I'm done thinking we have even a remote shot of being decent under Mack and the rest of the staff. There was no excuse for last week or the pathetic debacle that happened on the field today. The players are soft and the coaching staff seems to be afraid to hurt their feelings by pointing out the truth. We need a staff who will actually coach players up instead of feeding into their egos.

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The Citadel Bulldogs
5-4, 2-2 AWAY

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12/13
7:00 PM

North Carolina Tar Heels
6-4, 5-0 HOME


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No 2-pt attempts. They hit 40 of 111 3ptrs as a team!

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They missed their own-held record of makes by 2!

36 offensive rebounds; 65 total; +22 rebound advantage.

33 assists on 40 made baskets; 3/1 A-TO ratio. 20 steals

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I am not so sure that we aren't headed down that path with the current NIL and a transfer portal open 24 hours a day. I am afraid that this is all going to basically deteriorate into little more than an all star pick up games to the highest bidder in an ongoing world of free agency. Part of the charm of college football is seeing those players hang around for 4-5 years that builds a relationship with the fan base. Afraid those days are over. Drake Maye is an exception. His family is UNC legacy and he will be the #1 QB taken in the draft after next year no matter who he plays for. But otherwise we have the inmates running the asylum. The players can basically put themselves on the open market and sell themselves to the highest bidder. And with all the ridiculous exceptions, we now see guys wandering around being eligible to play for 6-7 years. Terrible incident at UVA with the murders, but I noticed this morning that all on the team have been given another year's eligibility to compensate. Really? It is a bad deal, but an extra year for missing three games? All of this is totally out if hand. The players wanted a cut of the pie (at least legally) and they got that. But business is a two sided deal. The way it is set up right now it is far from that. The players control both ends of the deal. Since they are now pros, let's have contracts. You are still fine to transfer any time you want to. But if you do, you have to pay back every cent of NIL and scholarship monies that the school you are leaving invested in you. If some guardrails such as this are not put in place, the fan base won't know anybody on their team from year to year, and lose interest altogether. At that point, the geniuses in charge will have finally killed the goose that laid the golden egg

Louie has cancelled his Kentucky OV, it is down to UNC and WVU. Update on Rivals:

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It may be difficult for Mack to hire a quality OC and OL coach if the perception is that he is in his last year or two of coaching unless he hires someone who has an interest (and qualification) in becoming the HCIW.

This was a really boring game on the surface, but subtly this was actually fascinating game. Most importantly UNC as a school ended its losing streak. It was the exact right time for the basketball team to hit the garage for a week, as well as the time for a non-tournament foe to come to the Smith Center. Let's face it, GT is not a good team, but they aren't the Little Sisters of the Poor either, so they were exactly what we needed.

UNC had a 1-point deficit 15 minutes into it, but then went on a 16-2 run in the next 5 minutes that essentially ended the game. For the first 15 minutes of the first half, UNC lost by 1. For the first 18 minutes of the second half UNC won by 1. That's 33 minutes of play that were a wash against Ken Pomeroy's #124 team. So, there are still a lot of questions about this team.

UNC shot well inside the arc and from the FT line, however the woes continue from the arc, shooting just 23%. Despite what you've heard from interviews and podcasts, this was an incredibly slow game, with just 148 total possessions, the 9th percentile in pace since 1996. UNC rebounded very well, getting 10 more possessions than GT (87th percentile). GT was only able to rebound 1 (3%) of its 32 missed shots.

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I don't know if anyone saw Adrian Atkinson's tweet today: UNC is outscoring opponents by 4 per 100 possessions with Caleb Love in the game, but without Love, they are outscoring opponents by 26. The Heels are 32 points/100 on the defensive end with Love in the game. (Caleb Grill, incidentally, had a 2-point outing against Iowa on Thursday. His scoring since torching UNC for 31 has been 1, 16, 7, and 2)

We have two major problems with this team: distribution of the ball on offense, and defense from the guards. We saw some improvement with assists in this game, but still below average play with only 0.56 assists/field goal. Love is absolutely a scorer, but was really bad as a distributing PG. I've never really loved the offensive flow with RJ at PG, too. However when Seth Trimble is in the game, it feels like the offense clicks a little better, and the defense is vastly better. The times that I have recognized this year's team looking like a UNC team were when Trimble was in the game. I just wonder if it isn't time to consider using Trimble as the starting PG, working Love and RJ in at 2 and maybe 3, and Black, Nance, and Bacot at the 3, 4, and 5 given the matchup. I'm not saying to bench Caleb Love, but I'm just not sold that the Davis/Love/Black/Nance/Bacot lineup gives us the best chance at winning a National Championship.

This team is having trouble shooting from the left side of the floor. If you look at the Heat Map Shot Chart from cbbanalytics, you can see that except for the far left corner, they are ice cold from the left side of the court from very far out. (Don't look at Arizona's chart if you don't want your feelings hurt, but look at Houston if you want to feel good). It would be interesting to access shooting charts from practice, because my hunch is that this poor 3pt shooting for the season (29%) has more to do with ball distribution than it has to do with the players' shooting abilities.

1-9 FSU now leads the Cards 65-44.