MBB Update

 Two quick notes from MBB....

First, Samari Curtis had his waiver approved.  He will be eligible to play.  The former Mr. Basketball in Ohio will be able to play 2 seasons at BG.  He played 11 minutes in the exhibition game.

Oh, about that.  I'd suspect that it certainly wasn't the start BG was looking for.  The Falcons did eventually win in overtime, but even with :10 left in regulation victory was in doubt.  As I noted in my preview, Fairmont State is a strong DII team and no pushover, much as when we have good teams that play Big 10 teams.  Matiss, Fields and Fulcher did not play.

Still, it wasn't the result you'd like to see.  BG was great from 3FG (56%) but only 31% from 2FG.  BG had turnover issues (21%) in addition.  It was an 81-possession game, so BG finished with 1.12 points per possession and slightly less for Fairmont....a team with a proven ability to score.

One thing you worry about with BG is chemistry, which may take time to gel given the large number of new players.  99 of the 225 minutes were players new to the team.  This might be an ongoing feature of portal-land in the future.

It certainly was on Thursday.  We'll just have to keep an eye on how this develops.  Chemistry would appear to be an issue with the number of guys BG has who can play.  BG starts out on the road Tuesday.