I like a lot of what I saw in the first half. Willis raining threes as promised. Archie, offense and defense, on the money. Odom looks really good and athletic. McWright had a good half, I just wish he would have connected with Barnes on that alley oop, that would have brought the house down. Behrend even had a block and a bucket. Smickle really looks like he could develop into something by conference play.
The bad, I didn’t see much from a Carrington. Reed needs to spend more time inside, his hedge isn’t very good and it takes him too long to recover. I really like the things Reed can do but he needs to concentrate on those and not try to do too much. Finally, when we go cold it’s not just one player it’s the whole team at once. If we could keep a player or two hitting when a starter goes cold we would be dangerous. Overall I’m feeling positive so far.
