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<blockquote data-quote="CuseJacket" data-source="post: 655162" data-attributes="member: 274"><p>Unfortunately had a work function Tuesday night, then got sick while on the road, and have been playing catch-up ever since. Finally finished watching the game today (though I had seen the outcome and highlights). Wanted to watch the full game and skim through this thread before weighing in.</p><p></p><p>Lot of good stuff in here. A win generally helps keep the discussion around X's and O's.</p><p></p><p>A few things I noted:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Loved the short rotation.</strong> Many are probably already familiar with my opinion here. Most top teams and top coaches play 7-8 meaningfully. I'm a believer that it keeps guys in rhythm and into the game. And I believe we had the right mix on Tuesday.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>It's also not surprising to see random dudes rise up when starters are out. </strong>You often see when top players are out, the other guys play more freely and almost as if they have nothing to lose. That's what I think we saw in the 1st half, moreso than the few defensive lapses that we had.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>I loved that we fought through the early onslaught without using a timeout.</strong> That is "get old, stay old" at its finest and a testament to good coaching/recognition. If we're going to amount to anything this year, you need to be able to fight through that against an NC State team that is unlikely to maintain their initial pace. Great resolve by the players to not panic.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>We were fortunate that NC State didn't exactly play great defense.</strong> That was a fairly average defensive performance at best. There's no excuse for a guard not rotating back to stop our gimme transition buckets. It's akin to a safety getting beat over the top in football multiple times. Poor coaching and fundamentals on their end, and those buckets were huge.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Asanti Price's 3 in overtime was just awesome. </strong>His first college bucket and only bucket in the game. He had missed his prior three attempts. Shooter's confidence or a freshman who doesn't know he should be nervous? Hopefully both.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Outside of some poor turnovers that I hope are first game kinks, we didn't have many wasted possessions on offense.</strong> We didn't force many shots, outside of the Moses Wright, off-the-dribble, step-back 3. PTSD triggered. To be clear though, Wright played a solid game and has improved his court awareness tremendously in the last year, so I'm not concerned. I think I can laugh that play off now. I think.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Lastly, did anyone notice that NC State tried to call the timeout that they didn't have at the end of the regulation? Unfortunately it was a jump ball and therefore the officials could not grant the player the unavailable timeout that he was requesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CuseJacket, post: 655162, member: 274"] Unfortunately had a work function Tuesday night, then got sick while on the road, and have been playing catch-up ever since. Finally finished watching the game today (though I had seen the outcome and highlights). Wanted to watch the full game and skim through this thread before weighing in. Lot of good stuff in here. A win generally helps keep the discussion around X's and O's. A few things I noted: [LIST] [*][B]Loved the short rotation.[/B] Many are probably already familiar with my opinion here. Most top teams and top coaches play 7-8 meaningfully. I'm a believer that it keeps guys in rhythm and into the game. And I believe we had the right mix on Tuesday. [*][B]It's also not surprising to see random dudes rise up when starters are out. [/B]You often see when top players are out, the other guys play more freely and almost as if they have nothing to lose. That's what I think we saw in the 1st half, moreso than the few defensive lapses that we had. [*][B]I loved that we fought through the early onslaught without using a timeout.[/B] That is "get old, stay old" at its finest and a testament to good coaching/recognition. If we're going to amount to anything this year, you need to be able to fight through that against an NC State team that is unlikely to maintain their initial pace. Great resolve by the players to not panic. [*][B]We were fortunate that NC State didn't exactly play great defense.[/B] That was a fairly average defensive performance at best. There's no excuse for a guard not rotating back to stop our gimme transition buckets. It's akin to a safety getting beat over the top in football multiple times. Poor coaching and fundamentals on their end, and those buckets were huge. [*][B]Asanti Price's 3 in overtime was just awesome. [/B]His first college bucket and only bucket in the game. He had missed his prior three attempts. Shooter's confidence or a freshman who doesn't know he should be nervous? Hopefully both. [*][B]Outside of some poor turnovers that I hope are first game kinks, we didn't have many wasted possessions on offense.[/B] We didn't force many shots, outside of the Moses Wright, off-the-dribble, step-back 3. PTSD triggered. To be clear though, Wright played a solid game and has improved his court awareness tremendously in the last year, so I'm not concerned. I think I can laugh that play off now. I think. [/LIST] Lastly, did anyone notice that NC State tried to call the timeout that they didn't have at the end of the regulation? Unfortunately it was a jump ball and therefore the officials could not grant the player the unavailable timeout that he was requesting. [/QUOTE]
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