Carolina vs FSU game thread on Monday 24 February 2025
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Cadeau BOOM from the corner quickly answered at the other end 87-74
Another FSU bomb 87-77 and a great time out by Coach Davis to settle the troops for the final three minutes
Trimble has been a beast going to the hole tonight as he scores again and a ft 90-77
Watkins a long three 92-83 his first Fg of the half as Carolina has pretty much shut him
Down when it counted
Down when it counted
Cory's love fest with Hamilton is getting sickening.
Hope Powell comes back for another year. That FT shot, and really all of his offense, needs a lot of work.
The bench comes up big again and even though it was a tough night hitting free throws the team has won four straight and is playing its best basketball of the season
Coach Davis going zone was the key to the win as the Noles had trouble scoring in the paint once that happened
And specifically that Powell, Tyson, Washington lineup with the zone D
Didn’t shoot it great? 55% for the game, almost 40% from 3 & better than 70% from the line. Did I miss something?
Agree however that the staff pushed a lot of correct buttons.
For me we didn't shoot 3's well early at all, then struggled at the line late. Getting some really nice sets after half and on run outs early in the second half for dunks/layups was huge. We did score on drives well, especially late with them scrambling to catch up.
I do not think we shot the perimeter all that well, and adjusted well to work with it. Free throws good in 1st half, abysmal in the 2nd.
Looked over some stats from the last 4 games vs. the rest of the season (first 25). Also included what national rank it would be if sustained for the entire season (included this to further underscore the offensive stats). Yes, the competition hasn't been elite (avg Opp NET over the last 4 is 114), but very positive offensive signs for sure. As many have pointed out, the defense needs a lot of work, but it's not all bad.
- Offense
- FG% - Nearly 53% vs. 47%
- Season - Would be #1 nationally
- 3FG% - 44.4% vs. 32.3%
- Season - Would be #1 nationally
- Occurred w/no change in 3pt volume
- Very little change in the proportion of 3pt shots vs 2ptr's
- 10 makes/game vs. 7
- Effective FG% - 61% vs. 52%
- Season - would be #1 nationally
- True Shooting % - 64% vs. 56%
- Season - would be #1 nationally
- PPG - 90.5ppg vs. 79.6
- Season - would be #2 nationally (by 0.3 ppg)
- Shot 4 more FT's per game
- drew more fouls too
- Bench Pts - 35/game (!) vs 22/game
- Season - would be #6 nationally
- A/TO - 1.68 vs. 1.29
- Season - would be Top 10
- 3+ More Offensive Rebounds per game
- OREBs accounted for 35% of all rebounds vs. 26% for first 25 games
- Grabbed 37% of all OREB opportunities vs. 25% for the first 25 games
- Offensive Efficiency - 133.8 (!) vs. 110.1
- Season - Would be #1 by a relatively large margin
- vs. FSU it was 141.8 !!!
- Avg of 5 LESS possessions per game (yes, you read that right)
- 4 games in a row of Offensive Efficiency >= 120
- Only other time this season where it was > 120 for back-to-back games was vs. American and vs. Hawaii
- In the prior 12 ACC games, UNC only eclipsed 115 (and 120) one time.
- Turnovers dropped by 2/game, but TO frequency rose slightly bc of less possessions
- Defense
- Rebounds - Averaged nearly a +11/game margin vs. +2/game for the first 25 games (YESSIR!)
- this is despite no change in RPG
- Grabbed nearly 54% of all rebound opportunities vs. 47% for first 25 games
- Committed less fouls by 2/game
- Not so great:
- Opponent FG% (+2), EFG% (+4), TS% (+4) went up, notably
- But no change in Opp PPG
- Defensive Efficiency is probably the ugliest; stands-out the most, went up from 105.7 to 112.3. Ugly also given the avg opponent NET.
- Steals, Blocks, and Opponent TO's dropped
- Opponent FG% (+2), EFG% (+4), TS% (+4) went up, notably
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Very interesting @KeeLo . Thanks for the work. Everyone on the team seems to be more engaged and focused. When the ball goes in the basket everything looks better. The men actually look like they’re having fun now.
I’ve been a little tough on RJ and Hubert lately but both had good games. Kudos to both.
I’ve been a little tough on RJ and Hubert lately but both had good games. Kudos to both.
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