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Message: [QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 4953160, member: 57"] Great game - any time you get a double digit win against an ACC opponent, there should be no complaints. Especially in a game like this where we lead throughout and there was never any sense of danger that the game would get away from us. A few thoughts: 1. Many comments about Taylor. He needs to get back any mojo he might have had. Look at the Knicks and how much better Grimes is playing after finding a better role on the second team. Gotta stop starting Justin and give him a chance to find himself in a different role. 2. Carey was a pleasant surprise. Several tough rebounds and he showed good mobility and D instincts. On O he rushed a bunny layup that he missed and could have had a dunk on a pass from Cope, but he fumbled the ball and passed it out. 3. JJ - wow - kid is still a bit inconsistent from game to game, but his intra-season improvement is through the charts. He is becoming the player we all expected and hoped for. 4. Judah - his ability to draw fouls is amazing and he knows how to hawk the ball. Last time I checked Tankathon he was projected to go in Round 2. This kid needs to study Brunson to figure out how to score with footwork and cleverness once he gets inside the paint and not to simply rely on drawing fouls. He made 3 FGs, and I believe 2 of them were on fast breaks. Cant have him only making 1 FG off of all his lane penetrations no matter how much he gets to the line. Also, what happened to his 3 point shooting ? It seemed to be coming on at the end of last season and has vanished now. Dont take these comments wrong, I love Judah, but I am looking forward to what he needs to do to succeed at the next level, and I cant help but ask, why not ask him to do those things now ? 5. Bell and Benny - I am putting them together because they both had very nice games doing exactly what they are supposed to do. Bell hit his threes and also had a couple of nice pullup Js in the lane off of dribble penetration - need to see more of that. Benny was very clever in working himself free for monster dunks. He should be starting over Taylor. 6. Q - He seems to be falling a bit out of favor with Red - he only got 18 minutes. He is a smart player from outside and sees his teammates. I think the missing piece of his game is that he should be more clever from inside. He flashed that capability in a few games earlier in the season, but I haven't seen it recently. 7. Lastly, Brown - so solid in so many ways, but he needs to improve his O. He didnt seem that aggressive yesterday in cutting to the basket. He also needs some sort of a baby hook or turnaround 10' J. 8 Red - Great job getting them up to play after the FSU catastrophe. [/QUOTE]

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