Keegan rolled his ankle going after a loose ball. Sat out the second half elevating his foot and applying ice.

He did say after the game he should be good to go tomorrow so no long term concerns. Had about 5 points including one 3 and 2 blocks prior to exiting the game.

DBJ played but was pretty quiet on offense. Seemed like he was just getting some cardio in. Couple of rebounds but nothing of note before I left.

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Down below is the Quashie Family Dental-DC Raiders (Darren Buchanan) full game. DC Raiders lost by 31, but it looked like Buchanan played a lot of minutes since they only had 7 players even if he didn't contribute much offensively which GW0509 points out. I believe Buchanan is #23 in the dark jersey.




 

Someone has been keeping a very good stats tracker this season it seems. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qi5KlUXWNYrOj9L2wQ7MHUkigxuFjdKFFdSGEpHL5bU/edit?pli=1#gid=369780929

Some quick thoughts from Saturday's Kenner play:

The showcase game for me was watching Darren Buchanan's DC Raiders go up against Trey Autry's Tombs team.  Darren was playing this like many big guys do.  Slowly jogging up and down the court while making himself available during big moments.  His big body allows him to effectively muscle for position down low yet at the same time, he can bring the ball up and isn't afraid to shoot from the outside.  I am interested in seeing how his game translates to the structured college game.  In high school, even in the competitive league that he played in, I could envision him having a tremendous size advantage, referring more to bulk than height.  That advantage often considerably lessens at the next level.  He is a skilled enough player to be effective but things likely will not come as easily to him.

Try played on a Tombs team that has something like 18 guys on their roster (10-11 showed up the first time I saw him play) yet only had 7 in attendance for this game.  This meant that Trey assumed much of the point guard duties while playing most if not all of the game.  Early on, Trey was struggling with his shot.  He then shifted gears, taking the ball to the hole and scoring three times in the paint.  That is a savvy move that a lot of young players don't absorb.  When your shot isn't falling, take higher percentage ones.  The confidence one receives from putting the ball through the hoop a few times is unmistakable.  Naturally, Trey began hitting from the outside after this stretch. 

Watched Keegan a bit in the second game.  In the early going, he looked like he was going to be on the wrong end of a one round knockout.  Former Mason Patriot Trey Porter was manhandling him which included a sharp elbow to Keegan's head (so it appeared).  I was actually hoping that he would be removed from the game (Kenner is fun but it's not worth this) but Keegan played on and improved considerably during the game.  He made a few 3's but it was really his willingness to get down low that impressed me.  If Keegan can give the team 8-12 minutes a game being more than just a three point threat, that's a huge win for this team.

The playoffs started yesterday.  I was not in attendance but from what I can tell, Darren's team may have lost a close one (or may have won, somewhat conflicting posts on Twitter), not sure about Trey's team, and Max had missed the final few regular season games so it appeared that he was smartly shutting things down.  Christian Jones's team received a first round bye so they play in the quarters either Thursday or Friday night.

 

LSF...I'd agree that Keegan may not have gotten much stronger.  What I noted though was a willingness to bang a bit down low.  Trey Porter is now 27 years old and at the start of the game, it looked like he was going to manhandle him.  Instead, Keegan may have gotten a bit fired up and really held his own against him.  Liked seeing the toughness from someone who I would not necessarily expect to see it from.

Trey can definitely play the point or off the ball.  Maybe this is the old coach's son thing but you can really see the high basketball IQ.  He occasionally takes an ill advised shot (this is Kenner after all) but by and large, I see him making the correct decisions far more often than not.  Also really like the fact that he's not going to be one of those freshmen who will need to hit the weight room before we can expect to see any results. 

In the spirit of Ricky Lindo, I'll point out that while I believe Darren CAN hit three point shots, this doesn't mean I'd like to see him take too many.  He has a nice touch for someone his size but I like his pull up game from midrange a lot more.  If he gets the ball on the wing and drives to the hole, he will be a very intimidating guy to defend. That said, he's going to have to learn not to commit too many charges, particularly since A10 refs by their very nature will already be calling their share of terrible calls against him.  I wish there was a way to bet this (1.5 bad calls against Buchanan...please give me the Over.) 
 

Jf, realizing your question was asked in a tongue in cheek manner, I will say that by and large, GW's players at Kenner are very much the anti-Kenner types.  They often play the right way by making good passes, setting screens, moving without the ball, not taking terrible shots, and actually playing some defense.  There are certainly exceptions...Miles Beatty comes to mind as a player who likely took more shots during a single summer at Kenner than he did in a GW uniform.  I also realize this sounds like a very biased observation but I really don't think this is the case.  The majority of each crowd tends to back Georgetown players, many of the Georgetown players frankly act like their shit don't stink, and they are subsequently too happy to ball hog a bit while mugging for the fans.  Our players, along with players from other schools, are there largely for conditioning and because they enjoy the competition (scores are kept, standings and playoff seedings exist, etc.).  Very hard to simulate the win-loss aspects during our own summer workouts, even if nobody will remember who raised the Kenner trophy five minutes after it's been lifted.