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I agree with you in full. He plays BIG, and is still getting better. He's much improved on defense, just needs to adjust to the speed of the game to keep his fouls down.
JVZ is having a rough time adjusting to ACC play. He has bright spots, but picks up too many fouls (and a lot of them on illegal screens). Probably should bring him off the bench the rest of the way. I thought Raines had a good game going when he was in, don't know why he didn't play more.
I think we needed to go back to man to get our transition game going in the second half. The second 20 minutes was all at Miami's tempo, and we just sat back trying to weather the storm (I guess?) in zone. We also had no hope rebounding from the zone, which you'd think would be fixed after a couple weeks of practice since we started using it.
Brown and Eddie's disappearance was baffling. Late in the game, neither of them had made a shot in the second half. It wasn't the air ball barrage from a few weeks ago, they just weren't taking shots. Jarell went 4-5 (3-3 from behind the arc) and Robert went 3-5 (2-3). While looking at shooting percentages, Erick went 11-20 (5-8) but Rankin, Barksdale, and Wood all went 0-fer. Wood might be still coming off an injury (although he missed 3 crucial free throws), but Rankin and Barksdale STARTED THE GAME.
I think the game really came down to how much Miami's defense clamped down in the second half, the pace they played, and talent. Miami only had 1 more assist than us (12 to 11); the game was dominated by isolation. We need to be moving the ball around to get people besides Erick open looks, and drawing more fouls. Green is really the only person who can create his own shot off the dribble, but no one was open in good shooting position (credit Miami). The team only shot 11 free throws (six from two fouls) and missed FIVE of them.
Sorry I probably stole a bit of mikey4vt's thunder, but that loss left a bad taste in my mouth: the taste of a missed opportunity.
Seems like the kid has average speed but the mentality that you're not bringing him down without a fight
zzz.....Weren't they always old white guy U?
What is with the JVZ hate? Kid has a monster dunk every game, is pretty much the only post player who knows how to screen properly (sans the moving pick this game) and is only a redshirt freshmen. He will get faster, he will get bigger and hopefully with determination will be a force for the next couple years.
Called it like you saw it and you win a turkey leg.
That's the mutual feeling from my post. Haha
My intention was not to make everyone feel old. My mistake. Haha
Why did we get out of the man defense? It worked fine in the first half. Why does JJ play Van Zegren? Why do Robert Brown and Jarell Eddie choose to make one shot, get our hopes up, and the crush them? And most baffling, how does a player like Erick Green end up on our basketball team?
*insert Russell Wilson's NFL playoff wins here*
The grey home uniforms are probably the best Tech uniform in any sport in the last ten years.
I now feel like a geezer. Thanks a lot.
It's been so long since I've seen us lose to UVA, ...I'm not quite sure how I'll react when that day inevitably comes. It won't be pretty. I can tell you that.
smooth sailing ever since.
We'll never know for sure, but I have a feeling Wilson wins ACC POY. And Wilson won the B1G Top QB award the next year.
im shocked tyrod didn't go higher in his draft. i remember when he was selected the pannel saying they all thought he was a 4th round pick. i think hes been under the radar so long i want to see him get a shot
Also, all the rain and wind outside blows ( har har). Blaming it on the hurricanes. There's basically no one but students in cassell... lame. Prediction: Erick green goes ham and we win barely. I'm not very creative.
If one of the regional sports networks up in the 600's is "local" for you, you'll be able to find it there.
is becoming old white guy U.
After I read up, it was a mutual agreement. Check out Teel's article.
We should a change with Pep Hamilton having moved to bigger and better things. He was the one with the ties to the area.
I thought I read that PSU backed out on UVa.
class of 83 here.
He lead Colorado State to three straight 3-9 seasons, that is the type of consistency that UVA needs. His team's scoring average also went from 25.2 in 2008, to 21.7 in 2009, and 16.5 in 2010.
I thought we played really well. Miami was far better than us in nearly every aspect of the game, but yet we had a lead for much of the first half and then battled in the second. With the exception of Rankin and Wood, I thought everyone played very well.
As for the 2-3 zone, I think JJ knew that the huge matchup problem that Kadji presented by simply being on the court more in the second half required more zone. I probably would have played a little more man in spurts in the second half, but JJ saw his team getting tired and knew our best chance was to zone them and try and stop Kadji/Johnson/Gamble that way.
Miami is simply way more experienced, bigger, and far more talented than us.