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No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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Not a fan of 9 PM starts. If the game had started at 7 PM, I might well have gone. Hope it gets scheduled for a weekend next year. If the ACC wants this series to become a rivalry, they should try and get the games played on weekends as often as possible...in this conference, there are few chances to drive to an away game, so why not encourage this when possible?
Not going to spend a lot of time breaking the game down, work calls. on defense, BC did what I think most ACC schools have done/are going to do: put 4 guys in the paint, cover TC, double Fair whenever he got the ball and hope for the best (our slashers scare these schools to death).
TC got face guarded again but did a much better job of taking advantage of it last night by driving to the hoop, where he consistently converted a layup or got fouled. He continues to do an excellent job of anticipating passes to the high post (as does TE). Those passes are a common way to try and beat the 2-3 and there are going to be opportunities to jump the lane and get some easy transition baskets. I don't know what was up with the weird face he made in the 2nd half after another tough basket; it looked like he was imitating Elvis, but whatever it was, I liked it.
Thought BC did a good job really spacing themselves out and forcing SU to cover a lot of ground in the 2-3. They opened up space for Hanlon to drive and once he got into the lane, good things tended to happen for them. We did do a good job on him from the perimeter, so he was not a factor shooting the ball from outside.
Anderson got the ball a lot in the high post. I thought he needed to hit a few more midrange jumpers from there but he passed the ball well from there and even drove inside successfully a few times. He does a good job given his athletic ability and large belly.
JB went to a new starting lineup with BMK and RC in and JG on the bench. I think he really likes to talk to JG about the game and prep him for action and this tactic allows him to do it. After the game, JB said DC2's knee was bothering him to the point he was unable to practice on Sunday; hence he did not play. Not good news.
A number of teams have had success covering CJ with a guard over the years and this happened again last night. So much of his game is based on beating his man with a quick first step but that doesn't work with a quick little guard. JB tried to run isolation plays with CJ posting up down low a number of times but this team is not good at getting the ball to players on the low post, and this was largely unsuccessful. CJ looked really frustrated and at one point showed it by passing the ball hard to BMK (that is something that should never be done under any circumstances). If TE has a weakness right now as a PG, it is in this area; he needs to do a better job getting the ball to players posting up. Christmas was open and had great position a number of times when TE had the ball but Tyler didn't really give him a look.
We struggled on offense for most of the game and could have even lost if not for a great stretch of the 2nd half. We finally started to score regularly...I think BC might have gotten a little tired (their starters played tons of minutes, maybe even more than our starters and their bench was worthless), but we started getting the ball in the paint consistently towards the middle of the 2nd half and Fair and Grant in particular did some damage. Got some offensive rebounds, TE hit a couple jumpers, TC continued his stellar play and in a few minutes, the game was over.
RC had a bit of a relapse with foul trouble again handicapping his ability to make an impact. It is a shame because he had a mismatch inside all the time he was in. BMK did not have a particularly good day; he is almost a non-factor on offense when the defense packs inside like they did last night and he rarely gets a defensive rebound. But he did get some offensive rebounds, and he played good defense, really bothering Anderson when he got the ball on the high post and hustling to double shooters in the corners (BC BTW did a great job when we trapped and rarely turned it over).
When JG does something, he goes all in. Thought his block on Anderson was clean and thought it was hilarious how Anderson reacted; he stumbled backwards and fell really awkwardly like a bad boy on a box trying to get to the cookie jar. And I am not 100% sure about this, but I think the height JB got on his missed dunk attempt in the first half might have set an all time record for hangtime. It was quite amazing. I continue to be impressed by his improvement rebounding...he is easily our best rebounder at this time.
BC gave it a great effort. Props to the Superfans for keeping that special tradition going (looks like they have about 20 of them still remaining). Hanlan is a player. Good to get back to beating BC again in all sports (nice call Sean Keeley). It feels...right.
Not going to spend a lot of time breaking the game down, work calls. on defense, BC did what I think most ACC schools have done/are going to do: put 4 guys in the paint, cover TC, double Fair whenever he got the ball and hope for the best (our slashers scare these schools to death).
TC got face guarded again but did a much better job of taking advantage of it last night by driving to the hoop, where he consistently converted a layup or got fouled. He continues to do an excellent job of anticipating passes to the high post (as does TE). Those passes are a common way to try and beat the 2-3 and there are going to be opportunities to jump the lane and get some easy transition baskets. I don't know what was up with the weird face he made in the 2nd half after another tough basket; it looked like he was imitating Elvis, but whatever it was, I liked it.
Thought BC did a good job really spacing themselves out and forcing SU to cover a lot of ground in the 2-3. They opened up space for Hanlon to drive and once he got into the lane, good things tended to happen for them. We did do a good job on him from the perimeter, so he was not a factor shooting the ball from outside.
Anderson got the ball a lot in the high post. I thought he needed to hit a few more midrange jumpers from there but he passed the ball well from there and even drove inside successfully a few times. He does a good job given his athletic ability and large belly.
JB went to a new starting lineup with BMK and RC in and JG on the bench. I think he really likes to talk to JG about the game and prep him for action and this tactic allows him to do it. After the game, JB said DC2's knee was bothering him to the point he was unable to practice on Sunday; hence he did not play. Not good news.
A number of teams have had success covering CJ with a guard over the years and this happened again last night. So much of his game is based on beating his man with a quick first step but that doesn't work with a quick little guard. JB tried to run isolation plays with CJ posting up down low a number of times but this team is not good at getting the ball to players on the low post, and this was largely unsuccessful. CJ looked really frustrated and at one point showed it by passing the ball hard to BMK (that is something that should never be done under any circumstances). If TE has a weakness right now as a PG, it is in this area; he needs to do a better job getting the ball to players posting up. Christmas was open and had great position a number of times when TE had the ball but Tyler didn't really give him a look.
We struggled on offense for most of the game and could have even lost if not for a great stretch of the 2nd half. We finally started to score regularly...I think BC might have gotten a little tired (their starters played tons of minutes, maybe even more than our starters and their bench was worthless), but we started getting the ball in the paint consistently towards the middle of the 2nd half and Fair and Grant in particular did some damage. Got some offensive rebounds, TE hit a couple jumpers, TC continued his stellar play and in a few minutes, the game was over.
RC had a bit of a relapse with foul trouble again handicapping his ability to make an impact. It is a shame because he had a mismatch inside all the time he was in. BMK did not have a particularly good day; he is almost a non-factor on offense when the defense packs inside like they did last night and he rarely gets a defensive rebound. But he did get some offensive rebounds, and he played good defense, really bothering Anderson when he got the ball on the high post and hustling to double shooters in the corners (BC BTW did a great job when we trapped and rarely turned it over).
When JG does something, he goes all in. Thought his block on Anderson was clean and thought it was hilarious how Anderson reacted; he stumbled backwards and fell really awkwardly like a bad boy on a box trying to get to the cookie jar. And I am not 100% sure about this, but I think the height JB got on his missed dunk attempt in the first half might have set an all time record for hangtime. It was quite amazing. I continue to be impressed by his improvement rebounding...he is easily our best rebounder at this time.
BC gave it a great effort. Props to the Superfans for keeping that special tradition going (looks like they have about 20 of them still remaining). Hanlan is a player. Good to get back to beating BC again in all sports (nice call Sean Keeley). It feels...right.
