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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 736255, member: 1423"]
ACC front lines are nothing to sleep on. Plumley and Jabari Parker have as much size as we'll see all year. UNC also has quality bigs (JMM for one). So we may need our twin towers often, at least to start. After that ... it comes down to matchups and game production. CJ will be a horse, and Grant will bring badly-needed offense off the bench. CJ (14.6 ppg) will probably have to score 16-18, and I like Grant to go from 4 to 10. That's the good news.
 
The bad news is ... (as you predict) I don't see our low-block offense improving significantly this year. I'm hopeful our inside guys (DC2 and Rak) can go from about 10 ppg collectively to about 15. If that doesn't happen, I agree with you that either Rak or DC2 (or both) will loose minutes.
 
I am also concerned about offensive issues in the backcourt. No way TE and TC make up the 25 ppg that MCW/BT gave us. If TE scores 10 a game, that will be excellent for a freshman. SG is totally up for grabs, and my confidence level in TC is shaky. BJ's learning zone D, and has a nice stroke, but who knows if he'll be reliable from outside and able to make the necessary defensive adjustments. So there are some questions there.
 
Even if everything goes well, I'm not sure our 70 ppg average would improve more than 3-4 points. Our D will be nasty.
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