Hard to find much to complain about. Central MI was in for a long day pretty much no matter what, but offensively we really played sharp.
But a couple of downsides:
- I wasn't necessarily happy with the D in the first half. Both Butler and Pritchard had 16 in the first half alone, and as a team they scored more than 1 PPP, but second half was a lot better. 0.824 PPP in the second half
- I think we can struggle a bit to play the teams that can go with 4 quick guys. Not enough talent for them to take advantage, but it may be a concern as the year goes by. It looked like we did a better job of keeping people out of the paint in the second half - can't let guys have a clean lane to the basket and hope Kalkbrenner always picks them up - Second half was played much better, though
- Ashworth didn't shoot his usual tonight, but I thought Ashworth took good shots and moved the ball well and didn't force things when the shots weren't falling
Mostly good stuff though:
- Definition of unselfish: 28 assists, Two highest scorers on the team end up with 9 and 8 assists, Bello gets 5 off the bench even
- The 4 Position! Wow, insane day for Miller and Traudt -- they had 25 pts in the first half alone! When was the last time that happened, if ever? I have to think Doug did it once at least
- liked seeing us make a concerted effort to go to Kalkbrenner after the half.
- Even the bench did nice work with some extended minutes. King keeps improving and will be a load for the league next year. Bello's been great all year. Traudt is great (although he and Miller are co-starters, IMO), Loved seeing Dotzler, Green, and Lawson get some minutes also