Roy was experimenting a lot today, using 7 different Guard combinations, not even counting garbage time.
*However, only 3 combos played 2 minutes or more:
Paige alone (10:17) FB-0 SB-2 HC-13 OB-5 1.9 PPM (3 TO)
Berry/Paige (14:10) FB-6 SB-11 HC-13 OB-5 2.5 PPM (2 TO)
Britt/Paige (7:35) FB-0 SB-4 HC-9 OB-4 2.2 PPM (2 TO)
*Bonus stat! (IDUNK4HEELS, this is for you)
Twice today Roy went to the "small" lineup we were discussing earlier. With 3:22 left in the first half Roy pulled a Big and we had a lineup of Berry/Paige/Jackson/Tokoto/Johnson (Britt took the last minute of the half after JB picked up his 3rd foul). This group matched up really well on D, and we ran off 8 straight points, finishing the half on a 10-2 run that put us in control of the game. That same small lineup reappeared midway through the 2nd half for 5:54 and did quite well again.
Small lineups (9:16)
UNC 20 (2.2 PPM)
BC 7 (0.8 PPM)
Notes:
*An encouraging trend was that we spent less than 12 minutes in one-guard sets. Predictably, the 28+ minutes in multi-guard fronts resulted in way more "Good-JP" today, as his 9 boards and 0 TOs attest.
*Speaking of JP: Those blocked shots. Holy Schniekies! Welcome back to the paint, Air Pierre.
*Brice can be a badd-ass when he's right.
*Jackson looking more and more confident on the 3-ball.
*Good minutes and good energy by Hicks. Good minutes by Jackson Simmons (the screen machine). Some nice shots by James, but Lordy, will he ever learn to catch a basketball?
*Solid minutes by Britt. Roy utilized Nate very well today, picking his spots to keep BC from isolating him on D so much like they did up there. These are the kind of efficient minutes we will need from him going forward.
*Excellent defensive game plan vs Hanlan, rotating defenders and making him work (Tokoto and Berry were particularly effective), and the result was 5-19 shooting.
*The aforementioned small lineup has potential vs certain teams. It is very athletic and has lots of potential fire-power.
*Once Joel Berry got over his first-ACC-Tourney-game adrenaline he settled in and ran the show, and as usual we are simply a better team in every aspect when JB is at Point (and if not for a jag of some inexplicable misses on easy shots in the paint by our Bigs our PPM would have been closer to 3.0 during his shift). The transition numbers in particular stand out.
*One last note on Berry: In one telling sequence (that lasted about 20 seconds), following a timeout, JB is inbounding under our basket on a set play, tosses a lob to Brice who misses the chippy (another blown assist - in his defense Brice was probably fouled) and James can't clean it up. However on the other end BC has a set play as well, trying to run the same back door to Hanlan they burned Marcus with to open the game. Berry is having none of it, jumping the back door cut and causing a turnover as the pass sailed out of bounds. Doesn't go down as a steal in the box score, but the result is the same. Just two examples of how his personal stat line is way understated in this game, all the while the team thrives. BTW: Marcus racked up most of his assists today playing the 2. That 14:10 Berry and Paige spent on the floor together is an encouraging increase, and the higher that number is, the better we're likely to be.
This post was edited on 3/11 8:36 PM by gary-7
*However, only 3 combos played 2 minutes or more:
Paige alone (10:17) FB-0 SB-2 HC-13 OB-5 1.9 PPM (3 TO)
Berry/Paige (14:10) FB-6 SB-11 HC-13 OB-5 2.5 PPM (2 TO)
Britt/Paige (7:35) FB-0 SB-4 HC-9 OB-4 2.2 PPM (2 TO)
*Bonus stat! (IDUNK4HEELS, this is for you)
Twice today Roy went to the "small" lineup we were discussing earlier. With 3:22 left in the first half Roy pulled a Big and we had a lineup of Berry/Paige/Jackson/Tokoto/Johnson (Britt took the last minute of the half after JB picked up his 3rd foul). This group matched up really well on D, and we ran off 8 straight points, finishing the half on a 10-2 run that put us in control of the game. That same small lineup reappeared midway through the 2nd half for 5:54 and did quite well again.
Small lineups (9:16)
UNC 20 (2.2 PPM)
BC 7 (0.8 PPM)
Notes:
*An encouraging trend was that we spent less than 12 minutes in one-guard sets. Predictably, the 28+ minutes in multi-guard fronts resulted in way more "Good-JP" today, as his 9 boards and 0 TOs attest.
*Speaking of JP: Those blocked shots. Holy Schniekies! Welcome back to the paint, Air Pierre.
*Brice can be a badd-ass when he's right.
*Jackson looking more and more confident on the 3-ball.
*Good minutes and good energy by Hicks. Good minutes by Jackson Simmons (the screen machine). Some nice shots by James, but Lordy, will he ever learn to catch a basketball?
*Solid minutes by Britt. Roy utilized Nate very well today, picking his spots to keep BC from isolating him on D so much like they did up there. These are the kind of efficient minutes we will need from him going forward.
*Excellent defensive game plan vs Hanlan, rotating defenders and making him work (Tokoto and Berry were particularly effective), and the result was 5-19 shooting.
*The aforementioned small lineup has potential vs certain teams. It is very athletic and has lots of potential fire-power.
*Once Joel Berry got over his first-ACC-Tourney-game adrenaline he settled in and ran the show, and as usual we are simply a better team in every aspect when JB is at Point (and if not for a jag of some inexplicable misses on easy shots in the paint by our Bigs our PPM would have been closer to 3.0 during his shift). The transition numbers in particular stand out.
*One last note on Berry: In one telling sequence (that lasted about 20 seconds), following a timeout, JB is inbounding under our basket on a set play, tosses a lob to Brice who misses the chippy (another blown assist - in his defense Brice was probably fouled) and James can't clean it up. However on the other end BC has a set play as well, trying to run the same back door to Hanlan they burned Marcus with to open the game. Berry is having none of it, jumping the back door cut and causing a turnover as the pass sailed out of bounds. Doesn't go down as a steal in the box score, but the result is the same. Just two examples of how his personal stat line is way understated in this game, all the while the team thrives. BTW: Marcus racked up most of his assists today playing the 2. That 14:10 Berry and Paige spent on the floor together is an encouraging increase, and the higher that number is, the better we're likely to be.
This post was edited on 3/11 8:36 PM by gary-7
