I agreed with a lot of posters who said 2-3 weeks ago that this part of our schedule was dangerous and could really hurt this team's psyche. We just don't have the athleticism or talent level to compete with the top teams in the ACC and Top 25 in the nation. We gave NC State a run until they pulled away. Can anyone seriously look at our players and NC State's and not notice a significant talent gap? Honestly, I'm not even sure CJ woud start for State, though having 3 CJ's would be cool...
I think Buzz is trying to keep the spirits up when he knows there is a lot of sefl-doubt among a lot of our guys. As well there should be. I think a lot of guys know that they are going to be losing a lot of PT next year to freshmen.
(dv7 response: You know, some of the guys might think that because during an earlier game, the UNC game I believe, Jay Bilas said how Jeff [Redacted] stated to him that the players coming in next year would likely include some starters. Paraphrased.)
I think the message from the coach is to stay positive and keep trying your best and trying to improve. And let's win a few of these last games against teams we can actually match up with. To be blunt, is there any PG in the ACC that wouldn't start ahead of TC? Would Nikita start for anyone else? Ty has been OK, but does he start for more than 2-3 teams? Carson? CJ and Travis probably start for half the teams, and see plenty of playing time for all but 2 of tthe others, but no one else even sniffs the floor. That is rough. Not only is it rough, but the talent gap between us and the top half of the league is VERY wide. But it will be significantly decreased, we think, in the next 2 years.