MBB: UNC 79, Duke 71 Post-Game Thread

[ice-9]

Exactly. And, if you want to really drive home the point, it is the difference between McRoberts and Hans. Imagine if those players swapped teams. Heck, imagine if McRoberts was here for 4 years and was manning the post right now. Things would be a lot different.

That is a very, very good point!

[ice-9]

He was 4 of 11 from the field while getting atleast 2 open dunks (1 of those he may have created for himself). He also had 5 of our 11 turnovers. Defenses are going to key on Henderson, he has to do a better job of dealing with it or we will not go very far. At the very least he has to limit his turnovers. He did have a few nice dishes though (particularly the one to Lance). It just seemed like Gerald was off a little bit. He didn't have a bad game, but he didn't have a good game either. Bottom line is we need more from him, especially if we are going to beat a team like UNC.

I agree Henderson's shooting percentage could've been better. But there were a few drives where he went strong to the basket against a hacking UNC defense and lost the ball. (I kept screaming: "How was that not a foul??") I think that explains the low percentage and high turnovers somewhat.

[bjornolf]

A tactical decision not to rebound on the defensive end? Huh? If my memory serves, Carolina got 6 more offensive rebounds than we did. That is 6 more chances to score than we got. They shot shot about 53%. 53% x 6 = 3.18 additional baskets scored. Assuming those were 2 pointers that is 6 points. They won by 8. Rebounding made a big difference in this game.

I believe the poster was referring to a tactical decision not to rebound on the OFFENSIVE end. If you're trying to slow Carolina's breaks, it wouldn't make much sense to not rebound on the DEFENSIVE end.

[mlk]

Rebounds were big. Do you think that having the teams leading rebounder in foul trouble the 2nd half had anything to do with that 2 charges called on Singeler which should have been blocking on ..........?