Live from Red and Blue game

Bear with me now as this is my first ever attempt at “live blogging” not to mention my 5th or so blog post ever.

Also, to make sure you get the sweetest live action available, I will be typing directly into to the blog. What does that mean? I am absolutely terrible at spelling; as we speak I’m typing this into Microsoft Word so that the spell check works. All bets are off when I type directly into the blog, especially when Secaur isn’t around to edit it (yes, Secaur has to edit all of my posts).

10:15 The women's Red and Blue game was like Chinese water torture. We should make terrorists sit in the UD Arena and watch that game over and over for punishment. They'd tell us everything.

10:25 The men are out for warmups. A few nasty throwdowns from Wright and M. Johnson. I personally witnessed Kurt Huelsman dunk - so he can.

10:29 Luke Hendrick can (in my best Bill Walton) THROW DOWN.

10:31 Guys ran some 3-man weave full court layup drills and if I hadn't already known he was hurt, Rob Lowrey looks fine. He was running full court, shooting lay-ups, etc. Still don't think he'll be ready until Jan. 1 but wow I'm encouraged watching him now!

10:37 Ok, I promise this will be the last mention of Luke Hendrick, but the dark gray, XXL t-shirt that hangs below his elbows is definitely not a good look.

10:37 Interesting that when the teams separate for drills, guards go to one end and post men go to the other end - Luke Fab goes with the big men to practice. Is that one of the reasons he can't play on the outside? I'm not saying...I'm just saying.

10:40 I mean, I hate the stereotype that "Dayton fans are hicks" as much as the next guy. But when the random hillbilly stops a lady to question her about her relationship to Kurt Huelsman because he saw "Huelsman" stitched on her mommy bag, it's hard to argue against it. He told her he could "see the resemblance", she then informed him she was Kurt's sister in law - God Bless Dayton, Ohio.

10:50 Paul Williams is in warmups. And by warmups I mean a Fubu looking jump suit. He must be hurt. [edit: got hit in the chin and had a concusion]

Red Team: Parker, Perry, C. Johnson, Luke, and Kav.

Blue Team: London, Marcus, Wright, Searcy and Hueslman. Starting lineup preview? Interesting that C. Johnson suits up for the Red.

10:55 4-2 Blue as if you actually care what the freaking score is. Wright with a nice coast to coast, judging from that alone, his ball handling looks much improved. Luke 0-2 from 3 land, he missed his second attempt from around the Dayton Flyers half court logo.

11:05 Luke now 2-4 from the land of three. Searcy playing very solid. Wow do we need Josh Parker THIS year, he is by far a better PG then Perry. I've seen him play for 12 minutes so take that for what its worth.

Halftime: Speaking of things I've seen for 12 minutes and am willing to declare as "better by far", the backup cheerleaders fit that category. I'm sure they can't cheer as hard as the first string but they'd look better on a calendar.

11:13 Aaaaaaand halftime was about 90 seconds, literally. They switched up teams and jerseys and the score and everything. I'm not reposting the new teams. Benson with a nice oop from a white walk-on. [edit: they played 4 quarters, with the same break in between them each].

11:20 Perry looks 100% to these eyes. You know a good way to improve your PG skills? Have London Warren guard you every time you bring the ball up the floor. Perry looks good, better then last year, but not great. Luke with another 3 bomb. --- And another 3 bomb. He's 4-4 after his first 0-2.

11:30 Wright with a nice 3-ball stoke, makes him 1-2 for the afternoon.

11:33 Ok newcomers (keep in mind I'm judging from a very limited time of play) - Josh Parker looks good. I'm not seeing the "scoring machine" some have touted him to be but he is currently the 2nd best PG on the floor today. Has a good stroke but I haven't seen him create anything on his own - hard to do in the dry system BG runs. I'm not hating on it, the system just doesn't leave a lot of room for a player to create on his own.

Kav - he is ready to play Div. 1 basketball but looks a lot like a freshman. (Luke with ANOTHER bomb). I think Kevin was right on the podcast in saying about 4-6 minutes a game for Kav. His first take got glassed by Kurt, however he stuffed Kurt a few possessions later. His body is ready, he's just as thick as Kurt, but you can tell he's a freshman. The guy said he hates eggsavier though, I like him. I'd like to see more of him to make a real judgement but I think that his minutes will increase as the season goes on, especially if he can score like we've heard - haven't seen it yet today though.

Benson - Not seeing the NBA potential we heard about this summer. With that said, he definitely has some range. He's made a few outside shots and had a very athletic reverse lay-in on a bad oop pass. He looks more ready for minutes than Kav and I believe he will get more. Searcy has looked very very good today and from what I've seen, he should get the bulk of the minutes at the 4/5. Not saying that will happen, but he looks good.

10:45 On the floor currently for the Red team: Parker, white walk on, white walk on, white walk on, and Searcy. We got to see Parker create a little with that lineup on a nice take and finish.

11:47 Wright - who is on the Blue team facing the previously mentioned Red team just had a monster oop and slam.

11:50 London is making Parker's life at opposing PG a living hell - just pestering the heck out of him. Parker had to come out of the game he was so winded, but handling the pressure well.

Searcy with a few more STRONG buckets. He has been the star today. All those summer hoops over seas are really paying off. I mean, he looks really good. Rumor had it that he was on his way out with Stephen Thomas (Luke with another bomb (he missed 2 in between I didn't tell you about)) but I'm glad he's here. BG needs to give him minutes this year, major minutes.

12:00 Marcus running a little PG. He has to be the 3rd option with Paul Williams out. By the way Paul looks straight pimpin' in his jump suit.

Wright hasn't really exerted himself much today but when he has, he's looked good. It's easy to see he's the best player on the court. The few times he has taken the ball to the hoop, they've been under control. He's learning to use his athleticism to avoid contact (charging) and maneuver around it - still while bringing the ball high and strong.

12:07 Luke with another bomb. He's around 7-11 for the day from splash town. He's been shooting great but I'm seeing Secaur's point about where he fits in with the offense - more to come on that.

That's your ball game, with a final score of 65-58 Blue. Actually I just made that up. They switched jerseys every quarter and I wasn't attempting to keep you abreast - haha abreast.

Other than Searcy, I didn't see any big surprises out there. If he isn't getting at least as many minutes as Kurt something is wrong. Kurt played solid and I'll leave it at that.

London, Marcus, CJ all looked like themselves, nothing crazy. Wright didn't bring the house down but I don't think he was trying to. When it's game time, he'll shine. Btw, he's still on the floor signing autographs, what a quality kid.

Liked Parker a lot, it's a shame we have to wait for next year's Red and Blue game to start talking about him seriously.

Good production by the Flyers. Lower arena was a little over 1/2 filled. I'll say 4500 showed up. Thanks for struggling through this one with me. Secaur will now spend 2 hours of his Saturday correcting my spelling and grammar errors.