** I was really disappointed today with the eye contact made by Jamie in the post-game interview. But everything else was great!
** Well, not everything. For the first 10 minutes, I was more than a little but worried. Kept mumbling “c’mon guys …” After that, the Panthers were a steamroller like we haven’t seen since … well, like maybe we haven’t seen.
** I’ve always been one to subscribe to the notion that things are never quite as good nor as bad as fans seem to think they are. So accordingly, I’m curbing my enthusiasm just a touch as I’m not certain how good Davidson really is. After all, UNC torched them by 33.
** Still, this win certainly looked impressive, didn’t it?
** I think we can say this much for sure. This is the kind of win that will make a whole bunch of new people stand up and take notice of our Panthers.
** Ken Pomeroy’s numbers agree. This game vaulted us up to #23 overall on his rankings.
** At the minimum, more people better stand up and take notice of Mike Young.
** Mike isn't just one of the top 100 players in the country. He's in the Top 40 with a bullet.
** While I like Len Elmore as an announcer, it was too bad that Bill Raftery wasn’t on hand to exclaim “SEND IT IN!” on Mike’s first monster slam. That one deserves to be in the vault with the handful to top slams by Panthers over the years.
** Mike was a monster most of this afternoon, with the exception of the one trip late when he decided that instead of a monster, he’d rather be in out of control point guard. We’ll forgive him.
** After all, Mike demonstrated so many of the other incredible things he can do offensively besides lead the break. He’s got just so many post moves that when he gets them going, he’s tough to stop for sure.
** I suppose any team is tough to stop when they are making shots, and the Panthers were certainly doing that today. But the good news is this didn’t appear at all to be any kind of hot shooting day. This appeared to be a Dixon offense running at peak efficiency. We weren’t making tough shots. We were getting layups along with open jumper after open jumper.
** Our two guard had 24 points and shot 5-8 from three.
** And our point guard was once again very good giving more evidence that the next level he’s playing at this year is real and sustainable.
** Despite all of the offensive excitement offered by the Panthers today, perhaps it should have been our defense that gets the most attention. OK, what I should say is our defense after we got our act together.
** Davidson started the game shooting 8-12 from the floor in the first minutes or so. They shot 16-56 afterward. That’s 28.5% That’s impressive.
** Again, Pomeroy agrees, as this game moved our Panthers up to #74 in defensive efficiency. Still not where it needs to be, but moving in the right direction.
** And they also kept Jack Gibbs at bay. I really believed he would give us much more trouble today than he did.
** That about sums this game up as a whole. I think everyone believed that Davidson would give us much more trouble than they did.
** I’m still not totally convinced this team is really good team. But they are pushing the needle in that direction.
** Perhaps when Dixon looks me in the eye and tells me that his team is really good, I’ll believe it for sure.
** Well, not everything. For the first 10 minutes, I was more than a little but worried. Kept mumbling “c’mon guys …” After that, the Panthers were a steamroller like we haven’t seen since … well, like maybe we haven’t seen.
** I’ve always been one to subscribe to the notion that things are never quite as good nor as bad as fans seem to think they are. So accordingly, I’m curbing my enthusiasm just a touch as I’m not certain how good Davidson really is. After all, UNC torched them by 33.
** Still, this win certainly looked impressive, didn’t it?
** I think we can say this much for sure. This is the kind of win that will make a whole bunch of new people stand up and take notice of our Panthers.
** Ken Pomeroy’s numbers agree. This game vaulted us up to #23 overall on his rankings.
** At the minimum, more people better stand up and take notice of Mike Young.
** Mike isn't just one of the top 100 players in the country. He's in the Top 40 with a bullet.
** While I like Len Elmore as an announcer, it was too bad that Bill Raftery wasn’t on hand to exclaim “SEND IT IN!” on Mike’s first monster slam. That one deserves to be in the vault with the handful to top slams by Panthers over the years.
** Mike was a monster most of this afternoon, with the exception of the one trip late when he decided that instead of a monster, he’d rather be in out of control point guard. We’ll forgive him.
** After all, Mike demonstrated so many of the other incredible things he can do offensively besides lead the break. He’s got just so many post moves that when he gets them going, he’s tough to stop for sure.
** I suppose any team is tough to stop when they are making shots, and the Panthers were certainly doing that today. But the good news is this didn’t appear at all to be any kind of hot shooting day. This appeared to be a Dixon offense running at peak efficiency. We weren’t making tough shots. We were getting layups along with open jumper after open jumper.
** Our two guard had 24 points and shot 5-8 from three.
** And our point guard was once again very good giving more evidence that the next level he’s playing at this year is real and sustainable.
** Despite all of the offensive excitement offered by the Panthers today, perhaps it should have been our defense that gets the most attention. OK, what I should say is our defense after we got our act together.
** Davidson started the game shooting 8-12 from the floor in the first minutes or so. They shot 16-56 afterward. That’s 28.5% That’s impressive.
** Again, Pomeroy agrees, as this game moved our Panthers up to #74 in defensive efficiency. Still not where it needs to be, but moving in the right direction.
** And they also kept Jack Gibbs at bay. I really believed he would give us much more trouble today than he did.
** That about sums this game up as a whole. I think everyone believed that Davidson would give us much more trouble than they did.
** I’m still not totally convinced this team is really good team. But they are pushing the needle in that direction.
** Perhaps when Dixon looks me in the eye and tells me that his team is really good, I’ll believe it for sure.
