I’m with ’97 and Rye on this one. We’ll definitely struggle this year. We are clearly trying to make lemonade this season and Coach KK has done an admirable job of cobbling together a decent line-up out of transfers and the leftovers from last year. For my money only Abu and L. Freeman are ACC-caliber players right now (and maybe A. Freeman on his good nights). The rest will (hopefully) grow up and get coached-up as the year goes along. (Braxton Beverly, I believe, IS definitely an ACC-ready guy but he’s a true freshman and will need time to grow into the job.) I will give Torin Dorn an “A” for effort pretty much every day, but he’s probably not truly an ACC-calibre player either – yet hustle can still make a huge difference for the team. Y7 is improved over last year and he may be a dominant player eventually, but as Rye observed above we’ve GOT (with only one “T”) to get the ball inside and take advantage of our size – especially over a team like UNCG. It is clear that we will likely win the games where we shoot the three well and lose those where we do not. Hopefully, this will not be KK’s whole offensive philosophy in the future, but for this year, I’m willing to give him and the team a pass and look forward to the future.
