Daemen Postgame Thoughts.

[Orangezoo]

game 1 is in the books. Some good some bad lots to work on. Judah is that guy that makes us tick but JJ held it down and Copeland , Cuffe and JT showed out.

 

[two3zone]

Bell stopped running. Lolsmh. That guy.

Someone described him as the kid who got the best shooting coach paid for by his parents but never played a game.

 

[OrangeDW]

Someone described him as the kid who got the best shooting coach paid for by his parents but never played a game.

Not a dog.

Copeland = dog.

 

[Todoubled23]

Yeah, body language for Bell was not good during the game.

I almost felt like Bell saw Taylor with a strong half and was trying to force it. Liked what I saw from JT overall.

 

[Orangezoo]

Someone described him as the kid who got the best shooting coach paid for by his parents but never played a game.

He seems a good kid but how he gets lost reminds me of Taurean Thompson a lot similar to how he looks for his shot

 

[tee1222]

Solid win, boys. Keep building on it and I think the conditioning will come along. Very positive outlook. Early as heck, but we will know what they are made of soon.

 

[23Zone]

Cuffe and Copeland impressive

 

[IthacaMatt]

Why Brown only playing 6 minutes

strained a muscle

 

[UpstateSM]

Benny looked very confident. Love that. Hard to take much from the second half because he was playing a position he hadn't played all off-season, per Donna.

I've been on the JT train for 12 months and it was really cool to see him starting tonight. I think he's an ideal sixth man because he can play the 2, 3 or 4 in this system. He's not the quickest but he is strong, athletic and can shoot the piss out of the ball when he is on.

We were gasssssed in the second half but we were down some dudes and that's what exhibitions are for. Not worried about that.

I was really impressed by Cuffe. You can tell it's been a minute since he's played real basketball but you can see the vision once he catches back up.

JJ and Judah are going to be unstoppable for 95% of the teams in the country. JJ has legit NBA quickness. I think my jaw dropped on his first bucket tonight.

Really excited for next Wednesday and I'm not sure if I'll get any sleep next Sunday. It feels like Christmas.

 

[Orangezoo]

I felt Benny did ok. Wasn't great wasn't bad either. He wasn't comfortable playing small ball 5 though lol. He is a good fit playing with JJ and Judah though and will benefit.

Keep an eye on Cuffe. He hasn't played in forever and yet was really active and hit some shots. As he gets more confident he's gonna press for more time than expected.

Copeland will be a headache when he is the third ball handler vs second.

Brown needs to get healthy quick. In just his short time he looked like a problem.

 

[Todoubled23]

Anyone have the box score? Copeland was a stat stuffing machine.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Hima is awful.

He had 7 blocks in 18 minutes last year in one game. Not many guys have ever done that for us, and I think it was against St. John's, not some tomato can.

 

[Orangezoo]

He had 7 blocks in 18 minutes last year in one game. Not many guys have ever done that for us, and I think it was against St. John's, not some tomato can.

He regressed quite a bit as the year went on too.

 

[sweetpea]

Benny’s on ball defense is questionable to say the least.

Guys were blowing by him the whole second half. He looked gassed.

 

[Cusefan0307]

He had 7 blocks in 18 minutes last year in one game. Not many guys have ever done that for us, and I think it was against St. John's, not some tomato can.

Brutal on offense.

 

[OrangeDW]

He had 7 blocks in 18 minutes last year in one game. Not many guys have ever done that for us, and I think it was against St. John's, not some tomato can.

Will be interesting to see if he can play man to man.

He was an effective shot blocker in the middle of the zone and in the back of the press, for sure.

 

[IthacaMatt]

He regressed quite a bit as the year went on too.

Sore knees. That's why he's out right now. But when he's healthy, he's like having Jeremy McNeil as your back up center.

 

[IthacaMatt]

This team would boat race any team we’ve had for 3-4 years.

They ran out of gas in the 2nd half, though. A lot of these kids aren't used to playing that hard.

 

[RyanCuse44]

Taylor is gassed. Have he or JJ even sat?

Seemed like he had no legs in the second half.

 

[llandz]

Anyone have the box score? Copeland was a stat stuffing machine.

he had 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 12 points. Good enough?

 

[NorSyr66]

Quick check....thread still open?? Looks like have 17 pages to catch up. Only got to see 2nd half... so, so!!! Damn it feels great to have BB back!!! LGO

 

[Orangezoo]

They ran out of gas in the 2nd half, though. A lot of these kids aren't used to playing that hard.

Missing two key pieces too

 

[RyanCuse44]

He seems a good kid but how he gets lost reminds me of Taurean Thompson a lot similar to how he looks for his shot

Good comparison. Let's just hope his mom isn't like TT's.

 

[Todoubled23]

he had 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 12 points. Good enough?

I'm quite pleased with that stat line. Thanks!

 

[OrangeDW]

This team would boat race any team we’ve had for 3-4 years.

With Judah, Westry, and Brown? Absolutely.

Would be like Houston, Auburn, VCU, etc. games.