Winning is always better than losing, even if the competition isn't great. ATL made a good point that a Bahamas trip is probably cheaper and more winnable than a Europe trip - a good combination for this team. "Tournament" results shown below with results from other US schools:
http://bbfn.web.geniussports.com/A few thoughts based on box score review and not actually watching any of the game:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/BBFN/635699/bs.html-We knew this going in, but this is Bowman and Robinson's team. They got big minutes and I'm a little nervous that BC had to play them that much to win.
-It'll be exciting to see what happens when they add Hawkins to the lineup. I've never seen him play but I imagine a stretch-4 would do wonders for this group re: floor spacing.
-Chatman with 20 pts. on 8/16 shooting is pretty solid. He led the team at +29 for the game.
-We need one of the freshmen to step up this year and Steffon Mitchell looks to be that guy. Led the team with 9 rebs and had 10 pts on 4-5 shooting. It'll be interesting to see if they start Mitchell and bring Chatman off the bench as a 3-point specialist.
-Popovic/Reyes rotating at the 5, which was expected.
-No minutes from Wilson/Baker. Again, kind of wish BC didn't need to play their best guys to beat a Bahamian team. Wouldn't be surprised if Baker redshirted - seems like he was a really late bloomer. Luckily, his dad was a late bloomer too and he turned out just fine.