I went up and watched them for 30 minutes today. I'm no expert, but here were my observations in no particular order:
1. Sam Dowd was the only new guy here for the summer. One of the JC bigs had a class to take and another one just got married.
2. Dowd never stops running. He has an amazing motor and seems to be fearless. Also seems to be a real leader.
3. Ingram and Chivichyan looked great. It was great to see them back at 100%.
4. Kimberly looked good playing against Ingram during a scrimmage. He needs to add weight, but he clearly has skills around the basket. Coach Evans seems to think he will see some playing time, which will be no mean feat with all the bigs we have this year.
5. Topalovic is playing with the Serbian national team for the summer. Chivichyan and Luzcando will play with their national teams later in the year. Mocsan was invited to play with the Hungarian team, but opted not to play.
6. Garrity wasn't there, and I heard that he may have reinjured his knee.
7. Coach Evans has suggested to me on a number of occasions that they are going to be in man most of the time. He made an interesting comment, that the matchup zone just has a hard time with all the 3-point shooters there are in the Big Sky. He also said that he thinks he will have two bigs playing most of the time. That is understandable when he has 5 players 6/8" and taller.
8. If Garrity misses some of the season, I worry about our depth at point guard. Dowd better be ready to play a lot of minutes. I think Sutton would be the other backup, and I didn't see him today. Not sure why.