Well, CoC is not a bunch of stiffs but I do see us winning this one going away, with our talent and depth. CoC plays a 3 guard look with two 6'8" guys in the front court, they are smallish in that the only guy they have on roster over 6'8" is a 7ft freshman. They want to slow down the pace, which seems odd for a team that will use a 3 guard look but we should totally own the inside game. Unlike last season, especially when went went to the bench for front court guys that forced us to help way to much and way to deep, we should be able to play more straight up. That should mean back court shooters do not get as many clean looks because they do not have to recover from so far out.
Bacot with a year of experience and for sure with Brooks, I expect us to be able to handle the high pick action much better than last season. Really love the notion that we bang on their 2 starting bigs with Brooks and Bacot and then bring in the very long Kessler combined with the extra physical Sharpe to go against those 2 already winded forwards! CoC is not going to be able to crash the boards for offensive rebounds else we be able to rebound/outlet/run/lay up finish so literally they are going to have to get red hot from 3 and that is going to be harder when our guards do not have to help defend as much as last season.
CoC should look to zone us and make us prove we can hit some outside shots but this is a very different UNC team than it was last season. They should look to force Leaky and Platek to hit shots from the outside and concern more with keeping Love and RJ in front of them (defend on their heels backing up rather than look so hard to challenge the jump shot). They (CoC) should look to do all they can to push our front court guys a bit further out from the basket but hey, good luck with that. I am thinking back door cuts for the oops will be there all night long. If we watch our spacing so guys have room to operate inside, this one should get easy quick.
Bacot with a year of experience and for sure with Brooks, I expect us to be able to handle the high pick action much better than last season. Really love the notion that we bang on their 2 starting bigs with Brooks and Bacot and then bring in the very long Kessler combined with the extra physical Sharpe to go against those 2 already winded forwards! CoC is not going to be able to crash the boards for offensive rebounds else we be able to rebound/outlet/run/lay up finish so literally they are going to have to get red hot from 3 and that is going to be harder when our guards do not have to help defend as much as last season.
CoC should look to zone us and make us prove we can hit some outside shots but this is a very different UNC team than it was last season. They should look to force Leaky and Platek to hit shots from the outside and concern more with keeping Love and RJ in front of them (defend on their heels backing up rather than look so hard to challenge the jump shot). They (CoC) should look to do all they can to push our front court guys a bit further out from the basket but hey, good luck with that. I am thinking back door cuts for the oops will be there all night long. If we watch our spacing so guys have room to operate inside, this one should get easy quick.
