Still a tough one to accept the morning after. My thoughts:

-I don't see the Bean Willis comparison. We brought Baker in specifically to be a scoring guard option. When all was said and done with our departures following last season, the clear need was someone who could create his own shot and be a primary scoring option. Many people on this board concurred. When Devon Baker pulls up and clanks a three with 25 seconds on the shot clock, then we'll talk.

-The Baker/Hunter duo is going to take some time to gel. Remember that Baker wasn't available for the Spain trip.

-I thought Belmont got away with a lot of jersey grabbing and other swiping contact especially against Wilson in the paint. This is just one example, but look at what all Dwight had to deal with without getting a call: https://twitter.com/OhioMBasketball/status/15897946718445...

-I hope Clayton has added something in his offensive game other than being a spot shooter. Post ups, mid range, drives. Didn't see it last night. He has at least seemed to improve his rebounding.

-The turnovers were disconcerting, but the worst are the ones where we secure a defensive rebound, then try to throw the outlet to a guard cutting up the floor, only for that pass to get intercepted before the ball even gets to the frontcourt. It's careless amateur level basketball and it happened a couple times last night.

-I was expecting worse from Wiz based off the Capital report, but he at least looked serviceable. The spin move and off hand shot he made looked good and he had another nice move that got called for a travel that I honestly didn't see.

To be clear, I see where the Bean vibes come. However, I absolutely agree Baker was a necessary add that late in the portal season and we’re better off with than without. To FearLeon’s point, if he falls between a Bassett and Bean we’re in good shape. That seems more likely than another Bean.

Hunter/Baker also hit big 3’s when we really needed some offensive life.

Spot on. With his length, needs to show a post move and a baseline 8-12 foot jumper game. I honestly can't remember the last time he scored in the paint making a move. It's usually off an offensive board.

Boals has experienced more hoops than I have forgotten but I am surprised by the lack of Adelodun. Belmont beat us, partly, due to length. I would have loved Olumide out there on the last play with the only job of keeping an arm up on the frosh. You never know but he seems like he would not hurt us too bad.

The problem we had with Bean was that he was the primary ballhandler. When he played off the ball under Christian he was more effective. Hopefully Hunter gets more comfortable as a facilitator than he was last night because we really need someone that can run the offense. That being said, it's hard to throw so many new pieces together and expected a finely tuned machine out of the gate. If we can get effective PG play Dwight Wilson will be 1st team All-MAC. If not, it's going to be a long year. One thing is for certain a 1-2 A/TO ratio isn't going to cut it.

They inbounded to the front court from under the basket and immediately called timeout.

Boals Bullshit....

Could be. But those happen often this time of year. TCU lost to Northwestern STATE last night.