DCDeac
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Should have gotten one of those two road games, that sucks. We hung in there during an extended period of lights out shooting by Miami, that was good. 5 guys in double figures, also good.
Two pretty good teams, to me it came down to a few bad turnovers like Alondes giving away possessions at the top of the key for scores and a couple just super dumb buckets by Miami. One-footed fade-away bank shot nonsense... Feels like back-to-back coin flip games and both came up tails.
Road wins are hard. Taking 1 of 3 from the VaTech/Louisville/Miami combo isn't that bad, should have had a BC win in there too, it's just not what you want after crushing VaTech. Down 15 points just at the line - that has to change, not sure what's going on with Sy and Walton inside but it seems like neither have the stamina to challenge shots and stay vertical around the bucket with their current minutes. Lots of dumb fouls and uncontested buckets within a foot or two of those two guys. Kinda surprised no Marsh yet given our inside problems...
Not nearly as worried about Whit and Hildreth as some. They look like freshmen with solid upsides to me, playing backup roles and not trying to do too much. Couple nice dimes and a mid range floater by Whitt, he'll start hitting those open 3's and the game will open up for him a bit. Hildreth is solid and will be a good glue guy.
Frustrating loss, but this team is just a few buckets away from 3-0 in the ACC and it's still early. Ceiling still pretty high looking forward imho.
Two pretty good teams, to me it came down to a few bad turnovers like Alondes giving away possessions at the top of the key for scores and a couple just super dumb buckets by Miami. One-footed fade-away bank shot nonsense... Feels like back-to-back coin flip games and both came up tails.
Road wins are hard. Taking 1 of 3 from the VaTech/Louisville/Miami combo isn't that bad, should have had a BC win in there too, it's just not what you want after crushing VaTech. Down 15 points just at the line - that has to change, not sure what's going on with Sy and Walton inside but it seems like neither have the stamina to challenge shots and stay vertical around the bucket with their current minutes. Lots of dumb fouls and uncontested buckets within a foot or two of those two guys. Kinda surprised no Marsh yet given our inside problems...
Not nearly as worried about Whit and Hildreth as some. They look like freshmen with solid upsides to me, playing backup roles and not trying to do too much. Couple nice dimes and a mid range floater by Whitt, he'll start hitting those open 3's and the game will open up for him a bit. Hildreth is solid and will be a good glue guy.
Frustrating loss, but this team is just a few buckets away from 3-0 in the ACC and it's still early. Ceiling still pretty high looking forward imho.