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Message: [QUOTE="Scott11, post: 3756888, member: 6797"] Great win yesterday. Easily our best defensive game of the year. The guys really moved in the zone. -AG is so trick or treat. But when he is not moving and sets his feet he is a pure shooter. That final three near the end of the shot clock when we took the air out of the ball was so unusual, it feels like we never get that bounce. He played with so much joy yesterday, it was fun to watch. I loved that lefty move off the glass and I continue to wonder why, with his athleticism and given how close defenders have to play him, he doesn't go to the hole more. -I give Kadary a ton of credit. He showed serious stones doing what he did on one leg. Would like to see him finish more around the basket but I think added strength will help with that next year. One thing people haven't talked about on here much is his free throw shooting. He isn't scared to go to the line and despite barely bending his knees he usually makes them. We will never take that for granted. -Buddy dropped 17 but he missed a bunch he doesn't normally miss and his defense was not as good on the perimeter as he was responsible for a number of open threes. I think fatigue played a big part in that as he played 39 minutes two days after playing 39 versus UNC. I think JB has to do a better job of giving him some rest, especially when a tv timeout is coming up. How much would they lose if Braswell got a couple of minutes to spell Buddy? You could move AG to the 2 and you would gain defensively overall. -The insurrection day loss at home to Pitt is the killer. We really don't have any other what if losses where we blew the game. It feels like if we had won that game we might already been in or one win next week would clinch it. -The JB shot at Gutierrez was lame. He should be above that but we know he isn't. To be fair Matt got carried away with his tweet. I don't think we are 3-4 wins behind where we should be, as I noted above we only have one close loss. But on the other hand maybe if Kadary had started we would not have gotten in so many deep holes and had a better chance in some of those games. As far as Jesse goes, it is worth noting that in the first UNC loss Jesse played 7 minutes with no boards. But the flip side of that is that he had been in mothballs and it is asking kid a lot to come in cold against the best rebounders in the conference. In the loss from hell against Pitt Jesse had a dnp and we got out rebounded 42-29. -I hope we get Duke, beat them and clinch a bid. I think one win in Greensboro gives us a great shot to get in. [/QUOTE]

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