Saturday’s exhibition against Charlotte was an opportunity for basketball coach Mike White to see his team against an opponent for the first time this season.
He liked what he saw.
“I was really pleased with our effort from a cultural standpoint as much as anything else, I loved our energy level, our connection, our bench was active and energetic,” White said of his Bulldogs, who won the game 86-59. “I thought we played unselfishly, thought we played connected offensively as well, did some good things, and against a really good program coming off a very good year. They’ve got a sound, solid program we played on the road. It was a great opportunity for us.”
Connectively was an area White closely watched.
“I thought they did really well. There weren’t a bunch of glaring communication mistakes,” White said. “There’s some stuff to clean up, of course, and there’s a few possessions there defensively where we were just okay, primarily in transition, sometimes it’s after …