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Game Thread: UNC at Syracuse

66-62 UNC after a Johnson short corner jumper and a Oscar Robertson pass for his 5th assist to Hicks who is having a fine game. Hard to believe that Paige has only scored 3 points and the team is still playing great. Again Hicks scores after a feed from Johnson
 
No your comments here prove you don't know what the hell youre talking about ...you actually think Roy doesn't recruit shooters? Jesus dude
yes I think he does. Look as Williams. But it never would hurt to take a chance on a kid like #10 or kids that smaller schools that seem to find those shooters. And I also think that Roy doesn't take chances on kids like Cooney. He only goes after blue chippers. But being an Elite school like Carolina. We should only get Elite players. But getting or giving a chance to a player like Cooney would only help the program.
 
Well, there he is. Not good defense there. We give them three without a three pointer.
 
did I just read 80 percent ft this year for hicks? Wow! That is like nick weiler-type improvement
 
Great game. I was worried about this one big-time. UNC is looking like a #1 team now.
 
Great game by the bigs. But lack of scoring by our guards against the zone is a little worrisome. But it is always great to get a win with something the coach can use in practice to work on.
 
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Another showcase game for Johnson as UNC 84-73 winner. Hicks leads the Heels in scoring as he does a great job from the line and thanks to a bunch of Cam Newton like short passes from Brice makes a assortment of shots from down low in the paint. Got to give the coaching staff a lot of credit for this win because they came up with a brilliant game play which destroyed the vaulted Syracuse zone all game long.
 
Brice has 8 assists! Isaiah with 21 & 8 (5-5 from the floor, 11-13 from the line)
Further proof that this team has a lot of weapons. When one or some struggle, others step up. Aside from the two losses this team has become gritty and I like it.
 
Great game. I was worried about this one big-time. UNC is looking like a #1 team now.
No doubt. Paige has 3; Cooney has 27, and we are down by 6 in the second half? Game over I'd say. The way especially Brice and Hicks, and then also Jackson passing and finishing late - played the last 8 minutes was SENSATIONAL.

Seems like Marcus just realized he wasn't going to get his shot dialed in, so he didn't jack up a bunch of ill-advised threes. You could say that is not being a leader, but I say its being a SMART leader. LOVE the way the team didn't get lulled into what we used to do.... take what the team gives us, which means jack up a bunch of ill-advised 3s. Instead we sliced and diced their zone with beautiful pinpoint passing and finish / dunks.

This game seems to refute the have to take a bunch of 3's junk even further. Cuse took twice as many threes as us and made 3X as many. Should've won going away, right?
 
can we refuse to play any more games in domes
Fantastic win showing ton of heart. Great to see UNC playing smart last 5 minutes and not panicking when Marcus not scoring
 
Gritty win for sure, but let's give 'ol Roy some credit here too. We played so much smarter attacking the zone, didn't get impatient and jack up a bunch of bad 3's; well, we did shot a few quick ones, but overall the Heels stuck to the plan; converted over 50% from the floor.
 
Gritty win for sure, but let's give 'ol Roy some credit here too. We played so much smarter attacking the zone, didn't get impatient and jack up a bunch of bad 3's; well, we did shot a few quick ones, but overall the Heels stuck to the plan; converted over 50% from the floor.
So true. We did just jack up a lot of 3s late in the 1st half. But it is a little consurning that we couldn't make any threes at all. Considering we were playing against a zone defense. But was great to see the bigs pick it apart.
 
Wow. Going to be honest when Trevor his his last 3 to go up six thought we were done. Extremely proud. Hicks has been sensational. Also proud of Marcus for recognizing tonight his shot wasn't falling so it was no need to force anything.
 
So true. We did just jack up a lot of 3s late in the 1st half. But it is a little consurning that we couldn't make any threes at all. Considering we were playing against a zone defense. But was great to see the bigs pick it apart.
We did shoot terribly from 3, but I feel like part of that was shooting in a dome is something we're not used to. And those rims were ridiculously tight; I've never seen so many long rebounds in my life.
 
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We did shoot terribly from 3, but I feel like part of that was shooting in a dome is something we're not used to. And those rims were ridiculously tight; I've never seen so many long rebounds in my life.
Could be. But if I would if I were a coach of a team going against us with better talent than Cuse. I would try and play zone and dare us to beat us from the outside. Not saying it would work. But would try.
 
Well, it wasn't pretty. But it's looking like a Win.
I thought it was very pretty. We shot awesome in the second half, rebounded better, and put on a zome-busting clinic, and were more than solid from the FT line. Really locked down their shooters late, too. What were we expecting, to blow their doors off? Cuse was prolly as up for this game as any one they've played in a couple years, because of the Boheim thing and UNC being highly ranked.
 
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Could be. But if I would if I were a coach of a team going against us with better talent than Cuse. I would try and play zone and dare us to beat us from the outside. Not saying it would work. But would try.

I don't know..... didn't you think the second half showed that we have the intelligence and the GREAT (not good) interior passers to disect a zone? Most basketball experts say fewer people play zone because talented passing teams can take it apart more easily, like we did tonight. Our interior passing in this game (especially Brice and Justin) was just superb. If teams go zone on us, no way in hell do we say, "OK, we'll just have to try to win with getting hot from outside. Brice, Hicks, Meeks are WAY too good for us to resort to that.
 
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