SU -4 tomorrow

[orange79]

We can beat anyone in this conference …and by a lot

We can lose to anyone in this conference … and by a lot

Yep, this. Crazy year. We can literally beat and/or lose to everyone on our schedule. Wouldn't be surprising if we beat one of the 2-game teams on our schedule by double-digits and lose to the same team(s) by double-digits.

 

[CardiacCuse]

we might hold them to 50 and have problems the way we shoot some games.

its all about the offense and 3point shooting for the orange in this one, imo.

UVA is the worst theyve been since SU joined the ACC...although their points allowed is elite. Cant play down to them...have to impose their will on UVA.

I think it'll either be a very comfortable SU win, perhaps even blowout, or a very narrow and gutwrenching loss.

The offense has to show up and not go through long droughts.

 

[upperdeck]

its all about the offense and 3point shooting for the orange in this one, imo.

UVA is the worst theyve been since SU joined the ACC...although their points allowed is elite. Cant play down to them...have to impose their will on UVA.

I think it'll either be a very comfortable SU win, perhaps even blowout, or a very narrow and gutwrenching loss.

The offense has to show up and not go through long droughts.

just make virg make shots and dont just hand them baskets and 2nd chance lay ups.

 

[samspann1]

We can beat anyone in this conference …and by a lot

We can lose to anyone in this conference … and by a lot

Disagree with the former. I think we could possibly beat Duke, but not by "a lot"

 

[miamicuse]

They will not be pressing us.

 

[mark79]

They will not be pressing us.

I do expect Clark to do his best to pester Joe and he will probably force a few turnovers.

I’ve seen uva play most of their games. The key in this game will be packing the lane and forcing them to shoot outside. And of course rebounding their misses. They don’t have much in the way of outside shooting. Beckman and Clark will make a few 3s but they rely on defense and on second chance putbacks.

 

[pearl31]

seeing -3.5 and -3 now

 

[cuseinseattle]

So far they have only gotten there or higher once this season. We aren't great at 163 in adjusted def rankings but that one time UVA got there was against Fairleigh Dickinson #340 in adj def.

We did it, glad Clark missed the front end

 

[JeremyCuse]

Lock of the week

 

[hoopsupstate]

Playing zone against Virginia hides a lot of their offensive faults. Gardner doesn’t get all those wide open shots and you force him to put the ball on the floor, which he can’t do.

 

[Briancuse]

I came close to taking uva. Could have at least made some money off this debacle.

 

[two3zone]

I came close to taking uva. Could have at least made some money off this debacle.

I actually thought this was a good matchup for us.

 

[AZOrange]

I actually thought this was a good matchup for us.

That should’ve been the easiest line of the year in ACC

 

[Wahoo2000]

We can beat anyone in this conference …and by a lot

We can lose to anyone in this conference … and by a lot

What he said - and that goes for pretty much the entire league outside of Duke. My Hoos got a W today, but honestly it feels like NOBODY in the ACC after Duke is a tournament lock, and maybe just 2-3 teams at the bottom that have NO chance to make it. Those other 10-11 teams? Put them all in a bag, shake them up, and whatever 3-4 teams have the best "puck luck" probably are 8-11 seeds in the tourney. None make the second weekend (again, excepting Duke). I've been an ACC bball fan since the 80s and I've never seen such a collection of mediocrity. Just yuck.

 

[two3zone]

What he said - and that goes for pretty much the entire league outside of Duke. My Hoos got a W today, but honestly it feels like NOBODY in the ACC after Duke is a tournament lock, and maybe just 2-3 teams at the bottom that have NO chance to make it. Those other 10-11 teams? Put them all in a bag, shake them up, and whatever 3-4 teams have the best "puck luck" probably are 8-11 seeds in the tourney. None make the second weekend (again, excepting Duke). I've been an ACC bball fan since the 80s and I've never seen such a collection of mediocrity. Just yuck.

I don’t think you guys played a very good game and you still beat us.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

What he said - and that goes for pretty much the entire league outside of Duke. My Hoos got a W today, but honestly it feels like NOBODY in the ACC after Duke is a tournament lock, and maybe just 2-3 teams at the bottom that have NO chance to make it. Those other 10-11 teams? Put them all in a bag, shake them up, and whatever 3-4 teams have the best "puck luck" probably are 8-11 seeds in the tourney. None make the second weekend (again, excepting Duke). I've been an ACC bball fan since the 80s and I've never seen such a collection of mediocrity. Just yuck.

I think nationally there are more good teams out there than normal this year. Its not a small 2-3 team club at the top. 15 really good teams across the country that could win it all with another 10 or so not far off behind them.

Duke is the only ACC program. I don't really see anyone going on a conference run either.