2/3 @ VT @ 2:00 PM (ESPN)

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A lot of good...

- Amp with 25 Points, 13 Rebounds, 3 Blocks, 2 Assists and 1 Steal. He played with 4 fouls for awhile.
- DJ played well on offense, especially early on. Love when he shhheddd the crowd.
- Coach made a great call going with Sam over Huell at the end (at the 5).
- Newton played well coming off the bench. 12 Points, 6 Rebounds and 4 Assists. He needs to STOP getting the ball when we're going to be fouled. He is not a good FT shooter.

And the bad...

- Huell just sucked. I am glad they went with Sam over him at the end. Huell was 0-5 from FG.
- Lykes needs to control the ball and be smarter.


Walker had a pretty good game overall. His offense wasn't that good but overall he delivered.

Next up is Wake, win that and we're really in great shape.

Thanks for your posts in this thread. Was trying to listen to it in the car but that was a fool's errand given my passengers.

I suggest you read AustinKunt’s subtle commentary if you can’t watch.
 
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Great games Amp and Lonnie. Clutch!

As someone else said weeks ago, our FT shooting is gonna kill us at some important juncture this season. You can count on it. So many of our guys make 1 of 2. Either they are not ready to take the first FT, then settle down to swish the second one. Or, after making the first, they're pulling off the line to start to get back on defense, therein failing to follow through on shot #2 . Gotta believe Coach L has been on their backs all year about FTs. Especially important now with BB out.
 
Great games Amp and Lonnie. Clutch!

As someone else said weeks ago, our FT shooting is gonna kill us at some important juncture this season. You can count on it. So many of our guys make 1 of 2. Either they are not ready to take the first FT, then settle down to swish the second one. Or, after making the first, they're pulling off the line to start to get back on defense, therein failing to follow through on shot #2 . Gotta believe Coach L has been on their backs all year about FTs. Especially important now with BB out.
We hit 70% of our FT and were 9-12 in the last 1:15.
 
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Anyone want to take a guess why Amp was late in the second half?

According to coach, he was sick and trying to puke. L didn’t know if he puked, but said he needs to get him sick every game.

Yeah right. He had to take a dump. That's exactly what's happening in those situations, but it's readily apparent when the dude is trying to get his shorts situated while running out.
 
Flying out early this morning, so only watched up to a little of the second half.

Huell had another disappointing game for sure. He was missing easy shots.

Amp looks like an upperclassman. Team needs a leader.

Good win.
 
We are staring a 4 game win steak right in the face headed into a home game against a top 2 team. No letdown.
 
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Great game by the canes! DVR'd the game.

Amp, IV and DJ really came to play. Huell not so much.

We beat a solid ACC team on the road without BB. We can win this new chemistry.
 
Thrilled with the win but did not like the Slo-Mo offense starting about 7 minutes left it almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. We are not nearly good enough in the 1/2 court to do it. It seems to be our default offense at the end of games and I don't like it
 
Great games Amp and Lonnie. Clutch!

As someone else said weeks ago, our FT shooting is gonna kill us at some important juncture this season. You can count on it. So many of our guys make 1 of 2. Either they are not ready to take the first FT, then settle down to swish the second one. Or, after making the first, they're pulling off the line to start to get back on defense, therein failing to follow through on shot #2 . Gotta believe Coach L has been on their backs all year about FTs. Especially important now with BB out.
We hit 70% of our FT and were 9-12 in the last 1:15.

We're shooting what for the season? 64%. Very atypical for the Canes. Even in our "scraping by" years, seems to me we could count on a lot better FT shooting than this year has produced.
 
Since ACC play began, here is our FT shooting:

@ Pitt: 8-9
@ GT: 8-11
FSU: 23-32
@ Clemson: 9-18 [Outlier]
Duke: 8-10
@ NCST: 8-12
UL: 22-31
@ FSU: 9-13
Pitt: 17-23
@ VT: 16-23

Overall: 128-182 or 70%
Home: 70-96 or 72.9%
Away: 58-86 or 67.4%
w/o Outlier: 119-164 or 72.6%


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1. Keep in mind, before ACC play, we started: 122-199 or 61.3%. So when it matters most, we're doing much better.

2. One other interesting thing to note is the performance of a senior. JaQuan Newton is 38-63 or 60.3% for the season.

Without Newton (Overall): 212-318 or 66.7%

Without Newton (just ACC play): 111-154 or 72%

I don't get why Newton is in or gets the ball at the end of a game. He has totally regressed and is having his worst season from the FTL.
 
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