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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 2422646, member: 1423"]
My reaction this year is pleasant surprise. We’re thin (literally and figuratively), inexperienced and we don’t shoot it well. So why are we winning? I’d posit three reasons: 1) This team has good chemistry, players support each other and care more about winning than who’s putting up numbers or impressing scouts; 2) Hustle/Poise. Our players have bought in and are giving it up for the cause. There’s no panic in this squad. They believe in each other and they’re too busy playing defense and diving on the floor for loose balls to get down on themselves; and 3) We have size. We're not beefy, but JB’s finally got the height he needs to play guys at their natural position and get after it on the glass. We've moved up almost 300 spots from last year in rebounding alone, much of it on the offensive glass. Some of that is Oshae. But it's also having big forwards and legit. centers. People are down on Chukwu because he’s awkward on offense. But on defense he changes the zone, gets balls in the air (that would otherwise go to opposing centers) ... and alters a ton of shots.

Conference play is going to be brutal... lots of top 20 matchups coming that I’m not sure we have the offense to keep up with. But I tell you what, if you told me 3 months ago that we’d go 9-1 at this point I wouldn’t have believed it. A couple tough OOC games left. But if we can make it through non-conference play with one loss, I like our chances on selection Sunday even if we play near .500 in the ACC.
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