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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3681541, member: 289"] - It’s really, really hard to overcome a -17 deficit on the boards with a -3 deficit in turnovers. That’s 20 more possessions for the other team. UNC puts you between a rock and hard place: They recruit big, strong guys and they fast break a lot, which means you can’t send five guys to the boards to combat them. I wish we still did those things. UNC does send everybody to the boards: nine guys had at least two rebounds. We had six. We’ve been out-rebounded by 16, 16 and 17 in our three losses. We’ve won the boards in each of our 7 wins. Get the damn ball! - I think the turnovers hurt us even more than the rebounds because they came at a key point of the game. We led 56-51 and you could smell an upset. We lost possession after missed UNC shot leading to a jump ball. Joe Girard got his pocket by RJ Davis picked and fouled trying to get it back. It was called flagrant, (even though Joe got poked in the eye The Heels made two free throws and scored again after an offensive rebound. Davis then stole it from Buddy Boeheim and made a lay-up on the other end. It was the beginning of a 0-13 run and we never led again. - Also, lose balls needs to be a stat, (no jokes!). Any time the ball hits the floor and isn’t in anyone’s possession, that’s a lose ball and the player and team who winds up with it should get credit for it. UNC would have had a similar edge there. The Tar Heels didn’t have tar on their heels in this game. - Buddy Boeheim had a great game in the first half with 18 points. That’s what he finished with. I don’t blame him. Roy Williams put his best defender, Leaky Black, (who wasn’t leaky) and Black, who is 6-8, got help the whole second half. The problem was that we didn’t take enough advent age of our other four guys being guarded by three guys. - Boeheim mentioned Marek Dolezaj, who, in our last three games has played 115 minutes and attempted 15 shots, one shot every 7-8 minutes. He’s not as muscular as the guys he’s going against but he is quicker and he should be able to use that. He’s also gotten 7 assists in those three games, so it may be a problem that we aren’t getting him the ball enough – or he’s not coming out to get it. - Listening to his news conference, it’s obvious that Jimmy is really pissed about the situation with his centers. We have four centers on this team and we keep trying to win games with nothing but guards and forwards. Bourama Sidibe CAN’T PLAY. No explanation except “I’m not a doctor.” Frank Anselem is “out for at least two more weeks). John Bol Ajak is “too small” (?!?) and Jesse Edwards “doesn’t compete on the boards. - It was a valiant effort. Unfortunately you team record is wins and losses. They don’t count ‘valiant efforts’. [/QUOTE]

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