Not sure we can do any better without just giving it away.

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EC needs to start immediately. We finally have a pg folks! That boy sees the court so well. Why we started the season with him off the bench is crazy.

Hubert put himself in a pickle. You have to let the best players start. He’s only making it harder to take it away from RJ

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Over/Under 146.5


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...and I came THIS close.

This game was a microcosm of everything we've talked about this week --- both the good and, oh Dear Lord, the bad --- so this will be relatively short. I'll start with the good, in the interest of blood pressure:

- we showed some 44, 24, 23 and 32 (once, forcing a TO) --- more please.
- one thing I hope we can continue to hang our hats on --- and it sure as hell kept us in the game in the first half --- is getting to the line and making FTs... 27/31 (in a game that allowed a lot of contact) will absolutely hunt.

- speaking of that, we got FTs by attacking the rim --- a bit too much off the dribble in the first half, TBH... more off pounding the rock inside in the second.

- I love Ingram's aggressiveness and all-around game. That said, I do NOT love him leading the break when Guards are even with or ahead of him. We got one good outcome from that vs a couple not so good. He's a good passer for his size, but as for handle on the fly and decision-making in traffic, well let's just say, it ain't Theo Pinson.

- the roster allowed us to go both "big" (like the versatility with Withers) and "small" (Woj played the 4 at one point), and that is a luxury... well, THAT IS, if it's in the flow of the game
BUT......

- Once and for all: STARTING LINEUPS MATTER. What in the actual hell was the point of today's?... (and yeah, I came this close to wadding up my note sheet and saying "adios" to these writeups). I mean, do we want to get off to even slower starts? Seth is doing some nice things lately, but he is just NOT a fit as a starter on this roster. The dadgummed solution continues to be obvious........

Speaking of which, BTW:
Transition points: with EC = 27, without EC = 10
EC/RJ backcourt: 38 pts in 14:50 = 2.8 PPM (112 PPG rate)
1st half: UNC team scores 35 (UNI scores 41) ---- EC plays 8 minutes and change,
2nd half: UNC team scores 56 (UNI scores 28) --- EC plays just under 15 minutes.

Finally, I always say that you can't judge a performance depending on whether 3s happen to go down --- it's HOW you're playing overall. And to that, a most interesting stat was that we took the exact same # of 3s in both halves --- 13. The difference was we made 3X as many in the second half. But here's the thing, in the second the looks were better and more in rhythm because we moved the ball better and played more inside-out AND we played largely with BETTER CAROLINA TEMPO.

Anyway, look, with our schedule we're likely gonna lose some games along the way no matter whom we start, but I'd rather minimize that number, and certainly not tempt fate. UNI is a sound, well-coached team and if you give em a chance to beat you? Welp... that's exactly what we did in the first half. Second half we played harder and smarter and more together, and yes, had more time with a PG on the floor. Grinder starts tomorrow --- are we gonna start playing Carolina basketball a bit sooner? Guess we shall see...

Trey and Mark will be live at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas covering the Tar Heels for THI. AJ is not there due to obligations of covering the UNC-NC State football game.

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Why hasn't there been a followup article/interview/whatever regarding Koa's visit to UNC?