Re: My game observations.

[Justin Register]

Paper said it was just over 8,000.  Not bad for the first exhibition.

On 11/2/06, Dan Marshall <address@hidden> wrote:
> Game Observations...
>
> Cedric- Showed real leadership and is the Obvious leader of the team.
>
> Williamson- VERY impressive, great energy and has that ability to be in
> every play it seems, his energy and tenaciousness kind of reminded me of
> Hicks.  He had that "animalness" about him, always headed for the ball
> etc.
> He also has Long arms, I imagine him pulling down some rebounds too.
>
> Warren - I'm pretty sure this is they guy... Playing point.. (still have
> to
> get used to all the names/numbers) had some great dishes underneath and
> hit
> a three, I was impressed with him as well.
>
> Brandon Miller - Loved that he got a dunk... Obviously he will probably be
> our next fan favorite.
>
> Allen... Hmmm what to say about him that's positive... He knows how to
> foul!
> :) He had a couple nice blocks, but seems to have that tendency to want to
> rebound and want to put the ball on the floor.  It's a shame he has such a
> great Basketball body... Someone at the game said if you were picking at a
> street game and you saw Williamson and Allen next to each other and hadn't
> seen them play you would pick Allen.  But there is no question who the
> better player was.  He also seemed to be yelling at himself a lot after
> his
> dumb plays instead of getting back up court right away.
>
> Style of play- it was difficult because frankly NKU wasn't playing very
> well, (I know some might argue our defense did that, but really, NKU
> didn't
> look good last night at all) that said, I am sure this is going to be an
> exciting style to watch, but we know Cronin was a good coach
>
> Team Chemistry- It was very obvious these guys are a "team", seeing them
> go
> wild on the bench when Miller dunked it etc.  I also REALLY liked that
> they
> team went over to the student section  ( a la the football team) and gave
> them all High fives etc.  Very good for helping redevelop a fan base. They
> seem to all have great attitudes
>
> Uniforms- I really like them!
>
> Court design- Nice clean an classy
>
> Arena- they have done a lot of nice things in there... And although I know
> the C Paw is our logo, it sure is beat into your head their.. A little too
> much for me actually, they have it on every section number, I was
> surprised
> that it wasn't painted in the urinals I'd seen it so much.  I understand
> branding... But, it's on EVERYTHING...  I'm also assuming the lower amount
> of concessions was due to the fact that it was a pre season game.
>
> Attendance- Does anyone know what the number was yet?  It seemed pretty
> scarce, maybe 5000?  I could be way off but there were a lot of empty
> seats
> in all section.  The Rallycats only went about 4 rows deep and didn't fill
> the last two row, but there was a pretty hot co ed in white in the second
> row... ;)
>
> GO BEARCATS!