Open practice

[MuMark]

I've read the useful observations from folks who attended, but haven't seen any comments from Shaka, or if he actually had a press conference and/or responded to questions. Any updates from you?

https://youtu.be/voLKPwJ_spI?is=NnZjLin__Osb7I_9

[BM1090]

It's not that I think Damarius's *ceiling* is the 6th-7th best player, just that in the afternoon I saw him it was more of the same: great defense, great length, decent shooting, little to no ball handling. Whereas Nolan is already more well-rounded and Phillips is actually showing YOY improvement (more muscle, athleticism, ball handling). Hence, 6th-7th best player.

The starting lineup as I see it is:
Nigel
Adrien
Minessale
Parham
Fru

But I could definitely see Damarius start at the 3 for defense and bring Minessale and Phillips off the bench for immediate offense. That's among the best "top 7's" in the Big East IMO. Then it's anyone's guess what Miletic, Walker, Egbuonu, Johnston, Clark do. You figure 2 of those round into shape as solid rotation pieces and that's really all you need.

I think we're a top 3 team in the Big East, a top 25 team throughout the season, and closer to a 4 seed than Dayton. Call me glass half full but when you have bankable Nigel, Royce, Fru to go with "one year better" Adrien, Michael, Minessale, Damarius...I'm very bullish on the season.

Don't say DO plays good defense, JFP might burn your house down.