Mike Boynton Jr. press conference after exhibition win over Oregon State

To our ceiling? We got a ways to go to get to our ceiling. Again, I think I mentioned this last week. I don't think this team will be the dominant, forceful defensive team that last year's was.

We just don't have the depth of like rim force that we did last year. So again, this team will have to find a way to be effective defensively by being probably more disruptive from a perimeter standpoint. We think we can be that. Ricky's still been on a minutes restriction.

He'll bring some of that. We're hopeful that we get Roddy here soon and he'll be able to bring some of that. And then, you know, Trey and Elliot being in foul trouble certainly didn't help in the first half. But I think this team can definitely be a really good defensive team.

All right. We have to keep probably reminding ourselves that last year's team was fairly historic and dominant the way they played. And I know it's natural, but it'll look a little bit different this year.

Yeah, he's, um, he's got some skill there. Uh, Aday, I mean, of course a lot of really smart guys. He's up there with maybe the smartest one. I mean, his intellect, his ability to process things, you know, kind of before they happen.

Moustapha's not quite there, but I think he's also playing in a system like this for the first time where he's being asked to be a decision maker and be a hub. But the skill set is there to do it. It's just a matter of how fast he can see those things. I think with more reps, it'll become more natural to him, but his passing has been very, very pleasing so far.

I don't know if we're necessarily thinking about getting in trouble. I think we want to make sure that there's— it's undeniable If once we kind of make, make the decision to put him out there, obviously anything could change, so we never know, right? Um, unusual situation, uh, probably unprecedented, unprecedented circumstance for all these guys.

Um, but we're confident that we have a good ruling. We just want to make it, like I said, undeniable that no one can question that we've made a decision to put him out there when he's, he's, um, he's been in the As clear as he can be at the moment. That will do it.