I watched the GCU men's and women's basketball exhibition games. You can't tell much from exhibition games but here are my (remember, dumb guy) general observations.
GCU Men: Ray Harrison, their new guard from the portal, looks like the real deal. He was nervous and made some unforced errors but he also had a pretty baseline drive and reverse layup. There were definite flashes from him. Blackshear looks like he has improved his 3 point shooting. He is fast and can blow by guys but if you sag to far he will hit a 3 on you. Another transfer guard from UNLV was better than I had heard. GCU is guard heavy. Their bigs from last year, look stronger. Students call the Irish guy the Irish Hulk. They don't score much. They are there to defend the rim, block out, and rebound. Defensively, they move their feet well and try to stay in front of guys. They also want to force the man with the ball to go where they want him to go when the opposing offense sets a screen. They have a couple of big freshman (one from Jakarta) but I don't expect them to play much.
GCU Women: much more size than last year. Announcers said they have 10 new players and 5 of those new players are freshman. They have the number one and number two rebounders from the Summit League. There was also a 6'3" freshman forward and a 5'8" freshman guard that looked very comfortable in their first college game. Obviously, playing a good defensive team like the Ladyjacks will probably change that but they have skill. Those newcomers will need to learn to play defense without fouling if they want to stay on the floor. Their coach said after the game that she wasn't happy with the lack of boxing out.
Both games were called very tight by the officials. It made me wonder if the coaches had asked for the games to be called that way. <shrug> I don't know if that is something you can do in exhibition games if the coaches from both sides agree.
