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Good win, although a little too stressful at the end there for my liking. A few thoughts:

- Gapare: Those blocks and altered shots has me excited about what a difference maker he is. Having him and Wildens out there to protect the rim is such a nice change from last year. Once he gets his legs ...

Interesting that 1.3 inches separate almost 200 spots. Our guards are mostly on the smaller side (height at least) so that might be bringing it down a bit.

With a few days to reflect on this game one of the positive takeaways I don't think we have discussed enough was being able to get 6 or 7 stops around the 4-7 minute mark of the 2nd half. Now, we couldn't buy a bucket so we didn't cut into the 12 point lead (I believe) at the time). The last few ...

I'm bummed to not see Cross in the first game, hopefully it is just a minor injury and we kept him out given the lower level of opponent. I thought the 2nd half things started to flow a little nicer. A few things stood out to me:

- Luis looks like he is going to be a really solid starter at the A10 ...

Those seem like odds that haven't been researched and are somewhat based on recent history, not this year's teams. A completely new SBU team getting better odds than Umass is strange. Same with SJU odds based on how that team has looked and what they have coming back. I usually think "Vegas" is ...

First time poster here (long time observer), do we know for sure he is getting a scholarship? Could we be a PWO? I have no idea, just speculating. And nothing again Rollie, I know nothing about him at this point, he could be worth a scholarship for all I know.