Shouldn't have to go to other sites for this.

Or for the schedule (to the extent it is known).

This is great !!! Avenati rips K, the doookies claim the whole payoff to Zion never happened but the plot is thick. I especially like the part where Avenati claims K has been paying players to play at Dook for years. Man I HOPE this Avenati does have the goods on that fraud in Derm. That would be the BEST to finally nail that phony ahole and his entire program Stay tuned !!

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...3/duke-probe-finds-no-evidence-nike-paid-zion

Looking at the roster, there does not appear to be a natural 4 other than Brooks on the roster. Who will play the 4 position when he needs a break?

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What are your expectations for the talented big fella.

signed by the Bucks to an exhibit 10 contract.... gets him a spot at training camp and most likely a run with their G League team.

Ive seen alot in various places on Nas dropping. Some blame the system at UNC. However, why don't we hear as much about Reid from Kentucky, Bolden from Duke, etc that dropped to undrafted free agent? Or more on how White and Cam became lottery picks at UNC?

Yeah, I'm excited and it's only May. Can't wait. All games are from here: https://www.tarheeltimes.com/schedulebasketball-2019.aspx. We play 31 regular season games per year, and this year we'll play 20 ACC games. Here it goes...

We play 20 ACC games starting this year, in a move to create more competitive schedules and create inventory for the ACC Network. And on that note, to launch the network we are starting the season with a conference game! Yep, our first game of the season is versus Notre Dame in Chapel Hill on November 6th to kick off the network. Given our team's inexperience I'm glad it's a home game, as ND should be pretty good this year.

After that we kickoff the 11 game non-conference schedule. The order of the games is not entirely set, but 9 of the 11 teams are already finalized. We've got:

Home games vs: Wofford, Elon, Yale, Ohio State

Road games @: Gonzaga, UNC-Wilmington

Neutral site CBS Sports Classic in Las Vegas vs: UCLA

Three games in the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas against a combination of: Gonzaga, Michigan, Oregon, Alabama, Seton Hall, Iowa State, and Southern Miss

Unscheduled: 1 remaining game (likely a home game against a mid-major)

We've got our usual barnstorming tour around the Carolinas, with return games with Wofford and Elon coming to Chapel Hill. We scheduled 2-for-1s with these schools, so we play 1 game at their place and they give us 2 seasons of games in Chapel Hill. We're also playing at UNC-W to give CB McGrath a game. The Gonzaga home-and-home concludes with us playing in Spokane, and we'll get to see Mick Cronin's UCLA squad in Vegas.

In an odd scheduling quirk, we could play Gonzaga twice in the non-con if we meet again in the Battle 4 Atlantis. I expect us to be the #1 and #2 seeds in that bracket, meaning a possible finals matchup with two wins each. I think we'll be the #1 seed in that tourney? If so, that means unfortunately we'd start with Southern Miss rather than a more interesting team. Assuming we take care of business there we likely play one of Michigan or Oregon, before getting to the final game.

Because of the potential Michigan matchup in the B4A and our game this past year, I don't expect the ACC - B1G challenge game to be against Michigan. We only get paired with the big market B1G teams for TV reasons, so our challenge game is going to be against Ohio State in Chapel Hill this year.

Overall, the tough non-con games will be @ Gonzaga, the final two B4A games, and maybe the Ohio State game. UCLA's team is in flux and our home slate should be pretty easy.

The ACC schedule breaks down like this:

Home and Away: dook, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, UVA, Wake Forest
Home only: BC, GT, Miami, Clemson
Away only: FSU, Syracuse, Louisville, Virginia Tech

Here is the rotating three year schedule we'll be on with the new 20 game ACC format: https://theacc.com/news/2019/2/14/acc-announces-future-mens-basketball-20-game-opponents.aspx

As you can see, this is really the year we get the easy home slate. Our only tough home games should be dook and UVA (and maybe ND since it's the first game of the season). We do get pounded with two games against UVA and away games vs FSU, Cuse, and Louisville though. Will be tough to come up with road victories, but should prepare us for difficult atmospheres. In subsequent years those groupings will rotate, and I like that we at least got UVA broken away from Louisville and FSU. Virginia Tech will possibly be an easy out this year, losing most of their top players and Buzz.

