Jumping on the Leom bandwagon that we need more coverage on this team for Reef's absence and how long he'll be out. He's obviously a key piece in what we're trying to do.

I'm not trying to pile on JP. Today was probably his best game in a Bobcat uniform, but a couple of observations.

1) He's listed at 6'2. He's shorter than Ajay Sheldon who is listed as 6'1. Neither are their height. JP looks about 5'10. Dude is T-I-N-Y.

2) He does have a good shooting stroke, but his 3pt shot is basically a set shot. And it takes him 493 seconds to wind up before he releases it. I feel like I'm watching an 8th grader concentrating real hard to set his feet just right, balance the ball just right, then let it fly.

3) He's a competitor - you can tell that, but he's super slow of foot on defense. He can not be a primary on-ball defender or we're going to get killed with penetration (and have been - and is a reason why we miss Miles Brown and Reef so bad right now).

4) He's a pretty good passer and crafty with his dribble. But he turns the ball over way too much.

5) With his diminutive stature and slow release, he's never going to be a big scorer b/c he just can't get his shot off inside OR out.

That being said, no we don't need to scout Ping.

He’s definitely tiny and liability on defense, but I’m not sure it’s fair to say he’s never going to be a big scorer when he’s already proved that he can be during his season at Wofford.

He had ten 20 point games that season and I think we can all agree the SoCon is better than the MAC at this point.

His game highs last year at Iowa State were 9, 11, and 13 against DePaul, WVU, and Florida A&M in less than 30 mins (16 mins against WVU) of PT. Outside of the latter, that’s all better comp than what he’s going to be facing in MAC play.

It's not lost on me that it's possible Pav's back injury is playing a role in my observations above. Maybe he gets better lateral movement on D and maybe he gets a quicker release on O.

For our sake I hope that's true.

MTSU drops 95 on S Florida and wins 95-88. 12 of 23 from 3. Built a huge lead in the 1st half and held on.