ChrisL68
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I agree, but i'm just talking about games close to tossups as being "gettable".At Duke is gettable too.
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I agree, but i'm just talking about games close to tossups as being "gettable".At Duke is gettable too.
You’re right about one thing. Some of us aren’t watching the same games. At all. Games are 40 mins last I checked. And getting boat-raced for large parts of the second halves, much to our chagrin, counts.I mean, we could easily be 3-1 on the road in the ACC, while playing the top 3 teams record wise currently in the ACC (along with BC). I 100% get the "coulda/shoulda/woulda", but I don't know how you watched us play our four road games and ask the question of "what has yielded any sort of confidence in our ability to play well away from the Joel".
Up 10 with under 10 against State, tied with FSU at the 6 minute mark. Obviously we were up 1 at the half last night. The first two games were easily winnable.
Our "stagnant" offense is the 5th most efficient offense in ACC play, and 31st in the nation for the entire season.
I am convinced some of you aren't watching the same games that I am and just want to be pessimistic for fun.
Yeah - KP has us at 3.1-2.9 projected on the road for the final 6 games. That would put us at 4-6 on the road and gives us a loss at home to play with to get to 13 wins.I agree, but i'm just talking about games close to tossups as being "gettable".
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Could've stopped with the bold, it rings true.You're an idiot.
Even with RJ Davis going off on the open looks (which, yes, I am sure that Forbes wants better defense than that), UNC was 17/30 from mid-range (1.13 PPP), and 5/15 from 3 (1 PPP), so they were getting .13 more of a basket every time we allowed that to happen instead of a 3. So even in a game where Davis absolutely cooked us, and most of them were open 2's where we provided little resistance, it only comes out to that.
You asked what has been seen so far on our road games that makes [us] think we can win away from the Joel and I answered you.You’re right about one thing. Some of us aren’t watching the same games. At all. Games are 40 mins last I checked. And getting boat-raced for large parts of the second halves, much to our chagrin, counts.
I hope you’re right. But overwhelming confidence? I mean - fuck it - I envy you. I’m not mad, I’m impressed.You asked what has been seen so far on our road games that makes [us] think we can win away from the Joel and I answered you.
We have already won a game away from the Joel, we have had the lead late in the second half against two of the other three teams we have played on the road, and we had the lead at the half against the No. 3 team in the country.
I fully understand games are 40 mins, but what I have seen so far indicates to me with overwhelming confidence that we can play well, and win away from the Joel.
I didn't say I have overwhelming confidence to necessarily win a ton of games, I do have overwhelming confidence that we can play well, because we have done so for spurts in every single road game this year. Of course we have to put it together and winning is all that matters, but I was responding to your initial assertion that we were all doom and gloom on the road without a prayer to win away from the Joel. That is factually incorrect (since we already beat BC) and I also believe, based on what I have seen so far, that we will win enough away from the Joel to get the job done this season.I hope you’re right. But overwhelming confidence? I mean - fuck it - I envy you. I’m not mad, I’m impressed.
He's also 4/11 in conference play.Reid is 4-16 from 3 so far, so that's a pretty small sample size for those of you talking about his percentage from out there. And considering he's shooting 88% from the FT line (24-27), I imagine that his 3PT% in the long run will be quite a bit better than 25%.
I agree that he shouldn't be taking contested threes or threes really early in the shot clock, but if he's wide open in the flow of the offense I have no issue with that shot. Especially if it's only once or twice a game.
Not to beat a horse completely to death, but why not go zone to keep Reid out of foul trouble. If there was one thing Carolina had problems with last night it was outside shooting. I mean some real bricks were going up when they took them. However since it was so easy to get to the rack, they didn't need to take them.I agree with this assessment, but then again not every team is going to have an RJ Davis that can just torch the drop coverage.
I kinda think that Forbes is setting up defense this way primarily to avoid Reid getting into foul trouble by picking up fouls trying to hedge on screens. Playing drop coverage and forcing teams to make floaters and pull up 2s at the very least minimizes the chances of Reid picking up a foul. And the way this team is constructed, foul trouble for Reid is about the worst problem possible.
Whoa whoa whoa - let’s not act like we conquered a demon in BC. We blew a 10 point lead in 30 seconds and needed some late heroics to steal a game in front of 200 fans.I didn't say I have overwhelming confidence to necessarily win a ton of games, I do have overwhelming confidence that we can play well, because we have done so for spurts in every single road game this year. Of course we have to put it together and winning is all that matters, but I was responding to your initial assertion that we were all doom and gloom on the road without a prayer to win away from the Joel. That is factually incorrect (since we already beat BC) and I also believe, based on what I have seen so far, that we will win enough away from the Joel to get the job done this season.
At Duke is gettable too.
Reid is 4-16 from 3 so far, so that's a pretty small sample size for those of you talking about his percentage from out there. And considering he's shooting 88% from the FT line (24-27), I imagine that his 3PT% in the long run will be quite a bit better than 25%.
I agree that he shouldn't be taking contested threes or threes really early in the shot clock, but if he's wide open in the flow of the offense I have no issue with that shot. Especially if it's only once or twice a game.
RJ Davis is the ACC POY. Bacot averages a double-double (neutralized last night, though). Harrison Ingram is the best transfer Hubert has gotten.It was an encouraging 1st half. That's all I got.
And is it just me, or is this UNC team much better on the defensive end than they usually are?
His stroke looks good. I’m fine with him firing up 1-2 in flow of offense (best if it’s a “we are up 10” situation instead of a “down 5 late” kinda deal). The one over Bacot last night was a no-no-nooooowhoa, had no idea reid was so money from the line.
but yeah, reid being able to stretch the floor from 3 would be huge.
dallas walton started off cold from three as well and people were going nuts about it