The guys from the Dunc'd On podcast (which btw, is by far the best NBA source of info out there; extremely detailed discussions of most games, every trade, contract, etc) are doing scouting reviews of the top prospects. Their latest is on Coby White, and they spent 40 solid minutes breaking down his game and how it will translate to the NBA. You can listen to it here:

http://nateduncannba.com/podcast-ep...oby-white-scouting-report-phx-offseason-news/

Coby's section starts at 33:05 and ends at 1:13:00. These guys are both pretty connected to NBA front offices, so you can get a sense of what the league thinks about him. At the end of the segment they both say they'd take him over RJ Barrett.

Per ESPN

https://es.pn/2KVepga

We need this guy at the 3.

It's June folks and time to start building on our hate for Duke. This article states 3 reasons why Duke will sweep the Heels next season. The Heels get Duke at home first next season. No way the Heels lose this game. Sorry Mikey, could not let this article get by without bringing it to the attention of the troops. The article states that Wendell "Jed Clampett" Moore as one of the reasons the Heels will lose both games. Can't make this stuff up folks.


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I saw this in a Coby interview about his NBA experience so far.

Q: What do you think NBA teams will learn about you in that process that they don’t already know now?

Coby: My reads on the court in like pick and roll – because at Carolina we didn’t run too much stuff like that. So I’ll get to show that.

So . . . is that correct? And, if so, why don't we? Should we?

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Any chance we can add Jalen Wilson now?

Someone on TOS said JF was cleared to run starting next month. No link was provided.

Does anyone here have info on this?

It would be great to finally get some news on JF's progress.

Like most, I haven't been penciling him into any lineups because I didn't know if he would be ready to play soon (or at all). If he's just now being allowed to run, I still won't pencil him into any lineups, but it's good news.

For those who don't recall, JF was ranked #51 before his injury. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had climbed even higher in the rankings. Now the question is when and how fast he can return to that level of play.

We all want Cole to be even better than Coby was last year, but that's an incredibly high bar for any player, let alone a freshman. So just how good can he be?

In this post I'm going to try to compare Cole to Coby White and the best freshman offensive point guard in recent memory, Trae Young. I am going to use EYBL stats as a primary barometer, because all three guys played in this league against similar competition, albeit on a fairly small sample size (21 games for Cole and Coby, 24 for Trae). If you follow the NBA draft Twitter scene there's some research showing EYBL stats correlate even to NBA performance, so I think there's some value to this exercise despite the high amounts of variance in the numbers.

I also watched Oak Hill's two games in the Geico Nationals, so will don my amateur scouting hat at times. Feel free to disagree and take all this with a grain of salt. It's just for fun because I'm excited to see him in Carolina Blue. Let's begin.

SHOOTING:

Cole: 26.8 PPG, 48.5% 2-pt, 38.0% 3-pt, 89.2% FT
Coby: 20.1 PPG, 64.4% 2-pt, 31.3% 3-pt, 70.6% FT
Trae: 23.2 PPG, 59.1% 2-pt, 35.9% 3-pt, 87.0% FT

Cole was the top scorer in the entire EYBL this year whereas Coby was 7th. You can see how dominant he was, and Trae and Cole both look like better shooters than Coby. I will say Coby shot better at USA basketball and I believe in regular high school ball too, whereas Cole was a bit lower from three (36.6%) at Oak Hill.

In the two games I saw Cole has similar step backs and other moves to create space for himself like both of these guys did. From the free throw percentage it's clear he has great shooting touch, and I expect him to be a good shooter right away. Neither Coby nor Trae shot great percentages from three in college, but that was because they were such great scorers that their team expected them to take lots of tough, contested jumpers. I expect the same will be true of Cole. With lower usage I think all three can shoot 40%+. Cole does have a bit different release compared to the quick release of the other two guys; will be interesting to see how that translates.

The one thing that is concerning is the low 2-point percentage compared to the other two. Trae played on the best team (with both Jontay and Michael Porter on it), but Coby had to lead everything on his own like Cole. Cole doesn't look as fast to Coby to me and he's clearly not as tall, so I think he needs to learn more creative finishing moves to score. He also took more shots than either of them, so some of it may be taking tough, contested twos when his team needs a shot. Will be fascinating to see how his passing evolves at UNC with much more talented teammates than he's ever played with.

PASSING:

Cole: 3.8 A/G, 3.6 TO/G
Coby: 3.0 A/G, 2.5 TO/G
Trae: 7.1 A/G, 3.6 TO/G

The stats tell us something here, but I think there's more to it. Scouts like Cole's passing quite a bit, and I think he'll look better than Coby here. The two games I saw he made a number of fantastic passes: a bunch of fast break bombs (we'll love his passing in transition), a full court bounce pass, shovel passes, baseline skip passes, etc. I don't think he's an elite passer right now and Trae was clearly better at this point, but Trae also had more talented teammates. We should see some positive gains compared to last year in terms of Cole's creation ability.

