-Maxey... What can you say? His release is beyond quick. It's sudden. He doesn't give it away with his dribble or his shoulders, he just backs out like he's gonna drive on you and then, bang.
And speaking of the drive... he's an 18 year old kid who's supposed to be a senior in high school right now... and he's hitting absolute circus shots off the drive against the #1 team in the country in Madison Square Garden? GTFO.
That was one of the most impressive freshmen debuts of the Cal era... maybe the most impressive?
-Sestina... doesn't make mistakes. Always in the right spot. Great chemistry guy. Hits open shots, not rattled. Yes please.
-EJ Montgomery... I mean I don't get what Cal is seeing there. Two rebounds in what had to be 25-30 minutes.
-Richards I'm pretty much fine with at this point. He's an ideal 5 for this team if you're dead set on having a true 5 at all, which Cal is. What I really liked was that lineup we had in at the very end of Hagans, Maxey, Quickley, Sestina, and Whitney. I'd love to see more of that.
-Quickley still looks like a great piece for this team and he came out balling, but when the bright lights were on he looked scared and launched a bad three. Baby steps. He's ready, he's just gotta have confidence he belongs out there.
Great, great win. And because the selection committee is stupid, regardless of what this game means to our true talent level, it's gonna look beautiful on our resume in March. Probably worth a couple of spots by itself.
Let's go boys. Give us our crown and line up the challengers. College basketball is back.
P.S.- F*** Cade Cunningham, F*** James Wiseman, F*** Penny Hardaway, and just for fun, F*** Zion too. I like my team.