Joseph Hartman

That was probably the best that I've seen him play.

Joseph Hartman also, he's probably the 11th man.

He's played some really good minutes and he showed versatility.

But, you know, that's what happens on good teams.

And I think that you're going to see the same thing from Chum and Estrella, that they can be real factors in transition.

All right, I want to talk a little bit about the three freshmen that are not really in the rotation right now.

Joseph Hartman, shoulder Marcus Mullum, he is so darn long he can shoot threes.

I like his potential.

With no Roddy Gale Jr., with Oscar Goodman still banged up, with some of the natural inconsistencies of young players or players who have not played at this level before.

Against Eastern Michigan, it was Quinn Costello and Joseph Hartman who really shined.

And Costello played well again, but wasn't as much of a focus because Oregon State did try to shade a little bit more toward him.

It was Kenny Noland, who didn't play all that well against Eastern Michigan, who really stepped up.

All expectations are he's, he, he's, he's gonna be involved with the team as, as much as he can be.

Um, other than that, it's really Malachi Brown and Joseph Hartman.

They're wings, uh, four star guys.

Uh, Hartman is a bit more of a scorer.

Okay.

Joseph Hartman's gonna average 12 points a game this year.

Ooh.

Okay, wow.

This is kind of like Jay's take.

I actually, my take is that the first three, the first three guys off the bench are gonna be freshmen.

So if Roddy Gail starts, I think Joseph Hartman, Quinn Costello, and Marcus Mohler should be the first three off the bench.

Wow.

If you've got that much playmaking, you're going to be really hard to stop.

Also, Joseph Hartman is a player.

Very smart, coach's son.

I liked him in Lithuania.

He was not a hindrance on defense.

He knew where to go.

He helped break the press a lot of positives from Joseph Hartman.

I think he's got a really good chance to be a regular in the rotation this year.

But he is going to be a difference maker for this team.

Joseph Hartman has an opportunity to be a difference maker for this team.

Jalen Reed played, as I mentioned, 13 minutes.

And just to see him coming, playing his first action, he's coming off an Achilles injury.

So you could surmise, with all of that being considered, at this juncture, the incoming freshman class, a talented one, a highly rated one, could be on the outside looking in.

One game does not make a season, and one exhibition game's storylines may not make it to the season's first game in terms of the topics around it, but it is tough not to be impressed with what freshman Quinn Costello and Joseph Hartman provided the Wolverines against Eastern Michigan.

Costello shot well from three on the European trip, 11 for 24, and he continued that on Sunday.

Four of eight from three throw in.

It was the first time the coaches saw the group against a different team.

And while there's plenty to work on and also plenty to like from the team as a whole, performances have to stack and you only get three chances before things really truly count and it will go against you or for you in the standings.

With all of that being considered, Quinn Costello and Joseph Hartman established a nice foundation with the ability to stack performances on top of them in exhibition game number one.

Michigan, a winner over Eastern Michigan in the exhibition opener.