Intrasquad MBB scrimmage: BC WON!!!

I just got back from the first half of the men's basketball open scrimmage, which the Rakim Sanders-led white team led 31-30 over Tyrese Rice's maroon-clad squad.

The lineups:

WHITE:

#5 Biko Paris

#0 Reggie Jackson

#15 Rakim Sanders

#12 Joe Trapani

#52 Josh Southern

MAROON:

#4 Tyrese Rice

#21 Tyler Roche

#11 Corey Raji

#24 Evan Ravenel

#55 Courtney Dunn

Dallas Elmore had to sit out due to a bad knee.

The most encouraging thing I saw this morning was the play of Roche, who had by my recollection 11 points. They ran a lot of plays designed to get Roche open behind the arc and he swished a few nice shots. He also passed quite well and did a good job of getting open. We all know Roche can shoot, but if he can develop a more complete game, he'll be a useful weapon.

Tyrese Rice continues to be awesome at the 'floater in the lane' move, which he used three times, by my count; he was struggling from beyond the arc, but hey, it's a scrimmage.

Evan Ravenel had the most exciting moment of the half when he slammed home a rebound with the game's most emphatic dunk. He looked pretty good, but he's not going to step in and instantly make BC's frontcourt a threat. He'll be a piece of the puzzle, though.

Reggie Jackson hit a three early on and I think had 5 total points. Didn't see enough of him to really get a good look.

I was sitting next to a high-ranking person in Boston College athletics and he told me that while Jackson is considered to be the best freshman of the bunch, Ravenel will probably get the most playing time early on, as the frontcourt depth is not so good.

Concerns: Joe Trapani was not very impressive, to the point where I forgot he was Trapani and thought that it was last year's walkon who wore #12 (Bennett?). I don't think he scored in the entire half, and he's way too lean to play power forward. I'm not disregarding him for the season, he just didn't look too good today.

This team's point guard situation is troubling unless Biko Paris improves his shooting to the point where he can be a viable option; I really don't like Rice handling the ball. Just like in ACC games Rice made a habit of driving to the lane by himself without passing the ball, and turned it over several times.

The big disclaimer to all of this is that basketball is the sport I know the least about; hopefully, my praise is dead on and my concerns are totally unfounded.

I took some pictures, which I will post either tomorrow or Monday.