Re: Takeaway from hoops opener

Agree. Here are some of my thoughts:

- Girard: He looked small on the court compared to the rest of our team. He also had a couple turnovers and missed a couple open 3's. He will be fine with time, but he didn't really impress last night

- Jack Clark: I was equally as impressed as you were. He has a silky smooth shot, has great size and strength, and just played solid basketball with his minutes. I can now see why my NC State friends said he was arguably the best player on their team last year when healthy.

- Chauncey Wiggins: He looked very comfortable on the court which makes sense with a year of experience. He's going to be a mismatch problem for other teams with his length at the 3. He also showed great court vision and made some really good passes. I didn't see that vision last year.

- PJ Hall: What else can you say about Hall? I expected improvement from Hall considering this is the first healthy offseason he has had in 3 years. He definitely impressed last night.

- Ian Schef: I expected him to take another step and it looks like he did. If he takes a large jump from last year, then that is a huge boost to our team. He looked great.

RJ Godfrey: His arms are jacked! He's going to be a nice bruiser for us and it was nice to see him hit a 3 and also bang down low.

Dillon Hunter: He looked more comfortable on the court than he did all of last year. I really liked his motion in the offense. He has outstanding vision and made some great passes last night.

Hemenway: Good to see him healthy and hitting open shots

Chase Hunter: Had a solid outing and ran the offense well.

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Nov 7, 2023, 11:42 AM

I had a blast watching this team last night. They are GOOD.

They were definitely sloppy in the beginning offensively, but they looked REALLY jacked up. Which is a good sign! These guys are excited just like we are, and they settled in over the course of the game.

As far as overall team thoughts go, I really liked the effort on the glass and on defense. We effed up on rotations a couple of times last night, but not nearly as frequently as we did last year. Still want to see Hall be more aggressive rebounding.

However, PJ Hall is an absolute monster and probably the best player we've had at Clemson since Trevor Booker -- and in many ways he's better than Booker was. Chauncey Wiggins is going to be a pro -- Brownell needs to let him play. He was really coaching Chauncey hard last night, and that's fine, but he needs to let him figure it out. He is a level of athlete we have rarely seen at Clemson. He chipped in a few boards, even brought the ball up the floor. His versatility is beyond exciting.

Jack Clark is going to be great for us. Long, skilled, athletic -- just need to keep him healthy and playing. Really like that pickup more and more.

Schieffelin really impressed last night, but I will be even more impressed if he can back that performance up against bigger/more athletic teams. If you remember, last year he showed out early against some bad OOC opponents and then wasn't as effective later in the year. Hope to see him maintain the same level of production over the course of the year.

Chase Hunter and the backcourt generally didn't have a good night. Need to see more from them going forward, and I trust that we will. He and Girard were almost a total non-factor.

RJ Godfrey -- that's my guy. A postgame x-ray would confirm that he indeed has that dawg in him. Just relentless effort at all times, excellent athleticism, and he's developing some skills -- seeing him splash a three was nice. He's gonna need to show he can do that to keep defenses honest.

Lots more thoughts but I don't want to rehash what everyone else said, and I probably already did some, and sorry about that if so. Let's go Tigers!

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