On the turnover point, I do think he'll have ups and downs like Coby and Trae both had. In the games I saw he had a few difficulties once full court pressed, and I think it's hard for any freshman to control the mistakes when they're the focal point of the offense.

REBOUNDING:

Cole: 7.8 RB/G
Coby: 3.8 RB/G
Trae: 3.5 RB/G

Simply put, Cole is a much better rebounder than either Coby or Trae. For one, I think he has quite a bit more leaping ability. He's an above the rim player despite only being 6'3" in shoes, capable of athletic dunks and blocks. It also speaks to his intuitive understanding of positioning, functional athleticism, and competitiveness. I think adding Cole and Bacot's rebounding will help get us back to the dominant rebounding teams that we saw in the title game years.

DEFENSE

Cole: 1.5 ST/G, 0.3 B/G
Coby: 1.2 ST/G, 0.2 B/G
Trae: 2.3 ST/G, 0.1 B/G

None of these guys are lock-down defenders really, but Cole shines in help defense and I think we'll see an upgrade there. He's smart with rotations and had a number of good close outs, contests inside, and help steals. I think this will help us some with open three point shooters and Cole will get more fast break steals than Coby did. Trae also had a knack for this obviously, even maybe gambling a bit too much. None of them had many blocks, but 6 for Cole in 21 games vs 2 for Trae in 24 games does mean something. Cole is more of a leaper and can actually help a bit in interior defense. He also took a couple charges.

I did notice Cole get beat off the dribble, particularly by junior point guard Mike Saunders of Wasatch (who I was surprised was not ranked in the 247 top 200). He wasn't always in a low stance and sliding quickly, similar to what I saw of Nas Little sometimes. Hopefully Roy can work on that. I don't expect any of them to ever be lock down 1-on-1 defenders, but Coby does have the nice height advantage that I think disrupted some guards when trying to shoot.

OVERALL

Tons to be excited about, as I think Cole is right up there with Coby and Trae with the potential to be the best overall player. He should be a great shooter from day one, he's a very good passer, provides the best overall defensive and rebounding passage, and has top-notch intangibles and understanding of the game. What he'll probably try to improve is finishing at the rim with creative shots or simply forgoing his own shot and passing it out sometimes, developing even better pick and roll passes, and working on his 1-on-1 defensive technique.

Let's keep it all here on transfers. If there is a duplicate thread please combine.

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While we might still add another player to the roster - Tucker or Pierce are still possible, I assume - there's a good chance we're done. Or done enough to start picturing the team.

There are plenty of unanswered questions.

We have 2 guards (Francis and Harris) coming off significant injuries. Will they be ready to go? Will they need a season to "catch up"?

Will our rising junior bigs have improved enough to deserve significant minutes?

Who will back up at point?

Will BRob or Keeling start at SG?

Who will back up at SF?

Will Roy dumb down his system or even - gasp - play more zone to make it easier on all the new kids?

Here's a first stab at minutes. What are your guesses at this point in time?

Code:

Player   PG SG SF PF C  Total  Notes
Cole     30 -- -- -- --  30    Coby played 28.5, Marcus 29.2 as frosh
Andrew   10 05 -- -- --  15    averaged 3.7 last year
Keeling  -- 26 -- -- --  26    played 32.2 for Charleston Southern
BRob     -- 09 17 -- --  26    averaged 11.9 but more down the stretch
Leaky    -- -- 23 04 --  27    averaged 10.3
Garrison -- -- -- 30 --  30    averaged 23.0
Walker   -- -- -- 06 --  06    averaged 1.6
Armando  -- -- -- -- 23  23    
Sterling -- -- -- -- 12  12    averaged 8.3
Huff     -- -- -- -- 05  05    averaged 2.6
Totals   40 40 40 40 40 200

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I think it's pretty obvious that if you need a guy like Zion, you draft him.

But what if you absolutely don't need Zion. Say you are desperate for a PG.

Do you draft a PG? Or do you draft Zion and trade for a PG?

I'm thinking some team will give you a top-notch PG AND a 1st round draft pick for Zion.

Is that realistic?

Or maybe you trade the top pick for a couple of lower (but still high) picks. Or for 1st round picks for a couple of years.

Would other teams make that deal?

How would you handle your top pick?

