Let's do it just on recruiting for now then I can do another on the team in the next few days since the schedule is slowing down. I want to watch them play UCONN. I will post another mailbag when I am ready for that.

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UConn Huskies​

7-1

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...and here comes Carolina.

I didn't have sound, so yeah, I had to wonder if Wes used his dad's comeback catch-phrase?
But yeah, that was a Carolina classic.

- was afraid we might have a let-down between TN and UConn, and boy, did we.,. everybody not named Cadeau or Bacot looked like they were running thru syrup...;. we weren't stepping into shots with confdence, got out-scrapped for loose balls and our 3-point defense was non-existent.

- granted, you could usually leave those guys in a gym by themselves and they couldn't shoot like that, but we gave too little reisstance in the first half, and meanwhile, we couldn't hit crap from deep

- all this while Roger's crew allowed a first half of FSU mugging, undercutting, phony head-snapping and cheap shots, and we didn't finish thru contact.

- BUT... as I've said over and over, yer gonna have those days, and the key to being a championship team is how you react

- So.,.. three things turned this one around at the half, even though we still clunked 3s:
1. Looked like Hubert's exasperated lobbying finally took on the zebras, as they actually started calling the mayhem
2. We started finishing better, and
3. MOST OF ALL, we hit em with Carolina Scrambles

- Look, I watched these guys blow a 17-pt lead at home to friggin UGA. They do NOT like to be pressed and I was yelling for it. Welp. Hubert delivered and we 44ed em into a 21-0 run and grabbed back control.

- on that note, their length gave us trouble, not so much at the Guard spots as the Forward spots, and as I've said, being multiple and speeding opponents up is the best way I know to mitigate that

- FT shooting continues to be a key, plus having your Big knocking them down is huge.

- on the concern side. Withers still looks lost ---- let's hope he snaps out of that --- and Cormac is visbly still not himself, having trouble with footwork on both ends. We need him healed up. Fortunately, Seth really stepped up, playing his perfect role as a defender and slasher.

- BTW ---> EC +16, Mando +15, Seth +24 (did his best work during that big run)

- RJ continues to thrive the more he plays off the ball. Little guy had 27 and some key shots and takes, but was net (-) with Cadeau out of the game

- Finally, I hope ya'll appreciated that EC steal-and-dime in one motion with his left hand... just ridiculous IQ-on-the-fly. That's just not normal, folks...

Anyway, we scroed 49 in the second half vs another strong defensive team... big comeback and an important ACC opener win. I'll take it. Let's come with out best from the tip at what will be a de facto home game for UConn...

I was interested to see how the players that transferred out of UNC were doing so far this season, so I looked them up. I thought some of you might also be interested so here are some basic stat and notes. Stats are all per game and the parentheses are what they averaged during their last season at UNC.

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Puff Johnson - Penn State - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/puff-johnson-1.html

Puff isn't starting but is getting 21 minutes per game. Seeing a slight increase in production, but not a ton. Offensive rating is well above any of his years at UNC, but his defensive rating is on par with the rest of his collegiate years.

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D'Marco Dunn - Penn State - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dmarco-dunn-1.html

Dunn started 1 game but is only averaging 15mpg. Not blowing any stats out of the water and both his offensive and defensive rating are about what they've always been.

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Caleb Love - Arizona - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/caleb-love-1.html

Caleb is off to a great start at Arizona. The change of scenery so far is doing him well. PPG is down, but he's on a more balanced roster. 3-point % is at his lowest of 27%, but every other category is improved from previous years. Assists are way up and turnovers down. Despite his lower 3%, he's shooting a career-high 53% from 2-point range, which is well above his previous best season. Offensive Rating is 117.9 (previous high was 103.3). Defensive Rating is 86.9 (previous best was 100.9). As a result, his box +/- is at a career best of 7.8 (previous best year was 3.4).

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Dontrez Styles - Georgetown - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dontrez-styles-1.html

Obviously, scoring has been a massive jump. Styles is starting and is shooting 58% from 2-point range and a shocking 40% from 3 (averaging 5 attempts/game). This has been against extremely weak competition, however so we'll see how these numbers hold up over the season. His Offensive Rating of 130.2 is really impressive, but the devil is in the details. His Defensive Rating is on par with the rest of his career. Given the weak early competition, you'd like to see that number be much lower. It was often assumed that was what kept him off the floor while at UNC, and these early numbers seem to support that assumption.

This is a Different thread but when is the last time you saw Duke get Court Stormed 2 times in a Year let alone 2 games in a Row.I Love it.

sp+, fpi, all the money-ball type of ratings.
I knew the ACC was mediocre compared the SEC, but figured we wouldn't be too far behind pac-12 and big-12. Ugh. I guess this is what happens when Clemson is a normal acc team.

UNC's double-digit-minute players listed in order of average minutes played. I threw in Washington, too - he needs to play double-digit minutes, imo. (Different sites list different heights and weights.)

New Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2024

Biggest movers: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-biggest-risers-in-the-rivals250-13

Position-by-Position: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2024-rivals250-released-4

...as loathe as I am to link anything from wanker-boy Musk's xtwitter, this is friggin insane: Yale-Vermont
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