SWC75
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- Wow, being in the ACC sure hasn’t done anything for Boston College. Both their football and basketball teams are undermanned and can’t score. They can play defense and they did a good job of pressuring our perimeter, holding us to 4 for 17 from arc and producing 14 turnovers. But they have almost no offensive talent. Their only real scoring threat, Eli Carter, is only shooting 39% from the field and 30% from the arc. He scores 17 a game by putting up 32 shots a game- which their coach can’t complain about because they have nobody else. Elon was better than this.
- Because of that, I don’t know what we can take from this game. This was just not an ACC quality opponent and our victory over them doesn’t tell us a thing about what will happen the rest of the way. It was like beating Rhode Island in football.
- Trevor Cooney followed up his highly productive game vs. North Carolina, maybe the best team in the league, with a highly unproductive game against what is obviously the worst team. I didn’t see a jump shot from him that was on balance. He was often fading sideways as he put them up. He was two for 9 from the field and 1 for 6 from the arc. For 5 points and had 3 turnovers. it’s very frustrating. The guys’ a fifth year senior.
- JB, in his presser said he played Franklin Howard for 14 minutes “too see if he could do anything. It didn’t work.” Frank is our one hope for a true point guard to develop on this team. In this game he did manage two assists but had 1 turnovers, committed two fouls and was 0 for 4 from the field. Jim yanked him when he didn’t get to a loose ball.
- Jim Boeheim’s press conferences have ceased to be entertaining. Instead they are concerning. He’s not a loveable grouch, just a grouch. There’s a kind of desperation in his manner, like a guy furiously paddling upstream and being asked to hold a press conference as he reaches the rapids. A “perfect storm” of circumstances has created this mess for him, of course. But beyond that, I don’t see a lot of optimism in his face for what the rest of the season holds.
- That Clemson game still haunts me. We should be 2-3 in th conference right now and 12-6 overall, with what now looks like a quality win, since they’ve beaten Lousivlle and Duke since. When I think of that game, I feel like a child who has let go of his balloon and sees it rising into the sky, realizing it’s not coming back.
- Because of that, I don’t know what we can take from this game. This was just not an ACC quality opponent and our victory over them doesn’t tell us a thing about what will happen the rest of the way. It was like beating Rhode Island in football.
- Trevor Cooney followed up his highly productive game vs. North Carolina, maybe the best team in the league, with a highly unproductive game against what is obviously the worst team. I didn’t see a jump shot from him that was on balance. He was often fading sideways as he put them up. He was two for 9 from the field and 1 for 6 from the arc. For 5 points and had 3 turnovers. it’s very frustrating. The guys’ a fifth year senior.
- JB, in his presser said he played Franklin Howard for 14 minutes “too see if he could do anything. It didn’t work.” Frank is our one hope for a true point guard to develop on this team. In this game he did manage two assists but had 1 turnovers, committed two fouls and was 0 for 4 from the field. Jim yanked him when he didn’t get to a loose ball.
- Jim Boeheim’s press conferences have ceased to be entertaining. Instead they are concerning. He’s not a loveable grouch, just a grouch. There’s a kind of desperation in his manner, like a guy furiously paddling upstream and being asked to hold a press conference as he reaches the rapids. A “perfect storm” of circumstances has created this mess for him, of course. But beyond that, I don’t see a lot of optimism in his face for what the rest of the season holds.
- That Clemson game still haunts me. We should be 2-3 in th conference right now and 12-6 overall, with what now looks like a quality win, since they’ve beaten Lousivlle and Duke since. When I think of that game, I feel like a child who has let go of his balloon and sees it rising into the sky, realizing it’s not coming back.
