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And then promptly turned it over.
Postgame Thoughts… Clemson
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OrangeDW
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He was brutal last night. Fortunately everybody else was decent-good, and Jesse and Joe were excellent.
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nah I dont think so...I think there is more than enough scoring on the team. Most p5 teams dont ahve 5 double digit scorers. I think the reason for these lulls is going away from what works, poor shot selection and scheming, and just overall stretches of poor decision making. its as if the entire team turns off a the same time. it happens every game seemingly.
I think the lulls are entirely mental.
for instance, su has 5 players averaging over 12 points a game this season! thats a lot!
Duke, only has 2!
baylor has 3.
gonzaga has 3
auburn has 3.
I think sometimes the offense just gets unbalanced...once a rough patch starts its like the team goes in its shell...the team has a plethora of options and needs to be careful how it keeps them all working together. with this many scorers the isolation offense makes absolutely ZERO SENSE in my opinion.
yeah bench scoring would be nice but this team has a higher number of high level scoring threats than pretty much any team out there...the problem with long droughts doesnt come from lack of a bench imo
i think there is some dysfunction in how the team works its offense...or at least a higher level it can acheive with these players...especially against good defesnese that render the team futile apparently...
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Tough to say even if they win another 9...
You can only play who's in front of you, but it seems like the ACC this year is a lot of sub-par teams beating up on each other.
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well im not talking about resume...i just mean real-time level of play.
I see improvement...i see the team ironing out the kinks...
but the ncaa tourney selects on the entire season not current form
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No, I get that... my worry is that showing improvements against bad teams that aren't tourney caliber either isn't a very good measuring stick. ACC is really weaksauce this year.
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ACC will probably get 5 spots, not counting a potential bid stealer from the ACCT. Syracuse has to finish 5th or higher to get a bid, or win the ACCT.
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Cole and Jimmy both are ideal sixth men who happen to start. They both play hard and can give you quick spurts of offense and occasionally both have good games deserving big minutes.
Your ideal starting lineup is Sy, Joe, Buddy, q of the 3 forwards and Jesse.
For defense you need to rotate the 1 3 1 in depending on the match up given the challenges with Joe defending the 3.
Your ideal starting lineup is Sy, Joe, Buddy, q of the 3 forwards and Jesse.
For defense you need to rotate the 1 3 1 in depending on the match up given the challenges with Joe defending the 3.
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Believe it or not, in last night game as in the FSU game as well as for the season, Sy has the lowest defensive rating as well as only having better offensive rating than Frank and Benny.
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Our defense is so bad just overall that it's hard to take much from that honestly. The 3 guard lineup has looked the better option of late.
The only constant is that what we are doing now isn't cutting it. It would be good to see what the defense looked like for longer stretches going that route.
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Okay, the win was nice, but this Childress guy is a revelation. Talks about the actual game and clearly has done his research on the two teams
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Not disputing the defensive ratings, but would note that Jackson, Joe, III, and Symir are all bad by the numbers I am seeing.
Do you know or can you explain how they derive the defensive rating?
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I can not in enough detail.
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Who does the ratings?
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I felt the same way. I loved him, considering how bad the usual ACC network analysts have been. He doesn’t go off topic/on endless tangents. Talks about the game in front of him and doesn’t make it about him. Tries to find the positive for both teams and has respect to Syracuse and JB. Has good insights. He’s of course the former Wake star from the 90s, was an assistant on Danny Manning’s Wake teams, and his son Brandon played for him at Wake a few years ago. They need to keep him around. He’s better than most of the analysts they trot out there.
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Said this in the game thread. He was the best I’ve heard in a long time.
