Postgame thoughts... UNC

[MSOrange]

Unless we rain 3s for 40 minutes, we’ve basically given up trying to compete with UNC because we don’t recruit actual centers or power forwards anymore.

Exactly. I can't even fool myself that we're a good matchup with them.

 

[Dinkyspond]

A loss is still a loss,good efforts and moral victories don't count

 

[AZOrange]

Girard needs “the talk” in the off-season.

 

[Scott11]

Bright side. Quincy absolutely balled with heart and stones to burn.

 

[tptcuse]

Really pisses me off you cut of the posts when the buzzer rang!

Yet, you are still posting about the game now.

 

[djcon57]

we need a center.
the fact we are the ACC playing Marek like 35 mins at center is embarrassing
not faulting Marek. He’s not a center

 

[MSOrange]

Bright side. Quincy absolutely balled with heart and stones to burn.

That was kind of a Lawrence Moten effort in that I didn't realize he had the numbers he had at the end of the game, but I knew he was playing well.

 

[NorSyr66]

Anyone else notice how rough Roy is lookin? Did he really have a trainer sitting behind him for when he falls over?

Not sure anyone here cares how Roy looks

 

[NineOneSeven]

I don't have near the investment in the games I typically have. Big reason I'm sure is simply the environment. Lot of stop, start with teams. Rescheduling. Who knows what happens with this tournament. Can't wait to see how that is all figured out.

 

[orangeinnyc]

Bright side. Quincy absolutely balled with heart and stones to burn.

Quincy played really well. He got burned on that back door cut which killed us for an and 1 n fouled him out but that’s nitpicking I guess.

 

[Cusefan0307]

It’s cool to pick on Girard, but we haven’t got nearly what we need to of Dolezaj this year l. I know he weighs 200 pounds, but no excuse for the lack of production outside of rebounding.

 

[Brooky03]

lol

Let me hear it.

Admittedly I’m pretty PO’d at him for 2 plays that showed lack of effort toward the end. One was a rebound and the other was a layup on a fastbreak that our 6-5 defensive guard should at least think about blocking (it should have been sent 3 rows deep).

 

[Finwad32]

It’s going to take Sidibi weeks to get his legs under him. We need help inside.

I think this team has great potential still. But we’re going to have to scrape and claw to get there.

 

[sugrad68]

Quincy the only SU player to play a solid game in both halfs. BB had a great first half then little in the second. Griffen with 6 TOs. We had more TOS than a Carolina team which had been throwing the ball away . The good news — we outshot them. Bad news — out rebounded by 13 on the offensive boards. We need a center.

 

[chugg21]

Griffin -16 in 36 mins. Braswell +7 in 4 mins. Lol. Thats wild.

 

[Louie and Bouie]

Pre-game thought, during game thought and Post-game thought:

Why do we have 3 6'10" guys on scholarship and none of them can contribute in a game where we give up 20+ offensive rebounds???

Dumbfounding.

 

[OrangeDW]

Girard needs “the talk” in the off-season.

We saw his role in spurts...spot up shooter, that can hold down the fort as backup PG.

He’d probably approach 40% from 3 if he’d just take good ones.

 

[OrangeDW]

Griffin -16 in 36 mins. Braswell +7 in 4 mins. Lol. Thats wild.

Griff can sometimes make bad shots though, which in our offense is always a necessity.

 

[AZOrange]

We saw his role in spurts...spot up shooter, that can hold down the fort as backup PG.

He’d probably approach 40% from 3 if he’d just take good ones.

Yeah but two more years of him running point 30+ and I’m gone.

 

[syrBossHogg]

It was good to see Kadary to get some run in the 2nd but I thought Bras should've played more. Might've helped keep Q from fouling out and he could've helped the interior defense down the stretch.

 

[Finwad32]

It’s cool to pick on Girard, but we haven’t got nearly what we need to of Dolezaj this year l. I know he weighs 200 pounds, but no excuse for the lack of production outside of rebounding.

Marek’s got no business at the 5... that’s his excuse. That’s not his game, especially on D.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I’m pretty numb to a lot of it, but the last 5 minutes were pretty epic to see.

Pretty good effort. Buddy was amazing in the first half. Carolina took him out of the second half, but I'm sure he got a few assists. Guerrier was outstanding. We just got big boyed again. No complaints about the players.

We played hard, we fought on the boards, we swarmed them. but they just had too many big guys with size who wore us down on their offensive boards. Edwards even got meaningful minutes when Marek got his 2nd foul in the first half.

I was very happy to see Karady get meaningful 2nd half minutes, and he played pretty well. Joe didn't take any truly awful shots tonight, and hit a couple good threes in the 2nd half. Griffin took a couple bad ones in the first half, but played a more controlled, and very solid 2nd half.

I liked that Rob Braswell seems to be a viable option at forward if Griffin is either out of control, or getting crushed on the boards (4 inch height difference with Braswell out there ...).

You know, we might have won this one, but at least this was a very good effort, we were right with them the whole game. I mean, they had 7 shots on that one possession, and after that, WE MADE A RUN of like 10 points.

So, props to the team, props to the coach. Very good effort that came up a bit short. A pretty enjoyable game to watch, too. Carolina's running game brings out the best in us, it lets us open up the floor, and get easy shots in transition. Their style suits us, if not for all the damn big men they have.

 

[chugg21]

Another season trying to scratch and claw just to be on the bubble! YAY!!!

This year 6? Sanctions! They will go on foreva eva.

 

[kcsu]

Play Frank 20 minutes a game. He needs to get court time. Marek is a good player but he isn't and never will be a 5. Kid is tough but he is a boy playing against men.

 

[JeremyCuse]

we need a center.
the fact we are the ACC playing Marek like 35 mins at center is embarrassing
not faulting Marek. He’s not a center

We've been saying that for Essentially 7 years now since Rak graduated. We finally have 4 on the roster but only 1 can play actually play at this point and he's hurt more then Giancarlo Stanton.