Central Arkansas Post Game Notes:

• Player of the game is seriously up for debate, could be either:
  • CJ Carter: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 6-11 FG, 4 threes
  • Devin Patterson: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 8-12 FG, 2 threes
  • Mike Rostampour: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block
  • Jake White: 9 points, 11 rebounds (9 offensive)
• Devin Patterson was and is apparently playing with a broken big toe
• UNO had more offensive rebounds (26) than UCA had total (25)
• Jake White left the game limping and came back out on crutches, but is apparently OK
• Rostampour & White are going to give teams fits in the post, by far the best rebounders UNO has had
• Tyus’ shot didn’t seem to have the same arch as normal, maybe having some issues?
• Carter, Patterson, & Rostampour all played 30 minutes or more, White probably could have gone for more than 30 minutes had he not left the game…but Randy Reed & Tre’Shawn Thurman look like they will for sure be the top bench guys as of now
• None of the freshman seemed nervous, which is great
  • Maybe Rylan Murry did at first but then he was taking threes with confidence
  • Thurman looked ready right away
  • Devin Newsome looked comfortable running the floor
  • Daniel Meyer didn’t get much playing time, but when he got in he didn’t look nervous at all and had a good post move from what I remember
• As a Millard South guy, it was great to see Kyler Erickson get out on the court
• The team’s new intro video was great, showed off the campus a bit, just looked great

Seattle U Pregame notes

I feel like it should be worth noting that the UNO Mavericks will be playing more games in Key Arena than the NBA this year.  I hate being the dude that says that playing later on the west coast is a disadvantage for the Mavericks, but you know what, it really could be.  My wife is from Washington state, and the area is incredibly beautiful, but it rains constantly and is obviously two hours behind.  Every time I’m there it takes me a couple days to adjust to the time change.  I’m sure a D1 athlete gets enough adrenaline to where it doesn’t really affect them, but wouldn’t it be an issue for a bench guy that uses that adrenaline to sit for 10+ minutes before entering the game?  In reality, college students are probably pretty used to being up late.  If I were traveling to see the game, I would probably fall asleep at half time…and I love college basketball.  As a traveler, I wouldn’t look forward to flying from Omaha to Seattle and then to Milwaukee all in the same week, combined with having to work my ass off, but yeah I am kind of lazy.  Here are some game notes just based on lazy observation:

• Seattle lost their first game at home to Texas State 62-53
• Former Omaha Bryan player/current Texas State guard Ethan Montalvo (who UNO offered) played 11 minutes, missed a three pointer
• Hopefully Jake White is healthy and ready to go, well hopefully everyone is healthy and ready to go but the entire team didn’t limp off the court on Sunday
• UNO beat Seattle last year in Omaha 76-69 and it was one of the more chippy games I attended last year, in that game:
  • CJ Carter – 17/2/3
  • Devin Patterson – 12/2/2
  • Mike Rostampour fouled out in 15 minutes and had 3 points & 3 rebounds
  • Marcus Tyus – 4/6/4
• For Seattle, these dudes had:
  • Jack Crook – 4/6/2
  • Jarell Flora – 5/4
  • Deshawn Sunderhaus – 7/5/2
  • Isiah Umipig – 35/3/4
• Feels like the main threat from Seattle is Isiah Umipig, as noted he had 35 points against the Mavs last season…he averaged 19.5 last season and had 23 in the Redhawks’ opening game this season
• Looking at the two teams on paper, UNO definitely looks like the better team but curious if playing on a Wednesday night on the west coast could cause issues of for the Mavericks
• Since going D1 UNO is 1-4 playing in Pacific (& Hawaii) time…but are a better team as compared to when they first started, they went 1-2 last season beating Nevada and losing to UNLV & Hawaii but were competitive in both games