UNC Basketball reaches out to another graduate transfer
Fri Apr 5, 2019
Last week, the Tar Heels contacted two graduate transfers. UNC reached out to Rayjon Tucker and Daniel Utomi as they seek to replace production they will lose next season. You can now add another transfer to that list. According to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, the Tar Heels talked with transfer Christian Keeling out of Charleston Southern on Friday. (Keeping It Heel)

Justin Jackson last night
17/3/3

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...jerry-stackhouse-basketball-coach/3283052002/

I assume that Jerry Stackhouse finished his degree.

I remember the fuss about Vince carter participating in the graduation ceremony during the playoffs.

Who else came back to finish their degrees?

MJ?
Worthy?

Ok, I'll bite knowing that I'll get criticized. I'll start by saying it was a hell of a season and they underachieved once again. From a talent perspective, how did they lose a game?

Ok, to the main point. The sub patterns from kay in the 2nd half were the worst since he's arrived at dook and that's saying something. I don't need to get too much into it but having a 30-21 lead late in the 1st half and to be down by 4 at the half is simple inexcusable. He sat there while Michigan St went on 13-0 run.

This is a significant problem IMO and the main reason why I may be a harsher critic of kay than most other dook brotherhood on this site. The things a coach has direct control over are who the 5 guys on the floor are, the X and O's. That's it. If you mess that up, that is critical.

I can't believe I have to qualify this, but I'm not saying to fire kay. He is the LOM after all and the perfect coach for dook, but it's strange how players are expected to improve year-by-year, but kay's awful substitution patterns gets accepted until it rears its head in another season like this.

Check the box scores and see how many games this season that RJ, Trae, Reddish played all 40 minutes, and the greatest player ever Zion played 38-40 minutes.

Do they win if kay handles the subs perfectly? Absolutely, dook was that good. We're talking about 3-peat talent since the '16/'17 season. But it doesn't excuse it. It's especially bad considering how Z, Reddish, RJ and Trae carried this team this season and during that significant run yesterday, kay did his usual act of not coaching when being outcoached. When he wasn't barking at the refs like a wounded dog, he just sat there stunned.

Did he learn anything from the Gonzaga loss? They need a game/season saving basket and the great Z doesn't touch the ball. Just wow!

Once again a very, very, poor showing by the greatest show on earth!

PART I:
OK, for those who appreciate this sort of thing, and since I know this Auburn team very well, here FWIW is my scouting breakdown in much gorier detail than you'll get elsewhere. I'll throw out some basics, go thru the roster, and offer some takes on the match-up and Xs-and-Os.

- I'll start out by saying that in conversations last week within my circle (as well as with a few members here I talk with off the board), when asked about Auburn I said, "they are thoroughly capable of self-destructing in the 1st round in Salt Lake (they all but did), BUT if they get past that they might just boat-race Kansas (check)". This little weekend adventure personifies this team more than they would like to admit.

- This is a team that frankly underachieved for most of the season (for various reasons), but is now hitting their stride. Their psychological turning point was a half-assed effort that resulted in an embarrassing whuppin' up in Lexington in February that deservedly dropped them outta the top-25. Welp, they haven't lost since, including taking the SEC Tourney with 4 wins in 4 days, culminating with a downright scary 20-pt dismantling of Tennessee in the Finals (that wasn't even really that close).

- The practical turning point was a combination of Pearl finally fixing a broken starting lineup (one that made my head hurt ), and working back in a couple of key pieces into the rotation. So let's look at the roster, one that now goes legit 10-deep, and has all the positional numbers covered:

Starters:
PG - #1 Jared Harper --- listed at 5'11 (more like 5'9) but don't be deceived, dude is (almost literally) all-arms-and-legs and plays bigger than he is. Former Peach Jam MVP. Leads the SEC in Assists but also has no conscience from 3, and will attack the rim and finish over bigger players. Harper is a blur who is a weapon in transition and pesky on defense.
Caveats. --- Likes to mooch steals and has a tendency to pick up foul trouble, and again, has no conscience from 3 so shot-selection can be an issue.

SG - #2 Bryce Brown --- his 6'3 listing is also a tad generous, but he's cat-quick w/ a strong handle and can fill it up from deep. Quick release and can stroke it off the bounce or the catch with good elevation. Also considered a "plus" defender (although not quite at KW's level). Particularly deadly on transition 3s. When he's hot, duck! --- 7/11 from 3 vs KU.
Caveats --- Has a tendency to dick around with fancy dribbles trying to create space. Also can be emotional and get into funks if his shot ain't falling (still plays hard on D though).

