I'm glad the Heels picked up the win, and relieved Maye won't miss any time.
OOTB Carolina Basketball Discussion Thread
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I had Clemson / Over . . and neither looked very promising at halftime.
That was terrifying for a split second. At first I thought that was his eye
Great game, especially by Cam (6-9 3PT). Just gotta fix turnovers. Improved to 59-0 at home vs Clem!
Today was my birthday, but I swear I aged 10 years reading through these comments.
Still, wicked awesome to have a Tar Heel win on your birthday!
Still, wicked awesome to have a Tar Heel win on your birthday!
Hell yeah Heels!!! That's what's up. Fixing to pour a cold one and re-watch the game. Also...
UPDATE ON "ACC SWEEP" STREAK
For this season, here's who we play home and home in conference play. An asterisk (*) denotes a win against the opponent.
Notre Dame*
Clemson*
NC State
Duke
UPDATE ON "ACC SWEEP" STREAK
For this season, here's who we play home and home in conference play. An asterisk (*) denotes a win against the opponent.
Notre Dame*
Clemson*
NC State
Duke
happy 16th. Get your license today?
Now that we won the game and Luke seems to be okay, I want you all to enjoy the poetic majesty that is OOTB. Behold:
Is it time to release the avatars again??
Great crowd tonight.
The Legend of Luke grows.
Happy Birthday. You're my boy, Blue!
Famous characters with masks: Bane, Hannibal Lechter, Michael Meyers....
Sorry for the multi-quotes but I'm very busy.
Ok... re-watching the game. Who was the too-cool-for-school geezer right behind our bench in:
1) sunglasses
2) a red hoodie
??
Assuming he isn't blind, I don't know which of the above list is worse, tbh. Roy should've had him tossed.
1) sunglasses
2) a red hoodie
??
Assuming he isn't blind, I don't know which of the above list is worse, tbh. Roy should've had him tossed.
Update on red hoodie man... err, it might be a woman. Can't tell. Anyway, it took its red hoodie off halfway through the first half, only to reveal....... a green t-shirt. Way to dress for the occasion, bud
The last like 9 minutes of the first half were ugly. We should've buried Clemson by halftime. We scored, I think, 9 points in the final 7:30.
He wasn't a UNC fan, so there was no need for Roy to have him tossed.
It was hilarious to me that Luke's comment about the stitches was basically "I have a girlfriend, so it's all good"
I agree with that, and he doesn't even have to shoot 40 percent, it would just be nice if his percentage was higher than his age
Also crazy regarding Theo: this season is his best overall FG percentage in his career despite it being easily his worst season from beyond the arc. Shooting 53% on 2's, 13% from deep (which sinks his overall FG% to 43%, still the best mark of his career). He's only shot over 40% in one other season: 2016, which was his best 3 pt shooting season (still only 29%, but a marked improvement on 13%)
I've got no problem with Theo shooting threes as long as he's shooting them in practice.
Practice? We talking bout practice?
Crazy thing is if you watch him during warm ups, he makes a pretty high percentage. I know that's warm ups and he doesn't have a defender in his face, but I've never seen the disparity of a guy in warm ups to the actual game like him.
He has no confidence whatsoever in the three. Hell he may have less confidence in it than we do.
Yeah, it's definitely a mental thing, which is part of the reason he still needs to take some because if he makes some maybe he can break himself out of it.
At this point when he shoots one I low key kind of think it's gonna go in, just from the law of averages. But then it bounces off and I slap myself for being silly.
Thoughts on Berry’s recent struggles on defense? A lot of people seem to be making comments about his lack of defense or effort. I posted the following response and made it a thread on 4 Corners
“I can’t believe you think Bertry’s effort is lacking. As a UNC PG, he’s already asked to do so much more than anyone else on th court. Add in the fact he’s playing more minutes than ever, and it takes its toll.
Lastly, and this is my guess, Berry KNOWS he is the one player we can’t afford to have in foul trouble. He simply can’t be as aggressive as he wants because there’s no one behind him. We aren’t a tourney team without Berry.
Berry has a pretty solid resume to suggest he knows how to play defense and cares as much, if not more, than anyone on this team.
@andrew jones I’d be curious to hear your thoughts.”
“I can’t believe you think Bertry’s effort is lacking. As a UNC PG, he’s already asked to do so much more than anyone else on th court. Add in the fact he’s playing more minutes than ever, and it takes its toll.
Lastly, and this is my guess, Berry KNOWS he is the one player we can’t afford to have in foul trouble. He simply can’t be as aggressive as he wants because there’s no one behind him. We aren’t a tourney team without Berry.
Berry has a pretty solid resume to suggest he knows how to play defense and cares as much, if not more, than anyone on this team.
@andrew jones I’d be curious to hear your thoughts.”
I have zero qualms about UNC's defensive effort this season or last season (other than the obvious collapsing too much and leaving dudes open for 3s).
The past couple seasons have been some of the best defenses we've ever had under Roy. I can't quantify that with stats, but it sure looks like it. Maybe even the past three years.
If I had to nitpick anyone's effort, it would be Theo's on loose balls on the defensive end. He moves like he's stuck in quick sand and he loses his footing way too often.
To expand on this and to be perfectly frank, Theo is uhh, I'll say my least favorite player in the starting 5. I love that he's one of the seniors and that he's a really good teammate and locker room guy from all accounts, but I swear that dude has to maintain a 1:1, or at best, 2:1, ration of doing something good and then doing something bad.
Last night he was full Theo. He'd play great help defense and get a block and get the rebound........ and then he'd dribble it out of control up the court and settle for a jumper in no-man's land or misfire a pass to a teammate for a turnover lol. And I'm not even gonna mention his 3-point "attempts." I LOL'd last night when Dan Bonner was like "uh... I think maybe he should stop shooting those."
Anyone that questions Berry's effort either needs to reconsider their thinking. I have covered a ton of players in my 22 years of doing this professionally, and Joel is in a small group of players whose want and effort I've never once questioned. He's a very good defender who gets beaten sometimes, that happens. He also isn't going to take too any risks because as some have noted, he cannot get into foul trouble. In no way can this team withstand not having him on the floor because of foul or injury. They do not have another point guard.
Rarity, for sure. But it was requested, so I obliged.
