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Here's my thoughts on tonight for those of you not able to attend. Nice crowd, larger than I thought would be there, made up mostly of students. Drum line, Cheerleaders and Dancers all did a nice job tonight. And now for the basketball.

Ladies first: Petersen said they've had 10 practices so far and you could see that they are in preseason form. Not that they played bad, but early on shooting was off. Shooting picked up as the scrimmage progressed and the ladies did a pretty good job of stepping into passing lanes on the defensive side. We are noticeable bigger than last year with 6 players at least 6ft tall. A couple of the ladies had some pretty good guns hanging out of their jersey. My summary for the ladies is that we are bigger, we crash the boards more than I remember last year, and Laura McCoy is a badass.

Men: Benford said they've had 5 practices so far. Hard to take anything from the scrimmage as the men didn't attempt to play any defense, but it was entertaining. We are big and athletic. Coleman is slightly taller than Mitchell, but he is a wider body. I can't think of anyone in the Sunbelt that will be able to move him out of the paint. Overlander has a good shooters stroke, but I'm not sure he will see the floor much this year because we are so deep. Patton has good ups and Holmen looked good as well. Jones and Williams both looked great tonight. Jones looked like he had a point to prove during the scrimmage and I swear Williams has even better ups than last year. Tony was Tony with several dunks and a couple of jumpers. My summary for the men is that we are big, athletic and fast. We will be a high flying team. If Coleman can play as a true five, we are a handful for anyone. I try to stay level headed about things but I'm excited about this team.

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Here's my thoughts on tonight for those of you not able to attend. Nice crowd, larger than I thought would be there, made up mostly of students. Drum line, Cheerleaders and Dancers all did a nice job tonight. And now for the basketball.

Ladies first: Petersen said they've had 10 practices so far and you could see that they are in preseason form. Not that they played bad, but early on shooting was off. Shooting picked up as the scrimmage progressed and the ladies did a pretty good job of stepping into passing lanes on the defensive side. We are noticeable bigger than last year with 6 players at least 6ft tall. A couple of the ladies had some pretty good guns hanging out of their jersey. My summary for the ladies is that we are bigger, we crash the boards more than I remember last year, and Laura McCoy is a badass.

Men: Benford said they've had 5 practices so far. Hard to take anything from the scrimmage as the men didn't attempt to play any defense, but it was entertaining. We are big and athletic. Coleman is slightly taller than Mitchell, but he is a wider body. I can't think of anyone in the Sunbelt that will be able to move him out of the paint. Overlander has a good shooters stroke, but I'm not sure he will see the floor much this year because we are so deep. Patton has good ups and Holmen looked good as well. Jones and Williams both looked great tonight. Jones looked like he had a point to prove during the scrimmage and I swear Williams has even better ups than last year. Tony was Tony with several dunks and a couple of jumpers. My summary for the men is that we are big, athletic and fast. We will be a high flying team. If Coleman can play as a true five, we are a handful for anyone. I try to stay level headed about things but I'm excited about this team.

Thanks for the great summary. gets my basketball pants excited.

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I don't know that it's necessary for a gameday scenario, but last night really needed more of a Humble Billy style in the PA booth.

Right or wrong, we fans needed "permission" to "get on your feet for the fight song" (especially since it wasn't played live) or a simply "get rowdy for your 2012-2013 hoops team!!"

The smoke-filled entrance was anti-climactic given the lack of enthusiasm from the announcer and fans. Shoot, we weren't confident enough to stand up for the best player to ever wear the jersey.

The AAC is the perfect example of what an event like last night can/should look like. Wish someone could've applied those principles to last night's plan.

Lesson learned for future events.

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I don't know that it's necessary for a gameday scenario, but last night really needed more of a Humble Billy style in the PA booth.

Right or wrong, we fans needed "permission" to "get on your feet for the fight song" (especially since it wasn't played live) or a simply "get rowdy for your 2012-2013 hoops team!!"

The smoke-filled entrance was anti-climactic given the lack of enthusiasm from the announcer and fans. Shoot, we weren't confident enough to stand up for the best player to ever wear the jersey.

The AAC is the perfect example of what an event like last night can/should look like. Wish someone could've applied those principles to last night's plan.

Lesson learned for future events.

It would help if we could dim the lights, have some lazers going off, and some badass music playing, but unfortunately the Super Pit is unable to do those things. Hopefully, that will change.

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