WVU @ Maryland Thoughts: - No Boswell. - Payne picking up where he left off. Just too relentless. No answer for him. Mills making the leap. Great duo to build off of. - Traore a great buy low pickup. He was in purgatory last year stuck on that Utah team. Very active early. Really good off ball activity. Getting a couple buckets on backside cuts. A nice drive off a reverse. Getting in paint by lots of different means. That’s winning basketball. Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up starting over Sanon if he keeps this up. Been THE most impressive player of the game in the 1H. I don’t really care if guys hit or miss shots in exhibitions. - Bizjack hot, he can do that. Gotta get up in his shorts. WVU needs to work harder to find him more. Thought Maryland took him away and they didn't move ball enough in 2H to keep getting him involved. - Seini is a load, super physical, big time seals in the paint. Tough to stop when gets the ball. Gets good deep position. Foot speed on the perimeter is a little slow. Can’t stay in front of Payne. But in the paint, he’s a big deterrent. 2nd most impressive player for WVU. Needs to start over Sylla, and this one is not close. Do it now. - Sylla obviously great athlete, but bad shot diet. Struggled passing out of double. Vision/touch not there. He’s a work in progress. Still needs a lot of coaching. - Not worried about Buljan at all. Loved his defensive activity, getting hands on balls, great at controlling the boards and paint w/ Payne, Consistent producer on O. He’ll get it going. Really good low post scorer, nice handle for a big, can put it on the floor. All of his missed finishes will fall. First game was probably a mix of tired legs, new system etc etc etc. the defense and rebounding is there which is what you want to see to start the season. He fits this system. - Somerville another nice pickup, nice scoring guard off the bench. Good for 8-10 each game. Not the best defender but he does well in his role. - Another nice game for House, plays within himself and the system. Very vet like. You’ll take 10 from him every game. Plays hard Defense. Doesn’t get beat much. - Lorient quiet night but another guy we are confident when the lights come on will give you 15, and play great D while doing it. - Really enjoying Maryland’s defense again this 2H, after loving it game 1 against GT. They’ve tightened up, and got more physical. We know they have it in them. Active hands everywhere. - Still think McNair should only be a shooter at this level. He looked bad when he put the ball on the floor but hit some shots late. Just shoot, no dribble. 3 and D. Be a star in your role. - DJ star in his role, great defense, active hands, lots of steals, made things happen on that end of the floor. - Baba struggled. Patience with him. - I want to see Tambedou again. Buzz listen to me, you know I’m right. - Been holding off on talking about Sadler. Let’s talk about the pros first, I know the media loves him. Obviously super talented. Great blow by ability, very explosive. Can probably get by anyone and create. Made a couple of good things happen when he got in the paint. Now the bad: Struggled staying in front of his man which lead to lots of fouling. Thought he played a lot of hero ball, which felt like there was no flow to the offense for a majority of the night. Thought it threw his teammates off in 2H. Forced up a lot of unnecessary shots. Is it fixable? Of course. There’s not a lot of depth so maybe he feels like he has to? Would like to see him try to get others involved first and less settling for 3s. The game is in there, I think he just needs some time at this level to find the balance. - Sanon can be better, produced enough at St Johns to know he can help, was he held out in 2H or what happened to him? - Buchanan was not really noticeable out there tonight. Gonna have to see if he can hang at this level. Still feel the same about Maryland, one of my favorite dark horses. Like Buljan a lot, he’s going to be big for them. Baba will figure it out through out the season. Boswell is going to be a huge boost. Please sprinkle in some Tambedou for me. I promise you won’t regret it Buzz. WVU going to be right in the middle of the standings of the Big 12. Really like this 5: Sadler, Bizjack, Traore, Lorient, Seini. Think there will be some growing pains as the team is very reliant on Sadler. Front court depth is an issue. Seini has star potential. Think this team is bubbly. Seen a lot of love for this team but I think it’s one year early. The good news is that you probably get both Sadler and Seini back for next year.