West Coast Baptist

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CCU was a good warm up for things to come.

WCB is not a good team at all. This one will be very one sided. The only positive is that everyone who can play will play. I really do want to see Paschal, Tshilobo, and Moore play in a game. If there is a game when everyone can play, it's this one. Those guys may be needed down the road sometime.

 

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I’ll watch a bit on ESPN+…see if I can offer any insight that might be helpful for Duft and team.

 

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Moore, concussion protocol, and Suarez, ankle, sat out this one. Moore is the only one to have not played yet. Everybody who has played has scored. Freshman PG Grayson had 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 9 points, in a backup role tonight. Second year player, Cutler, had 13 rebounds in limited minutes. Starting center, Gomma, had 12 rebounds. Nobody played more than 23 minutes and that was a back up freshman guard.

We out rebounded them 78 - 30. All in all, a much better outing against a much weaker opponent.

Now, the real tests begin, Utah, Utah State and UC Irvine, all on the road.

 

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I know that game was basically a scrimmage, but I’m not sure a game like that does any good for Weber State. I’m sure the University had to pay West Coast Baptist a lot of money. Sure, the entire roster got playing time, but does that really sharpen any skills against that level of competition? I know it’s tough to schedule these days, but hopefully something more challenging exists?

From what I saw on tv, it looked like 75 people attended…might be a tough year attendance-wise even if play improves with all that is going on.

I don’t think a win is in store for the next 3 games, but I just don’t want a pre-game apology for taking the court against these teams and just see some gutsy effort!

 

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I know that game was basically a scrimmage, but I’m not sure a game like that does any good for Weber State. I’m sure the University had to pay West Coast Baptist a lot of money. Sure, the entire roster got playing time, but does that really sharpen any skills against that level of competition? I know it’s tough to schedule these days, but hopefully something more challenging exists?

From what I saw on tv, it looked like 75 people attended…might be a tough year attendance-wise even if play improves with all that is going on.

I don’t think a win is in store for the next 3 games, but I just don’t want a pre-game apology for taking the court against these teams and just see some gutsy effort!

When we play up, we get from $60,000 to $90,000. When we bring a team like WCB in, we pay from $8,000 to $10,000. UC Irvine is a home and home contract, no money exchange.

I don't know what the official attendance was, but I would guess it at around 1,000. Not well attended at all. I'm hoping that attendance will pick up as the season progresses.

A game like that is just fun for the players. The improvement happens at practice. That is where the work is done. The games are a test and are supposed to be fun.

The next three games are certainly a test. We won't be expected to win any of them. That doesn't mean that they can't be fun for the players or the fans who care.