wow, what a great 3 games our Boilers played, some of my thoughts in no particular order:
1. Edey- I was not sure he could handle 100% of the center postion, but I am now. His defense looks much better, he is setting down to help in the lane. His rebounding is much improved, going strong and pulling in with 2 hands. I do wish at times, he would look to throw outlet pass to Braden but ball security is most important. His passing looks much better, he made the pass to Wadd for a dunk, that I had never seen him make before and he is throwing it out to the 3 line when doubled ,much better than he did last year.
2. Smith- from 1 st moment I saw him play this year, I believed he was the pt guard we have been looking for a long time. It is his team to run for next 4 years. He has already made more penetrations and dishes than Hunter and Thompson did all last year. Yes I wish he was 2 inches taller, but love his qualities and game, especially how he scans the floor and looks to make correct pass.
3. Loyer- he has surprised me, thought he might be mini-Cline, which would be good, but he is next level. He has already made more buckets going toward the bucket than Ryan did in his career. He showed he can handle and pass the ball and his defense looked very good for a frosh in his 6th game. I believe by the end of Loyer's run at Purdue , we will be putting him in the discussion with Mount and Lewis as best shooters here ever.
4. Furst- today was coming out party for him. He played aggressive and confident and hard, exactly what we need from him, a great compliment to Edey.
5. Morton- seems to be a year older and wiser glue guy we need. 19 assists against 1 turnover is great -note please watch his post game interview on utube, he talks about how bad his turnover was and also interesting his talk about the Frosh guards and how confident they are.
6.Mason- hit several big shots and played very well against Zags, today seemed a little unsettled but made a BIG 3 when we were down, he is solid.
7. Jenkins- hit a big shot today and handled the ball today better than against the Zags, but he still scares me a little running the team when Braden is out.
8. Newman- seems to really be playing hard, rebounding great and working more on D , than in past years, had trouble making shots today that were wide open. but he will be key for us getting baskets many times this year.
9. TKR- great back to basket moves for a youngster. Have not saw enough of his game out on court to see how he can do there
10.Waddell- the dunk shocked me today, the last 2 games he came in and made plays getting others good shots, looks like he needs a good year on the weights but will be a nice player the next 4 years.
Probably missed other points, but just really overwhelmed by our play this weekend. I do believe this team can be better than last year's. Gonna be fun to watch!
1. Edey- I was not sure he could handle 100% of the center postion, but I am now. His defense looks much better, he is setting down to help in the lane. His rebounding is much improved, going strong and pulling in with 2 hands. I do wish at times, he would look to throw outlet pass to Braden but ball security is most important. His passing looks much better, he made the pass to Wadd for a dunk, that I had never seen him make before and he is throwing it out to the 3 line when doubled ,much better than he did last year.
2. Smith- from 1 st moment I saw him play this year, I believed he was the pt guard we have been looking for a long time. It is his team to run for next 4 years. He has already made more penetrations and dishes than Hunter and Thompson did all last year. Yes I wish he was 2 inches taller, but love his qualities and game, especially how he scans the floor and looks to make correct pass.
3. Loyer- he has surprised me, thought he might be mini-Cline, which would be good, but he is next level. He has already made more buckets going toward the bucket than Ryan did in his career. He showed he can handle and pass the ball and his defense looked very good for a frosh in his 6th game. I believe by the end of Loyer's run at Purdue , we will be putting him in the discussion with Mount and Lewis as best shooters here ever.
4. Furst- today was coming out party for him. He played aggressive and confident and hard, exactly what we need from him, a great compliment to Edey.
5. Morton- seems to be a year older and wiser glue guy we need. 19 assists against 1 turnover is great -note please watch his post game interview on utube, he talks about how bad his turnover was and also interesting his talk about the Frosh guards and how confident they are.
6.Mason- hit several big shots and played very well against Zags, today seemed a little unsettled but made a BIG 3 when we were down, he is solid.
7. Jenkins- hit a big shot today and handled the ball today better than against the Zags, but he still scares me a little running the team when Braden is out.
8. Newman- seems to really be playing hard, rebounding great and working more on D , than in past years, had trouble making shots today that were wide open. but he will be key for us getting baskets many times this year.
9. TKR- great back to basket moves for a youngster. Have not saw enough of his game out on court to see how he can do there
10.Waddell- the dunk shocked me today, the last 2 games he came in and made plays getting others good shots, looks like he needs a good year on the weights but will be a nice player the next 4 years.
Probably missed other points, but just really overwhelmed by our play this weekend. I do believe this team can be better than last year's. Gonna be fun to watch!