UNC Matchup Friday Night
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The one thing I thought was a given about this team was that it was going to be salty on the defensive end - win ugly games. So much for that…
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Between 1st and 2nd half, it looks like UNC was playing with their food before they came in for the kill.
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UNC has score 44 points in 8 minutes in the 2d half…Outscore us 44-22. I don’t believe that the Tarheels are really that good…
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I know we expect an awful lot from our team but have to admit they are getting out hustled.
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Concerning how badly this half has gone
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Makes you wonder if KU is already tired and not able to keep up.
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@BeddieKU23 I agree but it will be fixed. We need scorers besides DP.
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Wilson has outplayed Peterson by a bunch
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At least DP hasn’t had cramps or it would be a hell of a lot worse
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Appears that we don’t actually have anyone who can score the ball other than DP…
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Crap. I should have stayed with YouTube so I couldn’t have seen this
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Hmm… i just got the trial fubo membership when i got home 10 min ago but im not sure about it….
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Haha jinx @nuleafjhawk
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@DCHawker Tiller hit 4 three pointers in the 1st half. Then he fouled out halfway in the 2nd half.
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You would think that if we were making 11 shots from the arc at a 45% rate, we would be putting up 100…
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Put in the little guy
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Rough game. Exposed defensively in the 2nd half and limited offensively
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Jamari got hammered with no call!
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Unc kid is a carry machine
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Peterson out with cramps again
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Jackson is out now with 5 fouls.
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Gave up 59 points in the 2d half…
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UNC hit a high percentage of their shots in the 2nd half.
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We shot 48% from 3
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39 rebounds for unc to our 27
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We scored 37 points in each half.
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Peterson only scored 7 of those points in the second half, so 30 points came from the other players. Tiller did not score in the 2nd half.
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Missouri is down by 6 to SEMO near the 16 minute mark of the 2nd half.
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@patoh3 seems like cause for optimism. This team doesnt seem offensively deficient.
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@approxinfinity and crampless
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@DCHawker said in UNC Matchup Friday Night:
Gave up 59 points in the 2d half…
I mean this is clearly the issue. Not saying offense didn’t have its woes, but this was supposed to be a team with some defensive prowess.
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Well that wasn’t our best half, not super worried this early in the season. We have to learn to play as a unit defensively. No help and very little rotation my biggest concern is we have zero post presence at all. Flory was bullied all night long man I miss Zuby feel like he is the missing link. We need a big dude down there that has girth. Elmarko maybe worse than his freshman year at this point so that’s disappointing. We lack anyone that can get to the rim consistently outside of Peterson. To me the best player on the floor won in Wilson.
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Jamari and elmarko are just brutal
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Start Tiller. I genuinely don’t care who you bench but Tre seems like he’s more likely to pout about getting benched.
Other guys just have to better man. Council has to be able to make outside jumpers. Dawson passed up too many open 3’s and I was immensely disappointed by Flory tonight.
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Worried we are wasting a generational talent this season because we don’t have the pieces around him
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@kjayhawks said in UNC Matchup Friday Night:
Worried we are wasting a generational talent this season because we don’t have the pieces around him
It’s the truth to a degree to be honest. We don’t have a secondary or third scorer. That’s an issue even if DP is a phenom.
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@kjayhawks I’m more worried about his constant cramping. He doesn’t need much talent around him. The trainers better figure this out in a hurry.
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@TYOHawk I’m just not sold at this point, but it is very early and I probably shouldn’t jump to conclusions.
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@kjayhawks said in UNC Matchup Friday Night:
@TYOHawk I’m just not sold at this point, but it is very early and I probably shouldn’t jump to conclusions.
The thing that alarms me is when he isn’t on the court is that they look clueless. We’ll have a lineup out there with guys like Melvin and Tre and it’s like…Darryn isn’t in. We need you guys to score.
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A few things we may have learned (but yes, it’s early):
– They generally played well in the first half. I thought it was looking like an easy win.
– Not to pick on just Elmarko, but he was a freaking revolving door on defense tonight. Not good at all. Wow.
– Tre White shouldn’t really handle the ball in traffic much.
– VERY happy to see Tiller knock down some 3s. Those looked solid.
– VERY happy Kohl hit the actual net tonight (after his first airball)! Hoping he gains some confidence after making a few.
– Agreed with another poster. When DP is not on the floor, we seem lost in the headlights. Did we even score in the first half after he went out? I’m not sure we did score while he was on the bench. We just seemed to pass the ball around without much purpose.
– There were times in the second half when the team seemed to have no clue they were playing a basketball game. More than a few times they just casually tossed the ball to the TarHeels! that was weird.
Oh, well. I’m happy i at least figured out a way to watch the game. Tough roadie.
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@TYOHawk said in UNC Matchup Friday Night:
@kjayhawks said in UNC Matchup Friday Night:
Worried we are wasting a generational talent this season because we don’t have the pieces around him
It’s the truth to a degree to be honest. We don’t have a secondary or third scorer. That’s an issue even if DP is a phenom.
Not trying to be a smart ass @TYOHawk , but just reliving a lasting memory as a KU student.
A smart professor once used the word “tertiary” on me. My face went blank. I had to go look it up afterward. that set me on the right track after a dicey start to my education at KU (perhaps aided by too many $1 Hawk glass refills). Haven’t looked back since!
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A truly “deer in the headlights” event in the second half. We were overwhelmed by the crowd and tar heel enthusiasm.
Wilson is an absolute beast. He’s NBA bound next year.
Let’s see how we respond from this. I remember when Kentucky shellacked us on our own court in 2022 and we responded with a trophy in April.
Our defense was horrible… especially off high ball screens, back doors, and really anything that put one of their players in the paint at the rim all alone. It kind of looks like we haven’t worked on defense in practice yet. lol
Even though we lead most of the first half, we were never in control of the tempo. They killed us on rebounds. We have several guys that should be claiming more rebounds.
At times we look horrible on both sides of the ball… but we only lost by 13. Hopefully, this will be our worst defeat this year, but who knows?
Love them Tiller treys!
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My biggest concern from this game is that the switching at all five positions just might be a bad scheme but we seem committed to it. It worked in the first half against a young team early in the season but a few adjustments and they were off to the races getting whatever they wanted. That second half reminded me way too much of that Gonzaga game where they just scored at will. Run some ball screens. Get the mismatch you want. Force help. Dunk or open three.
