I am on board with most of what you are saying here but have to respectfully disagree about Nolan Foster. For some unexplainable reason I expected that he might be a project but, in watching his play Saturday, I thought he appeared quite comfortable and performed pretty well. He had six points, led the team with 8 rebounds and had a blocked shot. Also, later in the post-game conference, Boals was very positive about the fall he has had. In so many words he said it has caused him to re-evaluate the possibility of red shirting him this season.

Also, Vander Plas looked really solid too; doing a lot of things well, although his one three attempt was not his best effort. It was one of those that you could tell when it left his hand it was off the mark.

Agree on Foster. He didnt look like a "lost" freshman.

 

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Good observation on the scoreboards. Definitely no way that anyone is not seeing those this year.

I totally agree on the Dad's weekend. I've commented on it in the post season survey every time I've had the chance that it's a big missed opportunity not having it for a game that matters in conference play. One thought I had on Twitter was this: Flip Dad's weekend to the winter around the last week of January, and make Mom's weekend in the fall. Promote the fall color and all the outdoor beauty for mom's weekend.

Don’t forget Ben Roderick is a very good shooter and Connor Murrell’s shot looked pretty good at practice when I went.

Shawnee State played 4th games in six days plus two leading scorers on bench much of first half with foul trouble. I think they typically go seven deep. Miami wore them down but certainly not a resounding performance given the circumstances, exhibition or not. 82-68 was the final.

Well, as you know then, SSU lost 82-68.

I understand this was four games in six days for them and I also heard they normally only go about seven deep. In addition, the announcers said their two leading scorers sat out much of the first half with foul trouble.

I realize this was just an exhibition but my take is that it would appear that Miami may have worn them down tonight as much as anything, and, it doesn't seem to have been a very good performance by the RedHawks given the circumstances.

By the way, if you've seen him play or know anything about him, do you think the big kid (6'11") could play D1?