First off, great crowd but not sure how much credit we get for that. Memphis had a ton of fans and they were vocal all night. It was a fun atmosphere that if we had ever turned it into a game would have been explosive. Kudos to those that went.
Students - best student turnout in a long long long time. It’s a shame we squandered it because I don’t think we’ll get that big of a crowd again this season. Whatever Vanderbilt did to motivate students to come last night, I hope they do it again.
Upperclassmen - as has been said, what an absolute no show. Stute is so one dimensional that when he starts 1-5 from 3, we might as well be playing 4 on 5. Wright was the biggest no show. He’s going to have to embrace a leadership role or Stack is going to have to bench him. We are so deep that I think the freshmen will push the upperclassmen into performing or riding pine.
Transfers - Ezra “Filet” Manjon is fast and has elite on ball defensive skills. He didn’t play well offensively but I’m confident he will. Ansong is basically James Siakam 2.0, electric energy guy and elite offensive rebounder. He’s going to be impossible to keep off the court.
Freshmen - Smith and Dia are dudes. They’re probably big bodied 2 guards first and foremost but those big bodies should allow their games to grow. Hard not to be optimistic about both of them. Paul Lewis is silky smooth, I had no idea he was a player. Dort is just an ox, he will not impact games too much this year due to lack of skill but he will play. Shelby still hurt?
Stackhouse - I’m bummed he wasn’t able to find the right buttons to push to motivate his players to perform and if that continues, we’re in huge trouble. I put the performance more on the players who no showed but Stack will get some blame there too.
Memphis has to be the best team we will play this preseason (total guess and haven’t even looked at the schedule). They are 1 shooter away from being an Elite 8 type team. As it stands, they appear to be a top 25 team. They have an elite point guard, an elite big and length 1-5 plus some depth. They played 9 and all 9 minus their 1 and 2 looked the same (long and athletic).
I took my son and we had a lot of fun despite the loss. I hope to get to go to more games this year. I’m not at the point of buying season tickets yet but if we start winning, I could see myself attending a decent amount of games.
Students - best student turnout in a long long long time. It’s a shame we squandered it because I don’t think we’ll get that big of a crowd again this season. Whatever Vanderbilt did to motivate students to come last night, I hope they do it again.
Upperclassmen - as has been said, what an absolute no show. Stute is so one dimensional that when he starts 1-5 from 3, we might as well be playing 4 on 5. Wright was the biggest no show. He’s going to have to embrace a leadership role or Stack is going to have to bench him. We are so deep that I think the freshmen will push the upperclassmen into performing or riding pine.
Transfers - Ezra “Filet” Manjon is fast and has elite on ball defensive skills. He didn’t play well offensively but I’m confident he will. Ansong is basically James Siakam 2.0, electric energy guy and elite offensive rebounder. He’s going to be impossible to keep off the court.
Freshmen - Smith and Dia are dudes. They’re probably big bodied 2 guards first and foremost but those big bodies should allow their games to grow. Hard not to be optimistic about both of them. Paul Lewis is silky smooth, I had no idea he was a player. Dort is just an ox, he will not impact games too much this year due to lack of skill but he will play. Shelby still hurt?
Stackhouse - I’m bummed he wasn’t able to find the right buttons to push to motivate his players to perform and if that continues, we’re in huge trouble. I put the performance more on the players who no showed but Stack will get some blame there too.
Memphis has to be the best team we will play this preseason (total guess and haven’t even looked at the schedule). They are 1 shooter away from being an Elite 8 type team. As it stands, they appear to be a top 25 team. They have an elite point guard, an elite big and length 1-5 plus some depth. They played 9 and all 9 minus their 1 and 2 looked the same (long and athletic).
I took my son and we had a lot of fun despite the loss. I hope to get to go to more games this year. I’m not at the point of buying season tickets yet but if we start winning, I could see myself attending a decent amount of games.
