1. That would be great. The points would be great, but grabbing 8 rebounds a game is what we need from him. He has to improve the work on the boards. That is about effort and getting into position to rebound mostly.
2. Definitely. Briscoe shoots at that clip and we are in very good shape.
3. This will come as the season progresses. All of Cal's great guards struggled with knowing when to drive, when to shoot, and when to dish. Knight was very frustrating early in the season. Very similar thing with Murray. He will learn and once he does, then look out.
4. We need Poythress to provide that Senior leadership and emerge as a beast in March. He has shown glimpses of it throughout his career (in the Bahamas last year, against UofL Saturday). He just needs to become consistent. Same thing we said about Darius until the very end of his Senior year.
Ulis is going to be the guiding force for this team. Murray and Briscoe are going to lead the way scoring. Poythress needs to step up and dominate the boards. Lee has to rebound and play defense. Labissiere just has to keep improving. Matthews and Willis need to provide quality minutes off the bench. Matthews needs to provide good defense and rebounding. Willis just needs to be solid defensively, rebounding, and knock down open shots.
This team still has loads of potential. UK fans are notorious for expecting our teams to be clicking on all cylinders from the word go. It doesn't usually work that way with teams that rely heavily on new players every season. Even with players back, they are in new roles or in Poythress' case coming off a major injury. There is an adjustment period we need to take into account.
