This exhibition game on Friday will be fun. College of Idaho is the top of the food chain at the NAIA level. They won the national title two years ago, and made their Final Four last year. They are 100-10 over the last three years. Yes, it's NAIA but this is an actual basketball program. A competitive game would not shock me, and if we do get a close one I hope we don't get a bunch of retards hollering about how it means doom and gloom for the season.
The interviews from Sundance coming out of media day have me fired up. I took note of Sundance saying this team would be unique given the personnel and the challenges of putting a roster together on such short notice. I got the impression he really likes his kids, but he's not going to force us into playing "his system" until he's got the personnel to fit it.
Sundance talked about playing a lot of smash-mouth bully ball this year - comparing it to the 1990's Detroit Pistons. The team's identity will be on the defensive end. Offensively he talked about running a lot of 3-out sets with two posts banging away down low. I'm excited to see what this looks like in person.
I do not have a high opinion of the casual Wyoming basketball fan, as is well known by many on this website. I hope everyone will give this time to work. There is some well-earned fatigue around these parts around smash mouth, slower basketball. I give Sunny a ton of credit for the humility to run the stuff he feels gives us the best chance to win, even if it's not his preferred system.
This is the era of 5-out and 4-out motion and high pick and roll basketball. It will be fun to see some 2-low actions. It's not very common in today's game and could cause some issues.
The interviews from Sundance coming out of media day have me fired up. I took note of Sundance saying this team would be unique given the personnel and the challenges of putting a roster together on such short notice. I got the impression he really likes his kids, but he's not going to force us into playing "his system" until he's got the personnel to fit it.
Sundance talked about playing a lot of smash-mouth bully ball this year - comparing it to the 1990's Detroit Pistons. The team's identity will be on the defensive end. Offensively he talked about running a lot of 3-out sets with two posts banging away down low. I'm excited to see what this looks like in person.
I do not have a high opinion of the casual Wyoming basketball fan, as is well known by many on this website. I hope everyone will give this time to work. There is some well-earned fatigue around these parts around smash mouth, slower basketball. I give Sunny a ton of credit for the humility to run the stuff he feels gives us the best chance to win, even if it's not his preferred system.
This is the era of 5-out and 4-out motion and high pick and roll basketball. It will be fun to see some 2-low actions. It's not very common in today's game and could cause some issues.
