestis, Randle, handling fullish-court pressure and team depth especially the bigs (and we played without a starting big -- Powell -- and another in the top 4 big rotation -- Nastic).Â
to earlier question, a lot of our 3s were early in the shot clock and within the flow of the offense. most were very clean looks, but the shots were missed. on the side of this coin, we shot pretty well from 2.
FT shooting aside, I thought Huestis looked much improved over his good play late last season. he got good position down low, dug out a few poor entry passes, and finished well at times. he needs to improve his FT shooting though as he'll get to the line often this year. Verhoeven and Rosco Allen also surprised me. both were bigger than I expected and both ran the court well. Verhoeven was also very active on the offensive glass. he and Huestis will make people work and our depth should wear teams down.
to earlier question, a lot of our 3s were early in the shot clock and within the flow of the offense. most were very clean looks, but the shots were missed. on the side of this coin, we shot pretty well from 2.
FT shooting aside, I thought Huestis looked much improved over his good play late last season. he got good position down low, dug out a few poor entry passes, and finished well at times. he needs to improve his FT shooting though as he'll get to the line often this year. Verhoeven and Rosco Allen also surprised me. both were bigger than I expected and both ran the court well. Verhoeven was also very active on the offensive glass. he and Huestis will make people work and our depth should wear teams down.