Next-day thoughts:
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As for yesterday this was a game that we won that we should have lost that we should have won.
Anya seemed really improved in the beginning of this season and has regressed a bit in conference play. I think he has a good future. After all, this staff turned Jordan Vandenburg into a serviceable center. If JV was not the dictionary definition of what a project player is, I am not sure who is. So that said, the jury is still out on BJ.
Abu is the real deal, but he needs to spend his summer shooting 500-1000 free throws a day until he can make 8 of 10. That and working on his footwork and positioning…but that’s most any freshman who isn’t a lock for the NBA Lottery in the summer.
Same for the Martin twins. These guys are ballers but they have to improve a little bit on their defensive positioning and footwork to stay out of foul trouble. That’s not anything out of the ordinary for a frosh player. Wait until they are juniors, they will be hell to play against.
Cat Barber is the most mercurial player we have had in a long time. Sometimes he can’t hit the side of the barn with his shot, others he can’t miss. He is, however, the best defender on the team.
Derek Whittenberg needs to teach Gottfried some of Valvano’s junk defenses. Think a box and one with Barber man to man on Georges-Hunt with the rest of the team in a zone might have helped yesterday?
I remember some comments after the ND game that good teams don’t blow 18 pt leads under any circumstances, and, more specifically, that such incompetence is entirely attributable to the coach. On that basis, I’m waiting anxiously for UNC to fire their HOF coach in the wake of the Louisville game.
I realize you are being sarcastic, but Roy does not have that happen to him consistently.
