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The ACC - 2018-19 Basketball

DeaconSig said:
Lol. Hope springs eternal.
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I didn’t realize I was being Pollyanna by thinking we could compete for the 8-11 slots in the ACC that were either 8-10 or 9-9 last year.

I mean, it took some terrible basketball to go 4-14 last season. I expect the ACC to be at least a little worse next year. Getting to 8 or 9 wins wouldn’t be cause for celebration.
 
DeacsATS said:
I didn’t realize I was being Pollyanna by thinking we could compete for the 8-11 slots in the ACC that were either 8-10 or 9-9 last year.

I mean, it took some terrible basketball to go 4-14 last season. I expect the ACC to be at least a little worse next year. Getting to 8 or 9 wins wouldn’t be cause for celebration.
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Without Doral, that will take some things going our way.
 
From the recruiting thread last month:

DeacsATS said:
SJM heading to San Jose State. Good luck to him.
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RacerDeac said:
Perhaps he'll take a stab at getting his shit together out there.
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CreamyGoodness said:
Things can get a little dicey for a young athlete out west. If anyone is cut out for it, it's big Sam.
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Deaconblue said:
Maybe he can get a good slice of it.
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DeacsATS said:
Knife.
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Bottom line: We aren't very funny. Twice.
 
CreamyGoodness said:
Hopefully at this point we don't lose anyone else.

Doral fucked us so damn hard but still no excuses..gotta have a backup plan. If Brown and Sarr make a big leap, which they should, then I believe ATS could be correct that we'll battle it out for the 8 thru 10 spot in conference.
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I still don't understand where Doral (or even Crawford) is going to go. G-League and try to work his way in, or just hit the international circuit early?
 
DeacsATS said:
I didn’t realize I was being Pollyanna by thinking we could compete for the 8-11 slots in the ACC that were either 8-10 or 9-9 last year.

I mean, it took some terrible basketball to go 4-14 last season. I expect the ACC to be at least a little worse next year. Getting to 8 or 9 wins wouldn’t be cause for celebration.
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Considering our high water mark in the post Gaudio era is 10th place. Good thing you are not putting your opportunity to post on the line. We would miss you if you had.
 
DeacsATS said:
I didn’t realize I was being Pollyanna by thinking we could compete for the 8-11 slots in the ACC that were either 8-10 or 9-9 last year.

I mean, it took some terrible basketball to go 4-14 last season. I expect the ACC to be at least a little worse next year. Getting to 8 or 9 wins wouldn’t be cause for celebration.
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It is being pollyanna. We are going to royally suck. We lost at least 1 of our 2 best players from last year, and at least 3 of our top 6. Meanwhile, we replace them with only 2 guys who have a chance to contribute next year.

Our only hope would be to rely upon coaching to carry us above the other teams. Let me know how that works out.
 
knowell said:
Considering our high water mark in the post Gaudio era is 10th place. Good thing you are not putting your opportunity to post on the line. We would miss you if you had.
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lol

I'm trying to remain optimistic, even though there is a lot of evidence that Manning isn't the guy.

I know it is the very definition of insanity, but I feel like one of these years the team should outperform the sum of its parts (as opposed to inventing new ways to lose). Of course, that's easier to do when you have a good coach. It's probably silly, but I am pretty much just dismissing last year's awful results and hoping it was based on poor chemistry, zero production at PF, and/or a bad start snowballing into a train wreck of a season as the team's confidence disappeared. Some new personnel, some growth from our existing roster (and staff), and maybe we can not suck as bad.

I still think the best outcome would be for Manning to "figure it out"... But I'm definitely in favor of moving on if he fails again this year.
 
NCSU & Auburn playing a home and home the next 2 years (2018 & 19).

Struggling to come up w/ a name for the series...

Improper Benefits Benefit?
Coaches vs. Ethics Classic?
 
Go Hokies, I guess. I enjoy having UVA tickets and watching Tech improve. That's about all I can say about the ACC these days. And though I've never liked Louisville, I'm kinda hoping Mack and Dino do a good job with them. I'd like to see Skip's proteges succeed.
 
This guy has the following ACC schools in his top 25 for next year:

3. Duke
7. UVA
8. U*NC
14. VT
16. Cuse (only if Battle stays - and by the way nbadraft.net does not have Battle in its latest projection)
19. Clem
20. FSU
 
It's pretty interesting to look at some of the newer coaches in the ACC that are having relatively quick success and see how they did it. Both Buzz and Keatts are moving in the right direction, and they started off their tenures going the transfer route. Seems to me this may be the new way to revitalize a program - getting experienced guys to bring you success early in your new coaching job to sell to recruits. Building from the ground up by going after new recruits/incoming freshman seems like a much riskier play.
 
thatguy2016 said:
This guy has the following ACC schools in his top 25 for next year:

3. Duke
7. UVA
8. U*NC
14. VT
16. Cuse (only if Battle stays - and by the way nbadraft.net does not have Battle in its latest projection)
19. Clem
20. FSU
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I have to think Battle is gone. He got an invite to the NBA Draft Combine and he's shown up in the first round of some recent mock drafts (nbadraft.net not withstanding).

Biggest question marks for me are Okogie, Bowman, and Crawford.
 
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