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- Let's see how Nastic plays when he's not 3+ in and 30+ lbs bigger than everyone on the opponents' roster.  Every P12 team can put at least one player on the floor who matches up with him size-wise.

You mean like last year when Nastic had a streak of 16 straight shots made through the P-12 Tournament and our first round game (sorry, NCAA) against New Mexico?  Those weren't crappy opponents with undersized rosters. 

Nastic is a phenomenally efficient shooter close to the basket.  Wofford seemed to emphasize perimeter defense last night, and that kept Randle and Brown from doing a lot of damage but left things open for Nastic and, sometimes, Travis. 

I agree with StanFan88 that beyond the 3 seniors and Travis, no one else looked very good.  But for most of our remaining players this was either their first or second college game or their first game in 2 years (Sanders).  So we should expect some nerves and rust.  The key will be to see if the young guys improve over the pre-conference games.

But if Travis plays as well as he did last night and the 3 seniors live up to expectations, we will be a hard team to defend. If you defend the perimeter aggressively, you leave Nastic or Reed one-on-one.  And if you double our bigs, that should leave openings for the guards.  One thing that was really nice to see yesterday was that Nastic made a couple of beautiful passes to guys streaking to the basket.  In fact, Nastic's 4 assists led the team.  That, of course, does not speak well for our guard play.

Anyway, color me marginally optimistic about the team while awaiting further data.

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- Let's see how Nastic plays when he's not 3+ in and 30+ lbs bigger than everyone on the opponents' roster.  Every P12 team can put at least one player on the floor who matches up with him size-wise.

You mean like last year when Nastic had a streak of 16 straight shots made through the P-12 Tournament and our first round game (sorry, NCAA) against New Mexico?  Those weren't crappy opponents with undersized rosters. 

Nastic is a phenomenally efficient shooter close to the basket.  Wofford seemed to emphasize perimeter defense last night, and that kept Randle and Brown from doing a lot of damage but left things open for Nastic and, sometimes, Travis. 

I agree with StanFan88 that beyond the 3 seniors and Travis, no one else looked very good.  But for most of our remaining players this was either their first or second college game or their first game in 2 years (Sanders).  So we should expect some nerves and rust.  The key will be to see if the young guys improve over the pre-conference games.

But if Travis plays as well as he did last night and the 3 seniors live up to expectations, we will be a hard team to defend. If you defend the perimeter aggressively, you leave Nastic or Reed one-on-one.  And if you double our bigs, that should leave openings for the guards.  One thing that was really nice to see yesterday was that Nastic made a couple of beautiful passes to guys streaking to the basket.  In fact, Nastic's 4 assists led the team.  That, of course, does not speak well for our guard play.

Anyway, color me marginally optimistic about the team while awaiting further data.