Nice performance by the team. Cal came as advertised and they don't really bring any level of defense but it was good to see play efficient basketball on both ends. Good stuff that they made Stojakovic a non-factor because he has some high level skills.
They blew out a team they should've blown out. And good to see some carryover on positive things from the last few games.
Stanford is better, but I think the travel is a pretty significant advantage to play those west coast teams at home. Stanford lost by double digits at Clemson, Pitt, and Wake. They won by double digits at home to Virginia and Virginia Tech. I think it's important to jump on these west coast teams early. I don't think the west coast teams have as much energy to make comebacks in the second half off travel.
I like that Cadeau hunted for his offense in a relatively controlled way. I think this team is better off if he's aggressively looking to score rather than just facilitating.
But I like the offensive identity that the team has formed. It's more Jackson team on that end and more of the offense flows through him. Also, as much as I may downplay Cal... Cal did have a pretty efficient offense coming into the game and UNC's solid defense maintained itself against a pretty good offense (like SMU). So hopefully that continues to have staying power for that Pitt/Duke/Pitt/Clemson stretch.
They're definitely getting better. Good for them.
I do think for this team to maximize its potential this season, they need to get another perimeter threat. It clearly won't be Tyson. He isn't an ACC caliber player right now and whether that's because of his actual game or his mentality, it just isn't good enough right now. And I think someone needs to give them some perimeter punch that they probably expected out of Tyson. Everyone seems to think Washington can. Hopefully he believes that himself. Looks a little reluctant to shoot. "Scared money won't make no money" as a famous philosopher once said. (I don't think he's actually scared, I just wanted to use that lyric)
