Stats and stuff (KSU game)

[gary-7]

2.
Howz that for a stat? Bear with me...

2 different games:
- 36-1/2 minutes of #$%@&-ing blechh --- then 3-1/2 minutes of real Carolina basketball.
- A game where everyone except JJ (and he had defensive lapses) stunk --- then suddenly played like a #1 team
- Getting outfought and out-hustled --- then suddenly absolutely suffocating them

2, as in schizophrenic individual performances
- Kennedy defending like he was stuck in glue --- then coming up with defensive play of the season
- Same with Brice --- then suddenly swarming the floor on both ends
- Theo looking like he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn --- then nailing a cold-blooded late shot-clock 3
- Nate doing almost nothing right --- then making a difficult runner at a critical time when things were going south.
- Berry playing 30 minutes of his worst game as a Heel --- then coming up with 3-1/2 of absolutely HUGE.
- Roy in full stubborn mode ---- then suddenly going multiple (Point Zone, 32, 42).

Ok, ok... I have a confession to make: The real reason for no additional stats is that after the 5th horrible call (by the same damned zebra) and our 3rd time of failing to stop the ball in transition, this ol' coach had had enuff... yep, one fist slam on a less-than-stable high-top table with the resultant beverage spill and well, my note paper was soaking-wet history. I know, I know, I should be above that, but dammit, my Heels were stinking things up.

So, I'll just leave y'all with 2 choices of 2 words:
UGLY WIN?
or
GRITTY WIN?

I'll go with both.

 

[Tom79]

I was also worried about the guys just falling off the map on everything they have learned and playing, well, poorly, then turn it on for a bit...
KSU is not a pushover nor was NW...good games to get our collective heads right for 12/1

 

[Steat]

There will be games like this for any NCAA champion. Two must wins in fight for #1 seed in the East. Just could not lose these games. The Heels lose these games if played last year.

 

[gary-7]

There will be games like this for any NCAA champion. Two must wins in fight for #1 seed in the East. Just could not lose these games. The Heels lose these games if played last year.

Indeed they all matter. We're playing real competition whilst UK and MD struggle with cupcakes.
And I suspect you are right about last season.

Check out this from official the game run. That's how ya cloise.
03:28 68-63
SUB IN : JOHNSON, D.J. 03:10
SUB OUT: HURT, Stephen 03:10
03:06 68-66 H 2 GOOD! 3 PTR by Joel Berry II
03:06 ASSIST by Brice Johnson
TURNOVR by JOHNSON, D.J. 02:40
02:22 68-68 T 7 GOOD! JUMPER by Justin Jackson
TURNOVR by STOKES, Kamau 02:06
02:05 STEAL by Kennedy Meeks
02:03 68-70 V 2 GOOD! DUNK by Kennedy Meeks [FB/PNT]
TURNOVR by STOKES, Kamau 01:49
01:48 STEAL by Joel Berry II
01:25 68-73 V 5 GOOD! 3 PTR by Theo Pinson
01:25 ASSIST by Joel Berry II
TIMEOUT 30sec 01:14
SUB IN : IWUNDU, Wesley 01:14
SUB IN : HURT, Stephen 01:14
SUB OUT: JOHNSON, D.J. 01:14
SUB OUT: ERVIN II, Carlbe 01:14
MISSED JUMPER by IWUNDU, Wesley 01:03 BLOCK by Brice Johnson
REBOUND (OFF) by EDWARDS, Justin 01:02
MISSED JUMPER by EDWARDS, Justin 01:01 REBOUND (DEF) by Joel Berry II
SUB IN : ERVIN II, Carlbe 01:01
SUB OUT: IWUNDU, Wesley 01:01
FOUL by STOKES, Kamau (P3T12) 00:41 68-74 V 6 GOOD! FT SHOT by Joel Berry II
00:41 68-75 V 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by Joel Berry II
SUB IN : IWUNDU, Wesley 00:41
SUB OUT: ERVIN II, Carlbe 00:41
GOOD! LAYUP by IWUNDU, Wesley [FB/PNT] 00:35 70-75 V 5
TIMEOUT TEAM 00:35
SUB IN : BROWN, Barry 00:35
SUB IN : ERVIN II, Carlbe 00:35
SUB OUT: IWUNDU, Wesley 00:35
SUB OUT: HURT, Stephen 00:35
FOUL by STOKES, Kamau (P4T13) 00:30 MISSED FT SHOT by Theo Pinson
00:30 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL)
00:30 70-76 V 6 GOOD! FT SHOT by Theo Pinson
SUB IN : HURT, Stephen 00:30 SUB IN : Nate Britt
SUB IN : IWUNDU, Wesley 00:30 SUB OUT: Kennedy Meeks
SUB OUT: BROWN, Barry 00:30
SUB OUT: ERVIN II, Carlbe 00:30
MISSED 3 PTR by EDWARDS, Justin 00:24 REBOUND (DEF) by Justin Jackson
FOUL by WADE, Dean (P3T14) 00:19 70-77 V 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by Justin Jackson
00:19 70-78 V 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by Justin Jackson
MISSED LAYUP by STOKES, Kamau 00:14 BLOCK by Brice Johnson
00:12 REBOUND (DEF) by Justin Jackson
00:09 70-80 V 10 GOOD! LAYUP by Nate Britt [FB/PNT]
00:09 ASSIST by Justin Jackson
MISSED JUMPER by IWUNDU, Wesley 00:06 REBOUND (DEF) by Brice Johnson

 

[Heelicious]

There will be games like this for any NCAA champion. Two must wins in fight for #1 seed in the East. Just could not lose these games. The Heels lose these games if played last year.

Steat - no doubt about last year.... I had forgotten how tough we looked / played at times.... scoring 55 in DES in a loss against an unathletic Iowa team.... then losing 4 of 5, 5 of 7, 6 of 10 in the heart of the ACC schedule. Somehow with the extra year of experience and growth in the system, and I hope better health, and more mature upper classmen leadership, we should expect much better results......than a team that was a few minutes and a few bad possessions / lapses away from going to the Final Four last year.