Scouting NCCU/NDSU

[unclsam1]

NDSU is 7 for 14 in 3 pointers at the half.

[uh_no]

The $$ cost of one coach traveling to Dayton and back is zilch compared to that spent on endless recruiting trips and all other very costly b-ball activities. I’ll give you the loss of coaching time argument, don’t believe an extra $1k-$2k means anything to the department.

recruiting trips have a very large marginal value. this trip would not.

[-jk]

There is also wear and tear on the coaches with all of the travel. That is a questionable return on the human and financial investment.

The kids shake off travel pretty easily (I remember those days!). I suspect it's not as easy for the coaches.

-jk

[OldPhiKap]

I would be shocked if we do not have someone there live.

[Danke Shane]

NDSU is 7 for 14 in 3 pointers at the half.

Did Duke make 7 threes in the entire ACC tournament? Serious question...

[DrChainsaw]

Did Duke make 7 threes in the entire ACC tournament? Serious question...

And how many free throws? Seemed like all of them...

[Bob Green]

Did Duke make 7 threes in the entire ACC tournament? Serious question...

Duke made 7 threes against Syracuse in the first game of the ACCT followed by five against UNC and two against FSU for 14 made threes total.

[AGDukesky]

Did Duke make 7 threes in the entire ACC tournament? Serious question...

7 against Syracuse
5 against UNC
2 against FSU

[proelitedota]

We're going to have our hands full with NDSU. Need to run them off the 3pt line.

[-jk]

We're going to have our hands full with NDSU. Need to run them off the 3pt line.

We have a pretty good stat line stopping others’ 3s.

-jk

[Indoor66]

We're going to have our hands full with NDSU. Need to run them off the 3pt line.

Please. We have an excellent defense against the three and their inside game will be nonexistent.

[uh_no]

We have a pretty good stat line stopping others’ 3s.

-jk

and a decent record against teams ranked 200 or worse, heck, 50 or worse even....though i suppose a 1 point win over #165 wake should make me be slightly less cocky...

If this game is within 15 at halftime I'll never post on IC again.

[-jk]

and a decent record against teams ranked 200 or worse, heck, 50 or worse even...though i suppose a 1 point win over #165 wake should make me be slightly less cocky...

If this game is within 15 at halftime I'll never post on IC again.

How many times have you been kicked off so far?

-jk

[proelitedota]

We were up 8 on Army at the half.
We were up 7 on Hartford at the half.
We were up 13 on Princeton at the half.
We were up 8 on Wake at the half in the first game.
We were up 1 on Wake at the half in the second game. Down 10 in the second half at one point.

Up 15 by half-time over an overmatched opponent is not the norm for us this year. We do our most damage in the second half.

[Acymetric]

The tourney flopping has begun...

[proelitedota]

NCCU made a 22-9 run. Should they win, we need to respect their ability to do exactly that and not let the gas off the pedal if we have a big lead.

[Devilwin]

I can't imagine we would have the assistants go through all that travel to scout one of these teams rather than keep them with us working with our players.

UVA says hello..

[Phredd3]

UVA says hello..

But either one of NCCU or NDSU is saying goodbye on Friday. These teams will not even slow us down.

[Bob Green]

But either one of NCCU or NDSU is saying goodbye on Friday. These teams will not even slow us down.

UVa fans thought the same when facing UMBC last year. Respect the opponent! Respect the game! Respect yourself!

[Acymetric]

UVA says hello..

Had nothing to do with quality of the teams, I'm not saying they aren't worth scouting, just that there is no reason to do it in person. Now, maybe we have our "video coordinator" or some such there, but it makes no sense to send Nolan/Nate to Dayton for in person scouting rather than keep them with the team focused on managing travel and tourney prep.