BB tip off party Oct 15th

Army of Dad · October 15, 2012

Decent turnout already, ten minutes until doors open.

Greenhorn · October 15, 2012

This is absolutely fantastic.

I see someone on the court from Ball Is Life I believe.

cdizzle86 · October 16, 2012

Wish I could be there. Any updates would be extremely appreciated.

Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

Ladies doing their 15 minute scrimmage. Coach Peterson said wants to make this the toughest place to play in the country. I'm thinking about 2k in attendance

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Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

Jordan looks taller, Coleman looks like he has the freakishly long arms like Tony. CJ, Jacob, Coleman, Walton on green. Tony, Patton, Jordan, niko, and Al on white.

Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

White up 23-22 at the half. This is turning into a dunk fest. Oh my this is going to be a fun year!

Walton and Overlander trade 3s to start. Overlander form NBA range

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THOR · October 16, 2012

Thanks for the updates

Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

White wins on a Jordan dunk, he took off from just inside the free throw line, by the belt logo. Um, wow.

CMJ · October 16, 2012

Thanks a bunch.

Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

Overlander and McCoy both make six of 10, (Walton and Hannah Christian paired with McCoy and Christian) then each make 2-3 to go to double OT where McCoy wins it with her first shot. Getting ready for dunk contest.

Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

Coleman, Jordan, tony, and Coleman to dunk

Jordan and tony in the final (though I think Jacob should have been in it). Jordan can't get one down for a few attempts. Gets all 10s.

Tony having trouble getting one down too

Jordan wins by 3 points

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Army of Dad · October 16, 2012

Coleman has maybe an inch on tony

Greenhorn · October 16, 2012

Chris Jones has crazy court vision and ball control. He makes so many great passes.

greenminer · October 16, 2012

Chris Jones has crazy court vision and ball control. He makes so many great passes.

I still have UTA nightmares.

Andrew · October 16, 2012

Colman is big!!!!! Walton has also hit the weight room. I have not seen. More athlletic team! That does not equal wins but we have so much potential!

Wookies · October 16, 2012

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.

bstnsportsfan3 · October 16, 2012

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.

jdennis82 · October 16, 2012

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.

UNTcrazy727 · October 16, 2012

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.