You could also hear how frustrated Cam was after a few missed bunnies and by his poor free throw shooting. Fairfield isn't great but they have some length, I think folks are underestimating Cam's ceiling as a glue guy with nifty YMCA moves. Athletic enough to dunk it after the final buzzer in frustration... Wayyyy too much focus on what he can't do based on game 1 of the year, especially when he struggled but was easily a top 2 player in the game.
The daggers are Marsh and Monsanto. Bradford definitely seems to have some Shoemaker "not gonna dunk it from 1 foot out" issues, but he's massive and did a pretty nice job defensively. Even though we weren't scoring we were still in control early, then Marsh came in and gave up like 3 consecutive buckets and looked like he was in quicksand. Didn't look like a player who was ready for minutes this year, and the Bradford/Keller/Carr combo at 5 has a "serviceable at best" quality to it. And I don't know what to think about Monsanto. Hate to be negative after just 1 game, and I'd completely get it if his world is just too upside down after his family tragedy, but he looked like a player that had just been traded to the Deacs the night before and had never seen a playbook/system and got a few spot minutes because he's talented. Really weird vibe, completely lost his man and assignment multiple times despite only playing a few possessions. Both shots were hero ball... I mean, I hope he figures it out from a basketball perspective, but very worrying.
Real story to me is Bobi. First game ever, 20+ minutes, double digit scorer, led us in boards, hit a 3, shot it well from the line, zero turnovers and one foul. Plus a sweet alley-oop dunk finish for the only real highlight of the game. Has all the makings of a kid that could refine his game and end up being a force in the ACC.
This year still hast the look of a rebuild, but with a potential core of Bobi/Carr/Ituka/Monsanto/Cam/Keller coming back (hopefully) we could be one of those teams that is extremely tough by the end of this year and a definite tourney team the next.