Some thoughts:
- We really struggled with turnovers tonight. 16 total, and Louisiana scored 22 of their 61 points off of them.
- Ty Pence was fantastic tonight. You can see why so many around the program are excited about him.
- Staveskie hit some big threes, but didn't play as well tonight as he did in the exhibition. I was hoping he would create a bit more for teammates.
- Hopefully Max Burton is back soon, because we are going to need him. I think Barre is fine as a rotational big, but I feel his inability to stay out of foul trouble is going to limit him to 10-15 minutes a night.
- Hammer Jr. is fun to watch. Motor just never stops.
- Disappointed to see Oriol only play 16 minutes and shoot just once. He averaged 20 PPG on .480/.402 shooting last season. If we are going to have a chance at being special, he'll need yo be a big part of it IMO.
- I hate sounded like a hater because I really like him as a cultural driver of the team, but I hope Halligan isn't playing the 4th most minutes as the season progresses. I'm guessing it's more Ford trusting one of the players he knows well. He's just so limited offensively that I'm not sure the defense makes up for it.
- Mahaffey is going to be 1st Tram All-MAC.