We can win @UNC

[raf4488]

They don't like/don't want to play defense and we can make shots against them. It will obviously be a tough game, but it will be played a lot differently than the game tonight. Be respectable on the boards and we have a shot

 

[cuseguy]

Carolina is way overrated.

 

[OrangeDW]

They're just so much bigger than us. If their big guys play like they have a pulse, I don't see it. We played really well and shot really well against them at the Dome, and it wasn't enough.

 

[two3zone]

They're just too big, I wish I felt different but I don't see a W against them.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Louisville as a whole plays much harder than UNC day in/day out. UNC is soft. I mean so are we but I like our chances. It will take a double-double 15 reb effort from Roberson, though. He HAS to show up. Just be the garbage man you are. Rebound and putback. Please!

 

[Jack Hall]

No way they can win a title the way they played tonite. They were detroying duke down low; couldnt make any jumpers. What do they do last 5 mins? Take all jumpers. Wow

 

[cuseguy]

With Ville out and Carolina a paper tiger, I don't see the ACC doing much in the tourney.

Maybe someone gets hot, but I don't see it.

 

[CorduroyG]

I still think unc will make final 4, nba size and paige is clutch

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

They don't like/don't want to play defense and we can make shots against them. It will obviously be a tough game, but it will be played a lot differently than the game tonight. Be respectable on the boards and we have a shot

Brice Johnson is awesome, best player I have seen this year for any team. He is so smooth, sneaky athletic for his size, reminds me of Sam Perkins in that way. They lost because they were 1-13 from 3 tonight. What a waste of another virtuoso performance by Brice. He is the player TRob needs to aspire to become.

 

[creatorsgam]

With Ville out and Carolina a paper tiger, I don't see the ACC doing much in the tourney.

Maybe someone gets hot, but I don't see it.

Although I would tend to agree with you... UCONN 2014. 7 seed. There are better teams in the ACC this year than that squad.

March and April are tough to predict. The crystal ball is too frost-covered in February.

 

[ascalice]

That UNC team has a lot of talent. The only part of that team that isn't talented is the coach. Roy may be one of the most overrated college basketball coaches.

 

[Orangeblue2]

I'm pretty sure Duke's unlikely win tonight means we are almost assured of being eliminated from top 4 in league race, right?

 

[raf4488]

I'm pretty sure Duke's unlikely win tonight means we are almost assured of being eliminated from top 4 in league race, right?

We're 1.5 games behind Duke with 4 to play, so there's still a shot. But yeah it's unlikely

 

[NorSyr66]

Before we get too quick to ring up a win against UNC, rewind tonight's game and watch it again. When we are on, we are good but when we are off.....the party is over. Please save me, they are playing ESPN top ten and two of them are against Syracuse tonight!!!

 

[hoopsupstate]

UNC will beat us by 15 or more. They will pound us inside. I think people forgot the last three minutes in our last game with them. It was dunk city!

 

[orange79]

I'm pretty sure Duke's unlikely win tonight means we are almost assured of being eliminated from top 4 in league race, right?

Not sure I'd really want a double-bye this year. If we truly need one ACCT win to make the Dance, I'd rather that game be against a 'lower-level' team, not a decent team or a team playing (possibly) their 3rd game when we haven't played one yet.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

They don't like/don't want to play defense and we can make shots against them. It will obviously be a tough game, but it will be played a lot differently than the game tonight. Be respectable on the boards and we have a shot

 

[CorduroyG]

Not sure I'd really want a double-bye this year. If we truly need one ACCT win to make the Dance, I'd rather that game be against a 'lower-level' team, not a decent team or a team playing (possibly) their 3rd game when we haven't played one yet.

If we played well enough to get a double bye we'd be a stone cold lock for the dance

 

[orange79]

If we played well enough to get a double bye we'd be a stone cold lock for the dance

There's that, too.

 

[OttoMets]

Boeheim will have them prepared and we'll have a high level of effort. If the shots fall, I think we'll win.

 

[Orangeblue2]

Brice Johnson is awesome, best player I have seen this year for any team. He is so smooth, sneaky athletic for his size, reminds me of Sam Perkins in that way. They lost because they were 1-13 from 3 tonight. What a waste of another virtuoso performance by Brice. He is the player TRob needs to aspire to become.

Sam Perkins was a killer at UNC because he could bury the outside shot, even beyond the shorter 3 pt. line of that era.If Brice Johnson had a reliable mid-range game, last night's game would have been no contest. Similar to the SU zone, Duke's D gave Johnson pretty open touches near the foul line. I think he is a decent shooter from 15-17 feet, but he gave up those looks a number of times. I know it's a tendency to compare guys wearing the same uniform in different eras, but I don't see Johnson as similar to Perkins.
Johnson is great in the run and gun game, put-back dunks look great on TV. But when the game becomes a chess match, Roy doesn't know how to run the offense through him. Well, maybe he knows but he isn't doing it very well.

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Sam Perkins was a killer at UNC because he could bury the outside shot, even beyond the shorter 3 pt. line of that era.If Brice Johnson had a reliable mid-range game, last night's game would have been no contest. Similar to the SU zone, Duke's D gave Johnson pretty open touches near the foul line. I think he is a decent shooter from 15-17 feet, but he gave up those looks a number of times. I know it's a tendency to compare guys wearing the same uniform in different eras, but I don't see Johnson as similar to Perkins.
Johnson is great in the run and gun game, put-back dunks look great on TV. But when the game becomes a chess match, Roy doesn't know how to run the offense through him. Well, maybe he knows but he isn't doing it very well.

Yea, those are good observations. Projecting Brice in the NBA, he will need to introduce a reliable handle and jumper, as at only 6'8" he's too small to play PF. He has yet to attempt a 3 in his NC career, so it is hard to tell if his game will translate to the next level, but I enjoy watching him work without the ball, let alone the monster put backs. He is definitely the center of their half court, has great footwork and hands, and plays the 2 man game out at the arc well enough to always find a lane for a dump off or put back.

 

[Orangeblue2]

Yea, those are good observations. Projecting Brice in the NBA, he will need to introduce a reliable handle and jumper, as at only 6'8" he's too small to play PF. He has yet to attempt a 3 in his NC career, so it is hard to tell if his game will translate to the next level, but I enjoy watching him work without the ball, let alone the monster put backs. He is definitely the center of their half court, has great footwork and hands, and plays the 2 man game out at the arc well enough to always find a lane for a dump off or put back.

He is way bigger than 6"8" though. When he did the 94 foot walk with Bilas last night, he towered over him by 2-3 inches. He is also taller than Meeks by 2 inches. I have stood face to face with Bilas and he is legit 6'8". I would put Johnson at 6'10 1/2, not that it matters much.
Though Johnson is a really good college player, I've been much more impressed with Ingram . He is like Melo except with better guard skills. If I'm an NBA GM, I'd take him over Ben Simmons

 

[KaiserUEO]

cooney scored 27 and we lost by 11.

they will destroy us again.

I will have them in the F8 most definitely and likely a F4 or better.

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

He is way bigger than 6"8" though. When he did the 94 foot walk with Bilas last night, he towered over him by 2-3 inches. He is also taller than Meeks by 2 inches. I have stood face to face with Bilas and he is legit 6'8". I would put Johnson at 6'10 1/2, not that it matters much.
Though Johnson is a really good college player, I've been much more impressed with Ingram . He is like Melo except with better guard skills. If I'm an NBA GM, I'd take him over Ben Simmons

ok, so for Brice, at 6'10" in the NBA, he projects as a Blake Griffin type? If he develops a jumper, that makes his ceiling Chris Bosh?