I was able to watch a lot of the the University of Utah's game last night aginst Washington. I learned a couple of things.
1st: Luke Nevill has come back to this team bigger and stronger. He is a handful in the post, and has got a good back to the basket game. He still looks like Chris Kamen brother as the missing links. None the less he is a lot better then last year, and will be even better next year, Big Jim is helping grow.
2nd: Out side of Johnnie Bryant this team has poor ball handling skills. Even Kepkay, the kid out of Easten Utah, was not great at bringing the ball up the court. He turns his back at about the three point line if there is press on him and brings the ball up court backwards. Johnnie Bryant was the only gaurd that dribbled out of a double team last night.
3rd: If there bigs get in foul trouble this team has a hard time running there offense. The ball gets stranded in the high post, and then it does not get free easily, often times turning into a turnover. They like to put the ball in the high post or out in the corner and then feed the ball into the low blocks. If Nevill is not in the game Kim Tillie has a hard time doing his part of those sets. It is not hard to get those two into foul trouble.
4th: This team can shoot the ball. They have not shoot below 53% from the field. This means one of two things, they have been able to get the ball into the paint and got easy shots, or have great outside shooting, I did not look at which one it is, or both.
The Cats have a great chance aginst this team. I do not think that the team that went to cali this week is the team that we will see next week, or for the rest of the season. This is a good team, that will show up.
1st: Luke Nevill has come back to this team bigger and stronger. He is a handful in the post, and has got a good back to the basket game. He still looks like Chris Kamen brother as the missing links. None the less he is a lot better then last year, and will be even better next year, Big Jim is helping grow.
2nd: Out side of Johnnie Bryant this team has poor ball handling skills. Even Kepkay, the kid out of Easten Utah, was not great at bringing the ball up the court. He turns his back at about the three point line if there is press on him and brings the ball up court backwards. Johnnie Bryant was the only gaurd that dribbled out of a double team last night.
3rd: If there bigs get in foul trouble this team has a hard time running there offense. The ball gets stranded in the high post, and then it does not get free easily, often times turning into a turnover. They like to put the ball in the high post or out in the corner and then feed the ball into the low blocks. If Nevill is not in the game Kim Tillie has a hard time doing his part of those sets. It is not hard to get those two into foul trouble.
4th: This team can shoot the ball. They have not shoot below 53% from the field. This means one of two things, they have been able to get the ball into the paint and got easy shots, or have great outside shooting, I did not look at which one it is, or both.
The Cats have a great chance aginst this team. I do not think that the team that went to cali this week is the team that we will see next week, or for the rest of the season. This is a good team, that will show up.