SF - #4 Malik Dunbar --- A role-player but his insertion into the starting lineup made a big difference. 6'6 and powerful w/ long arms, built like an NFL Tight End (think Nas). Don't be deceived, he can shoot the 3 and is not shy.
Caveats --- Spends too much time on the perimeter hunting the 3 instead of utilizing that body, and should be a better FT shooter with his stroke.

PF/SF - #5 Chuma Okeke --- Hoo-wee, I love this kid from down ATL way! Every coach I know salivates over him, and we've known he was underrated by the 'cruitin experts since HS. We're talking 6'8 of pure basketball-playing ability. Long and smoothly athletic --- prototype NBA 3-man --- with face-up and post-up game, and can defend, too. Was really hoping Roy would recruit him. NBA scouts have gotten the message and Auburn fans are hoping they keep their grubby hands off for at least another year.
Caveats --- Often defends best front-court player so has to be careful with foul trouble. Honestly, the biggest one is that he's just now in his Soph season figuring out just how good he is. Chuma's a nice, big, goofy kid at heart, but started to show some alpha late. Lordy, if someone could zap some Rashad McCants "dog" into him, yikes.

C/PF - #24 Anfernee McLemore --- Undersized for post play, but actually led the SEC in blocked shots last season at only 6'7 because he could flat jump outta the gym, and spring off the floor in a hurry. Also has Stretch ability with a spot-up set-shot 3 on P-n-Ps.
Caveats --- His season came to a tragic end last year with a catastrophic ankle blow-out, and frankly he still hasn't recovered that explosiveness, thus his shot-blocking and rebounding has suffered this season. And although he makes some, I'll take my chances with his 3-ball. Also weak as a FT shooter.

Bench:
PG - #12 J'von McCormick --- JUCO transfer has been a godsend for AU after Davion Mitchell's sudden off-season transfer. Took him a while but his minutes have recently increased as he has settled in as a starter-quality backup. When Harper had to sit out all but 2 minutes of the first half vs UT with foul trouble, J'von ran the ship like a pro. Listed at 6'0 (more like 5'10) he's also a blur. Not as much of a deep-threat as Harper (he has a conscience), but is over 50% from 3... will also take it to the rack and finish over and around bigger guys because of his ridiculous hops. He and Harper will sometimes share the floor in stretches in a small but double-quick backcourt.
Caveats --- Despite his improvements, he probably doesn't shoot enough (believe it or not) and he will still take the ball into no-man's land without a plan, and even his freaky athleticism can't always bail him out.

SG/SF - #10 Samir Doughty --- 6'4 (at most) transfer from VCU was starting most of the season out of position at the 3 due to temporary roster shortages, and Bruce stubbornly kept him there too long even though AU was getting killed in size match-ups. He has been much more valuable as a versatile sub and is deceptively athletic. He has an odd-looking set-shot from 3, but it's good for 42% and if he gets his feet set it's absolutely deadly.
Caveats --- Could do more as a slasher if he decided to, and sometimes gets loose with the rock.

PF/SF - #3 Danjel Purifoy --- ironically last season's NBA hot prospects are now coming off the bench, and here's one. Purifoy got caught up in Chuck Person's idiocy and was suspended for the first 1/3 of the season (as well as part of last season), thus he came in out of shape and rusty. He has only recently started regaining his mojo, and Danjel is a grown-ass man at 6'7 and prolly 240. Still not totally himself, he is now Okeke's backup and is also an NBA prototype 3 playing mostly as a Stretch-4 in college. And like Okeke, he has face-up and post-up game and an NBA body.
Caveats --- Again, he's still shaking off some rust and is working toward regaining his quickness and has been prone to getting too many foul calls

PF/C - #0 Horace Spencer --- a very athletic, long and rangy 6'8 Senior, Spencer has performed admirably out of position as a 5, and sometimes gets pushed around. Ideally a Stretch-4 he will nonetheless battle inside and can block shots. Doesn't do it often but will occasionally pop for a 3.
Caveats --- prone to foul trouble and is not a good FT shooter.

C - #50 Austin Wiley --- Speaking of prospects, Wiley was a 5* recruit who missed all of 10 (and big parts of more) games this season with nagging leg injuries. He's just recently gotten able to go longer stretches, and lemme tell ya, he's a pure Post and a load at a legit 6'11 and 260. Big fella has been a game-changer during Auburn's recent wins and could potentially be more so as they go.
Caveats --- still limited in stamina and is a sketchy FT shooter.

- (See Part II following right below for Xs-and-Os, etc)