We said this last year in the Bahamas too. We thought Collins was going to be a star. Pump the brakes. The reality is, against good competition, a lot of these guys will not look as great as they did this week. We beat 4 teams that are on the same talent level as a team in the OVC.
Who is “we”.
I was in the Bahamas and thought nothing like that.
It was obvious we couldn’t guard. It was obvious Wheeler was the same player as always. It was obvious that Toppin wasn’t an improvement over Brooks and why Cal had played Brooks instead of Toppin.
It was obvious that the only way Collins would play would be at guard and that wasn’t happening.
They were just practice games against high school level teams. No defense played by us or them.
In Canada there’s many areas that need work. But there’s a huge difference in this team. The mistakes are just not knowing yet. Not an inability to get there.
This team makes errors of commission. That will get better with coaching and repetition.
The post game will get better by just having post players out there.
The team in the Bahamas made errors of omission. That wasn’t going to improve and didn’t.
This team, while raw, has the basketball IQ to be special.
That’s been lacing the last 3 seasons. Not just last season.
We have played the last 3 seasons without a true point guard.
This team has 3 point guards.
As for the completion, they were night and day better than the Bahamas. They weren’t world beaters in Canada but they were grown men that knew how to play and were physical.
We played to our strengths. Not to theirs.
This was a good showing with a lot of promise.
We left the Bahamas with questions. We leave Canada with answers.