Trey Mckenney

I know they're going to be really good on defense.

Elliot Cadell and Trey McKenney are going to have to play a huge role in the offensive side of the ball.

They're also pretty reliant on if Roddy Gale is eligible to play.

front court mustafa chom could be like a dark horse big 10 defensive player of the year he's really really solid he had tons of good moments last year at cincinnati um and then jp estrella how good is he gonna be we'll see like i said i trust this off i trust this defense under mike boynton don't know if i trust the offense under mike boynton he hasn't quite proven that he can have an elite offense yet but you got to give credit where credit's due mike boynton was you know the defensive coordinator basically on last year's Michigan team that won the national championship and was so, so dominant on the defensive end.

I, I think there's a l- enough signs of things to be encouraged about.

I think the things that you were worried about from the top, not worried about, but like you wanted to see at the top level are as advertised, right? Like, I think Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney are going to be a really, really good back court.

The things that they're gonna need to do, I, I think they're as capable of doing as most players in the country.

And then I think you're really intrigued by what we've seen from Mustafa Cham, and I'm as impressed by what he's done as maybe like excited about what he could still become.

Um, he, through the two exhibitions, he has a 34% usage, 48% assist rate.

Um, there's not really been a lot of other playmaking, I would say, on the floor.

Um, like Cham has been that second guy, right? And then everything Michigan runs off the ball has basically been to u- to get Trey McKenney a shot or to use Trey McKenney to get someone else a shot for the most part, I would say.

Like they're running everything with him as a screener, with him coming off as like he's the target when they run sets, I would say 90% of the time.

That was a big storyline in this game that I wanna hone in on in a second.

Trey McKenney, some two foul participation for Trey McKenney, who picks up a third [laughs] first half foul.

So he was in foul trouble, and the Wolverines extended their lead and built a 13-point edge in the first half without either of those guys on the floor for the majority of that run.

So that was a good sign.

Again, so many similarities there.

So you, you saw that from Cadeau and, um, he is going to take his game to another level this year.

Trey McKenney, you can tell, is taking his game to another level this year.

It...

And if Cham can provide, I mean, let's just call it 85%, 90% of what Mara did, that'd be excellent, right? Because Mara was one of the best rim protectors I've seen in college basketball, uh, i- in my time watching it, right? Just in what he was able to do and, and, and impact the game on that end.

So, uh, and like you said, even if he's able to do a little bit of what all those guys did, it's, it's gonna be such a massive asset to this team, uh, in addition to McKenney's scoring and Cadeau's play setting, right?

Absolutely.

Um, can, can we do a little breaking news situation here? Because I just got a text.

Uh, he is, he is not, uh, very thick, but man, can he shoot it.

He is this team...

I, I think he is a better true shooter than Trey McKenney.

I mean, he is a, a lethal, lethal shooter.

I expect to learn a little bit about, uh, Michigan's second unit.

I think, uh, Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney for my money are known commodities.

Mm-hmm.

Sure.

That sort of thing.

So really I, I'm, I'm, I'm intrigued in the depth because last year Michigan's starting lineup was fantastic.

But it was the fact that they could bring Roddy Gale and Trey McKenney and LJ Hausen and an energy glue guy like Will Cheddar off the bench.

Right.

So those guys are going to be the leaders of this team.

Trey McKenney, man, um, I, I just...

He's just a great college basketball player.

He's going to be, right? Uh, you can see that.