SWC75
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- A bad loss. With a 5 seed, based on the current ACC bracket, we avoid North Carolina who looked in the Dome as if they could beat us 10 out of 10 times. Instead we get a 6 seed. If the Tar Heels beat Virginia Tech they will get another chance to work us over.
- We got off to a sluggish start. So did Miami but it was a lost opportunity to take control of the game early. Our missed shots were so badly missed that matt Park was comparing it to the aircraft carrier game back in 2012 vs. San Diego State where, because of the ocean breezes, neither team to make a jump shot. But this game was indoors. We were also blowing lay-ups, some of which didn’t even hit the rim.
- At halftime we were 2/13 from the three point line and they were 2 for 12. Who would get hot first? They did, sort of. In the second half we were 3 for 12. They were 8 for 19. That was the ball game. The turn-around is amazing in this stat. Through 17 games. we were 164/445 from the arc, 36.9% and our opposition was 148/499, 29.7%. We were averaging almost 10 threes a game and giving up just under 9. In the 14 games since we are 88/321, 27.4% and our opposition is 138/380, 36.3%. We are averaging 6 threes a game and they are averaging 10. I’ve never seen such a turn-around. I realize that the opposition is focusing on our three point shooters but as I said earlier, if something is your strength, the other team shouldn’t be able to take it away just by concentrating on it. I’ve seen plenty of open threes that have missed over these last 14 games. We just aren’t making them.
- Of course, with Elijah Hughes we would have won this game. We lost in overtime and our best player missed the second half. He got bumped in the head for what JB said was the 20th time this season – which doesn’t bode well for any possibility of his agreeing to play for free next year. But Miami was missing their best player, Chris Lykes, for the whole game and yet they managed to win.
- Bourama Sidibe slipped from the high plateau of his play in the previous four games. He had 10 rebounds but there were a lot of rebounds to be had in this game. (The two teams missed 90 shots, including free throws). He was 1 for 3 from the field and scored 2 points. He had as many turnovers and, of course, fouled out again. Miami’s 7-0 255 Rodner Miller pushed him around a lot.
- With all this we still could have won but a team that hits 75% of its free throws missed 7 of 19, (made 63%). One more in regulation…
- Meanwhile everybody’s going to wonder what Hughes future is here. Not just will he come back, but what can he give us next week, or the week after that. We are a mediocre team with him. Without him, we are certainly less than that. I’m glad we got that 17th win against BC. It might be our last.
- We got off to a sluggish start. So did Miami but it was a lost opportunity to take control of the game early. Our missed shots were so badly missed that matt Park was comparing it to the aircraft carrier game back in 2012 vs. San Diego State where, because of the ocean breezes, neither team to make a jump shot. But this game was indoors. We were also blowing lay-ups, some of which didn’t even hit the rim.
- At halftime we were 2/13 from the three point line and they were 2 for 12. Who would get hot first? They did, sort of. In the second half we were 3 for 12. They were 8 for 19. That was the ball game. The turn-around is amazing in this stat. Through 17 games. we were 164/445 from the arc, 36.9% and our opposition was 148/499, 29.7%. We were averaging almost 10 threes a game and giving up just under 9. In the 14 games since we are 88/321, 27.4% and our opposition is 138/380, 36.3%. We are averaging 6 threes a game and they are averaging 10. I’ve never seen such a turn-around. I realize that the opposition is focusing on our three point shooters but as I said earlier, if something is your strength, the other team shouldn’t be able to take it away just by concentrating on it. I’ve seen plenty of open threes that have missed over these last 14 games. We just aren’t making them.
- Of course, with Elijah Hughes we would have won this game. We lost in overtime and our best player missed the second half. He got bumped in the head for what JB said was the 20th time this season – which doesn’t bode well for any possibility of his agreeing to play for free next year. But Miami was missing their best player, Chris Lykes, for the whole game and yet they managed to win.
- Bourama Sidibe slipped from the high plateau of his play in the previous four games. He had 10 rebounds but there were a lot of rebounds to be had in this game. (The two teams missed 90 shots, including free throws). He was 1 for 3 from the field and scored 2 points. He had as many turnovers and, of course, fouled out again. Miami’s 7-0 255 Rodner Miller pushed him around a lot.
- With all this we still could have won but a team that hits 75% of its free throws missed 7 of 19, (made 63%). One more in regulation…
- Meanwhile everybody’s going to wonder what Hughes future is here. Not just will he come back, but what can he give us next week, or the week after that. We are a mediocre team with him. Without him, we are certainly less than that. I’m glad we got that 17th win against BC. It might be our last.