In a earlier game this year played in Charlottesville these two teams played a very close game which was a big surprise for me as Bacot only was able to participate for a couple of minutes due to a early injury and Jaylen Washington played his most minutes and best game of the year but the Tar Heels fell late in the contest.
Last year at home with Bacot in the lineup he probably had his most dominating game of the season with 26 points and 22 points as the Tar Heels had no problems taking down the Wahoos and I am expecting another big game from him today because Vander Plas snd Gardner who normally start are only 6’8 apiece.
Virginia is very experienced with four seniors starting a one junior and Carolina balances that with three seniors and two juniors starting.
Kihei Clark at point runs the team and as he goes the team goes. He normally gets a ton of assists and averages about 11.6 points a contest. RJ Davis will finally be able to defend someone closer to his size.
Armaan Franklin leads the team at scoring from the shooting guard position at 12.4 and I would expect Black and Love to take turns guarding him.
The third guard is junior Reece Beekman who is contributing 9.6 points per game.
Jordan Chandler at forward has been coming on and he will also probably see a lot of Leaky Black because he can score and his 11.3 scoring average proves that. Ben Vander Plas at center with no Bacot around to deal with had a big game a month ago but he may have problems even getting to his average of 7.5 with Bacot healthy this time around.
Tiempo is the key to this ACC contest and which ever team can dictate the pace will be the winner. Carolina MUST TREASURE every possession and find Bacot early and often. It seems like every game a opponent has one person who has a career game against UNC and with so much on the line this cannot happen again today.
I am hoping a hyped up home crowd will give the team a big boost and my biggest hope is that being at home some outside shots will finally fall which should open up shots down low for Bacot…It is due or die time…
Last year at home with Bacot in the lineup he probably had his most dominating game of the season with 26 points and 22 points as the Tar Heels had no problems taking down the Wahoos and I am expecting another big game from him today because Vander Plas snd Gardner who normally start are only 6’8 apiece.
Virginia is very experienced with four seniors starting a one junior and Carolina balances that with three seniors and two juniors starting.
Kihei Clark at point runs the team and as he goes the team goes. He normally gets a ton of assists and averages about 11.6 points a contest. RJ Davis will finally be able to defend someone closer to his size.
Armaan Franklin leads the team at scoring from the shooting guard position at 12.4 and I would expect Black and Love to take turns guarding him.
The third guard is junior Reece Beekman who is contributing 9.6 points per game.
Jordan Chandler at forward has been coming on and he will also probably see a lot of Leaky Black because he can score and his 11.3 scoring average proves that. Ben Vander Plas at center with no Bacot around to deal with had a big game a month ago but he may have problems even getting to his average of 7.5 with Bacot healthy this time around.
Tiempo is the key to this ACC contest and which ever team can dictate the pace will be the winner. Carolina MUST TREASURE every possession and find Bacot early and often. It seems like every game a opponent has one person who has a career game against UNC and with so much on the line this cannot happen again today.
I am hoping a hyped up home crowd will give the team a big boost and my biggest hope is that being at home some outside shots will finally fall which should open up shots down low for Bacot…It is due or die time…
