On Sunday morning we took on a few of our Alums in a scrimmage to start the new competitive season. The Alums only had six guys, so it made it challenging for both teams. They obviously weren't in the shape that we are in and played zone the whole game. We couldn't implement our new defensive schemes because we didn't want them calling for mercy ten minutes in.
We got off to a decent start but then it was pretty much downhill for there. We didn't play with much energy (or least the energy we would've liked) for most of the first half. We were actually down at the half. We didn't take care of things that we could control like effort and rebounding (more on this later). We ended winning the scrimmage as the alums wore down in the second half.
One thing our guys weren't exactly ready for was the size our alums brought. Carl Hipp, who is now 6'8" and probably 240lbs and Kris Anderson (6'5" and 260lbs) brought a ton of size and muscle against our relatively small team. That will help us prepare for teams like UW-Whitewater, Augsburg, and Gustavus. Hopefully, it will make our guys understand how important it is for us to box out and rebound. We were spoiled the last couple of years with having Carl on the interior.
Overall, it was a great learning experience for our guys. The alums played a very physical brand of basketball and most of our guys weren't exactly ready for it. We've watched some film and hopefully we can apply that to practice and then our exhibition game coming up on Saturday vs. Lakehead University from Thunder Bay, Canada (we are in talks to have a live feed for the game, I'll try to keep you updated on that).
Just want to say thanks to the Alums that came out, Kris Anderson, Sam Weiner, Brandon Hayes, Dan Andersen (who is our new assistant coach), Pierre Harris, and Carl Hipp. We appreciate the support you guys give to the Hamline program. We also had a few Alums show up to watch in Charlie Hipp (Carl's dad) and Mike Gray
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