Soriano will be interesting to watch. To be fair he has not played against the level of competition/athletes he will face in the Big East. While the best big we have had in quite some time, I don’t think you can count on his point production continuing, which unless another player comes through may hinder an already challenged shooting team.
He outplayed Jesse Edwards who is a formidable presence down low, went toe to toe 6’11/280 Jamille Edwards and fought through double teams all night @ISU. He dropped 23/12/2 on a 7’4 kid just yesterday.
The issue is he hasn't had to work on the defensive end against quality offensive minded post men. The big east season will be telling, Can he play solid, honest defense in the post, or does he get tempted into foul trouble. I hope the former
I think Soriano will continue to be a huge asset, but fair to assume he will get into foul trouble in at least a few games as he is forced to guard more talented bigs. That by itself should result in a reduction of his numbers. I like Stanley to give us some good production off the bench.
And there's the mush...
Enjoy your road trip! It's a very quaint venue. I went to "The Snow Shed" a couple of times a few years ago and the crowd noise was overwhelming. I hope all the students went home for the break.
To be fair, that 7'4" kid is a Freshman and in development. Soriano's experience was a huge factor in him outplaying the kid. At 7'4", he will be a force to be reckoned with if they bring him along properly and Coach Hamilton knows how to do that.
Did you not remember such names as Kalkbrenner, Songo, Nunge, Clingan, Wahab, Ighodaro etc. All superior offensive players to the ones you mentioned above. If he were to be as successful against this line up as he has been to date, he would be up for National Player of The Year. What's ridiculous is to assume that he will continue the same production against the talented crew mentioned above as he did for one of the weakest OOC schedules in the country.
Should have stopped after Clingan
How bout just say lets see if he can keep his production up against those guys? Instead of dissing him before getting the chance to prove you wrong. Of course we should expect somewhat of a dropoff but I sure hope if/when he holds his averages within a couple points of his ooc averages you show up and give him credit instead of disappearing when the team does well.
Not disrespecting them at all, they're a terrific program and important for our conference. I think that they have (this year at least so far) come a little closer to the pack. Any way you slice it, it would be a terrific win.
They started Arch and other freshmen pg, Armstrong, recently. If that is the case Wednesday then it would be Mathis who would get the Daniels responsibility.
You’re always so worried dude. Joel is playing at a high level right now. Idc who you are, when double doubles are a habit for yiu, it’s gonna translate.
