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As Yljacket points out, the +/- is a good stat to confirm or refute subjective impressions of a game. For instance, if, while watching a game, you were thinking, "Man, the team just doesn't look as good while George is off the floor," then going to the +/- stat line can be highly useful in...

Do you know we are losing Kelly or is that just an assumption?

He had the best +/- line of any player on the team, so I guess he wasn't hurting the team that much....

George is not necessarily an explosive player so the degree to which he impacts the game may not be obvious to everyone. But his impact becomes obvious when he is not on the floor. The team looks totally different when he is not in there. There was not ton of tape on him out of high school...

12 turnovers in a high tempo game really isn't bad, but forcing only 4 is remarkable. And I bet that their points off of our live-ball turnovers probably accounts for the point differential in the game.

Roller coaster game from a spectator's perspective. Lots of stretches alternating between fist pumping and throwing a napkin at the TV screen. We actually outshot them from the floor 41.4% to 37.7% and from three 40.7 to 29%. But due to a -8 turnover margin, they took 11 more field goal...

Ndongo is good to go for NCSt per Stoudamire's presser.

I think we see Sturdivant and George on the court together quite a bit in this one, especially if Reeves and Kelly are not dialed in.

Nice writing!

Sturdivant and Claude are trending up. We need to get Kelly and Reeves off the roller coaster. And we hope Ndongo doesn't miss too much time. Gapare is a wild card. He wasn't steady but he actually tried to do more things in the paint and on defense than I have seen him try to do to help...

In theory, Dowuona seems to have the size and physical traits to impact the game, at least on defense. But from what I've seen of him, he simply doesn't have a decent feel for the game so that all the game action goes on around him without him getting anything done. Claude doesn't have the...

A couple of problems with going zone: 1. We are already horrendously bad at closing out three point shooters. Playing zone means that there is even more ground to cover to close out three point shooters. 2. Is anyone on the staff a zone guru? Somebody has to teach it. I think that Ndongo...

I think the fine edge of the matter comes down to a few questions: 1. Is Stoudamire getting the most out of the talent he has? I think the answer is, 'No.' 2. Is Stoudamire willing to sacrifice the present to establish a culture, a standard and system as a first step in moving toward a...

Okay, so we know and the opposition knows that we don't have a back to the basket defender. VT and Pitt were just backing Ndongo down to the rim. ACC bigs play over the top of Claude. Dowuona cripples the O when he is on the floor. Does Stoudamire adjust and what does he do? Can we use...

Go Small (+Ndongo), frequent substitutions, run 'n' press.

Huge roster turnover from Pastner's last year to Stoudamire's first. His first roster was thrown together over a very short period of time. Some hits, but significant misses also. I would bet that subsequent roster management will be more 'careful.' If Stoudamire can't find players that can...

That was a butt whoopin'. We shot 38% and they shot 55%. Butt whoopin'. I agree that we are not getting better. Or maybe it is more accurate to say that the other ACC coaches are getting their teams to improve way better than Stoudamire is getting his team to improve. I think our coach is...

Wow, the dial on your "Snark Meter" goes to eleven.

They should destroy us. So, they probably won't.