Re: My game observations.

[Dan Marshall]

I might believe that, they were pretty spread out... Looked like a little
less than that though.  Maybe that's paid attendance.  

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Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] My game observations.

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!