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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 4434588, member: 837"] Always enjoy these posts and I'm with you on most of this. I'm not super concerned about Carey's weight, necessarily, but agree on the following: [LIST] [*]Lehigh had to be caught off-guard by the man because if that's what they look like they won't be top 3 patriot league (i saw them voted third). I actually thought we also benefitted from playing two well-coached, fairly athletic teams in the preseason. I know people hate when someone tries to make IUP or Southern NH sound like they are on Duke's level, but I actually thought they moved the ball much better and gave us far more problems than Lehigh did. The good part of that is that we got an easy win, the bad part is I'm not sure it told us a ton about how good we can actually be. [*]Agree on Edwards but I'm still hoping we see more offensive moves from him at some point. He's made an absolute killing off catch-and-finish plays in his career but I'm hoping he can create his own down low. Sometimes that doesn't look great -- certainly not like Rak as a senior, for example. [*]Agree on Mintz. Think he'll be frustrating at times but he's talented and we desperately need his ability to put the ball in the basket. Same with Joe. He's played really pretty efficient basketball thus far. [*]Benny. What can you say. Rooting for the kid but outside of his ability to move his feet really well for a big man defensively, I struggle to point to a thing he does particularly well. Even defending jumpers and weak-side blocks, which should be in his wheelhouse, he's not really a factor. Was late on three separate occasions to shooters on the wing for threes and two other times had his hands at his sides and Lehigh players knocked down a couple jumpers when he was just standing there. I just don't know. [*]Symir was excellent, as you point out. If he's really going to take and make some jumpers, he's our third-best player, maybe even second best when you consider everything he does. I don't know how we'd survive defensively with a Joe/Symir/Judah group on the floor together but at this point, those are clearly three of our four best players. [*]Impressed with Brown, like everyone else, but waiting a bit to see him against top-end competition. My fear with Brown/Bell/QC/Taylor is that they are all solid recruits but that none are really actually ready to play this year vs. ACC opponents. That would be bad. [/LIST] Overall, agree it was an encouraging first game but we desperately need to find a way to get Benny involved in a real way where he's actually helping us. Feel like if he just dug down and tried to crush it on the glass, it might get him some put-backs and FTs and then give him a bit more energy defensively. I hope ... [/QUOTE]

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