3-0 in ACC road games

[jdubs30]

Not bad for an ECU transfer and a coaches son

 

[skurey]

Why don't we play all our games on the road?

 

[DNABB5]

4 Turnovers, on the road. Q looked like we imagined for 10 minutes in the first half, seconds double double from Marek, Eli showed up when it mattered and a coaches son dropping 15 points in 6 minutes.

Trending UP

Beat Notre Dame.

 

[Cuseball]

Not bad for an ECU transfer and a coaches son

yes and if we make the dance this will be one of big reasons why. Jimmy gets the boys ready and his teams never quit

 

[GooseMutt]

House wreckers

 

[Orangezoo]

If we can play good defense vs ND ( especially Joe) and Joe can watch re runs of the Hubb incident we can do it. We really would be well served to not give up 15 made 3s for the 4th time this season though.

 

[raf4488]

I'd love to get back into the NCAA picture, but regardless it has been a pleasure watching this group of underclassmen improve. Guerrier and HW made huge contributions today and the program's future doesn't look nearly as bleak as it did a month ago

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Someone said it in the game thread and I think they are right - our path to the NCAA tournament is piling up conference road wins.

 

[SWC75]

 

[SWC75]

Not bad for an ECU transfer and a coaches son

And a coach the game has passed by...

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Someone said it in the game thread and I think they are right - our path to the NCAA tournament is piling up conference road wins.

10-0 in ACC road games would definitely do it...odds of that happening are probably less than 1%. But we can dream...

 

[OttoinGrotto]

10-0 in ACC road games would definitely do it...odds of that happening are probably less than 1%. But we can dream...

I don't think it would take 10-0. But 7-3 might make things interesting.

 

[Orangezoo]

We need get to 14-7. To me that gets us back into the bubble conversation. It is also the halfway point in ACC play. Defend the Irish, keep using the 3 guard rotation ( Washington has added a lot of value - it's not up for argument), smack Pitt at home and find some way to beat a surging Clemson on the road. At 7-3 in conference and likely firmly in 4th place we will get some attention.

Then we need to find a way to finish out at 6-4 at worst. Ideally we need to get one vs Duke or the ville to get a signature win. Or we need UVA and VT to go on a run to validate those wins more.

 

[malpearl31]

Someone said it in the game thread and I think they are right - our path to the NCAA tournament is piling up conference road wins.

Remaining road games:
@ Notre Dame
@ Clemson
@ Florida St
@ Louisville
@ Pitt
@ Boston College
@ Miami

Would be awesome if we could steal one of the Fla St/Louisville games. Those are huge resume boosting opportunities. And the way the boys are playing right now, the other 5 don't look anywhere near as daunting as they were a month ago.

 

[Jasoncuse]

If we can play good defense vs ND ( especially Joe) and Joe can watch re runs of the Hubb incident we can do it. We really would be well served to not give up 15 made 3s for the 4th time this season though.

ND is not that good but they are a tougher matchup than our last 3 opponents. With Mooney unstoppable inside and 3 really good shooters, it’s a strain on the zone. The last 3 games, we’ve taken advantage of our opponents weaknesses, shooting in the f it at 2, the interior today. ND will be a much tougher W. Need some really good shooting from our big 3 to give us a good chance.

 

[Chip]

Accelerate the roof replacement. We don't need it for basketball season.

 

[Orangezoo]

ND is not that good but they are a tougher matchup than our last 3 opponents. With Mooney unstoppable inside and 3 really good shooters, it’s a strain on the zone. The last 3 games, we’ve taken advantage of our opponents weaknesses, shooting in the f it at 2, the interior today. ND will be a much tougher W. Need some really good shooting from our big 3 to give us a good chance.

No doubt. Defensively ND is the worst opponent we have played in the last 3 but based on their make up like you said offensively they are an issue.

I like what I have seen in the second game vs opponents this year. The adjustments have been pretty good. We should have beaten ND at home but we got sloppy and lazy on defense. We have to defend better. Quincy is going to need to play 20 mins to help hit the boards vs Mooney inside.

 

[upperdeck]

ND shot 50% from 3. every team we play that does that will be tough to beat.

 

[CaptainJ]

I don't think it would take 10-0. But 7-3 might make things interesting.

Possibly, but it would probably be helpful if we won some home games as well.

 

[HOFCeluck]

This f””&ing team is “Godfather 3 Michael Corleone”-ing me as we speak.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Remaining road games:
@ Notre Dame
@ Clemson
@ Florida St
@ Louisville
@ Pitt
@ Boston College
@ Miami

Would be awesome if we could steal one of the Fla St/Louisville games. Those are huge resume boosting opportunities. And the way the boys are playing right now, the other 5 don't look anywhere near as daunting as they were a month ago.

Yeah, I thought after the back to back losses we were toast, but there is a path.

 

[bballbeadle]

Possibly, but it would probably be helpful if we won some home games as well.

IT WOULD HELP ME A LOT.

 

[CaptainJ]

IT WOULD HELP ME A LOT.

It also would help the odds for those who want free tacos. Blowout road wins don't help the working man with a family and mouths to feed!

 

[jncuse]

We need get to 14-7. To me that gets us back into the bubble conversation. It is also the halfway point in ACC play. Defend the Irish, keep using the 3 guard rotation ( Washington has added a lot of value - it's not up for argument), smack Pitt at home and find some way to beat a surging Clemson on the road. At 7-3 in conference and likely firmly in 4th place we will get some attention.

Then we need to find a way to finish out at 6-4 at worst. Ideally we need to get one vs Duke or the ville to get a signature win. Or we need UVA and VT to go on a run to validate those wins more.

I'm not sure if we need to get to 13-7 in conference. This board has a history of over-projecting what is needed to get in at this time of year.

That being said. obviously the ACC is down, and I do suspect the bubble line to be a bit stronger this year in terms of resume. The reason for that line being a bit better is if the top seeds are a bit weaker, which we appear to be heading, that means more scalps for teams on the bubble and a few more wins distributed down from top P5+BE teams to the teams in the middle of those conferences.

So given that we always overshoot I am going to hedge and say 12-8 might get you over the top (and it may not), so it should not be the target either.

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[jncuse]

The bracket matrix is always a good quick reference tool.

Right now (before today) NC ST was the last team in. They will lose that lost spot because of losing to Clemson today

They were 12-5.
1) Their Q1+Q2 win profile is no better than ours.
Wisconsin (H), at UNC Greensboro, at Wake
VS
at Virginia, at Virginia Tech, at Georgia Tech

2) Like us they have one bad loss (Q3).
Georgia Tech at Home
Notre Dame at Home

3) They are 4-4 in Q1+Q2 games. We are 3-5. (Basically that is one game behind)


So we are not massively off after today.