Just back from the game and post game celebration beers/food.
My general takeaways:
I thought Red coached great down the stretch. I continue to see him get more comfortable. The Cuffe/Bell switch was great. But he also thought he called a couple of smart clear outs for Judah towards the end. Very encouraging. Can’t judge him in the blowout loses when the team is overmatched.
What is up with Benny’s shot?!?! It looks like his freshman season all of a sudden. Is his hand hurt.
The basket looks like the size of the Atlantic Ocean for JJ right now. Ride it as long as we can.
If Taylor’s not making shots, he’s not giving us anything on the court. If he doesn’t come out on fire, Q needs to be inserted asap.
What a shot by Q. Obviously not our first choice to take a game winner, but so happy for him. He plays hard and has no fear.
Gotta say that Judahs numbers tonight shocked me. Knew he boarded well, but the assists snuck up on me.
I thought Bell played well. He’s just too slow laterally to be an effective defender. You have to live with the poor pct shots because he hits them often.
Brown is just so steady. Too bad he doesn’t play above the rim. We need a guy to erase the penetration mistakes
Great atmosphere there today. It’s the kind of win that will generate water cooler talk and get more people to the games going forward. The games at home have been very pedestrian up until today…this one moves the needle.
Win the games we’re supposed to, pick off Clemson at home and a game at the ACC tournament and I’ll tune into selection Sunday.