Never want to wish injury on a player but with him out, I think this team has a chance to be better. Will it be enough? No. But we can be better.
North Carolina II Game Thread
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Never want to wish injury on a player but with him out, I think this team has a chance to be better. Will it be enough? No. But we can be better.
I'm telling you, these NIL donors aren't giving Capel any money next season. And he ain't the guy who can win without talent. If we don't finish last we'll be close to it.
What do you mean. Hillgrove told me on today's broadcast down the stretch that this was "ACC basketball at its finest!"
that doesn’t include the 5-10 shots late in the shot clock that were forced because the offense consists of one of the guards dribbling at the top of the key with four guys watching
I guess, maybe. But VT is 6-7 with 0 NIL and WVU is going to the NCAAT only paying 1 guy. Even with close to 0 NIL, we'll win a few ACC games.
What pissed me off was again, he lets cummings play in first half, and hardly at all in the 2nd. Ish struggled the whole game, he puts in the twin and went with that for literally the whole 2nd have. There was like a 5 min stretch where neither team could score and when Pitt had the ball with a chance to build a let most times they didnt even get off a shot. Not once did he bring in Cummings.
The loses started when Dunn came back in he shorten his bench. And there is no excuse of they started playing bad teams, because supposedly the OOC schedule was one of the best in the country. Capel just changed because that is what he always does. That bench can help the team, but Capel refuses to change. Talking bout everything is on the table, then its statud quo to start the game. Both Ish and Dunn was awful, but Cummings cant get on the court. I would not be shocked if he enters the portal. Capel is a really bad game coach.
The loses started when Dunn came back in he shorten his bench. And there is no excuse of they started playing bad teams, because supposedly the OOC schedule was one of the best in the country. Capel just changed because that is what he always does. That bench can help the team, but Capel refuses to change. Talking bout everything is on the table, then its statud quo to start the game. Both Ish and Dunn was awful, but Cummings cant get on the court. I would not be shocked if he enters the portal. Capel is a really bad game coach.
His one recruit is some kid named Witherspoon. Capel needs 4 or 5 - 4* and 5* players to be competitive, plus some of the best portal transfers. He'll never win with what we have now.
That drives me nuts. Lowe stands out there dribbling around for 20 seconds or more, then forces a pass or a bad shot late in the shot clock, while the rest of the team is in concrete shoes. That's Capel ball.
For sure it was a foul but Legget just stood there. He made no attempt to move He was flat footed. So it’s hard to tell if that affected that play or not. Not sure if Pitt had any time outs left but if they did why didn’t he call time out
They didn't have any timeouts left at that point. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I didn't see any.
They didn’t have anymore time outs. That was the inbounds play at the end
I like ish but man he’s been brutal lately. He can’t hit the side of the barn and is a turnover machine Dunn is just dumb He brings nothing
He wouldn’t know ACC Basketball at its finest if he drove his car directly into it.
It's going to be Ryan Murphy-level talent coming in next season. And Sidney N'dir, or whatever his name was.
I don't know why we take recruiting classes that are so small.
Sucks for Dunn and I’m sorry that happened to him, but the silver lining should be more PT for Beebah, which will benefit the program more in the future.
Yep. Capel is too dumb to see that Dunn and Leggett are black holes. Cummings should help ball movement, that is for sure.
This team needs N 'dir. He can defend. I dont think you are wrong but we need to focus on guys who can rebound and defend. Look at WVU. Terrible offensive players. Only Small can score. The rest of the guys are almost D2-level offensively. But you can't score on them. They are Tony Bennett-level on defense. If we aren't going to be able to pay anyone next season, we need to play lack of moneyball and identity guys who can defend and rebound. People pay money for offense. Defense and rebounding can be had cheap.
Why in the world would Capel, at this stage in his career, emphasize defense and rebounding? And it's not like good defense doesn't require good coaching - something he doesn't offer.
Plus, West Virginia is an anomaly. I'm sure I could point to quite a few great defense/rebounding teams that have no offense and suck.
It's going to be Cummings, some white dude who makes Greg Elliot look like an Olympic-level athlete, and N'Dir 2.0 trying to outscore teams.
Have to agree with you, SMF. They really need to focus completely on getting guys who defend like terrors and rebound with a vengeance. The scoring will come, but you don't win games the way Pitt plays right now, with crappy defense and sporadic rebounding. Defense and rebounding is all that matters now. The offense is born from those 2 aspects of the game.
Yeah wishing injury on a player is classless but consider the source
It’s one thing to not want to see a kid in the line up but it’s another to wish injury on the dude.
Because if he has no NIL money, defenders can be had cheap. The tough thing is identifying these guys. Like that Illinois transfer guard for WVU is seriously probably D3 level offensively. He is shooting 9% from 3 and 30% from the field. He is as bad as an offensive player and there maybe ever has been in the P5. Isaiah Epps level terrible. But apparently he can defend his ass off and they are going to the tournament.
Again, you don't just "find great defenders" and roll the ball out. That style of play requires good coaching. We don't have that.
Yes but if you are going to have to get Ryan Murphy and Dan Oladapo type transfers, you may end up going 0-20. Get those same free players but ones that can defend and you will win 4 or 5 ACC games.
You know what's funny? We are talking about the best strategy to win a couple ACC games next season and these idiots are reseating The Pete.....for 29 fans and I won't be one of them because I am giving up my season tickets.
That's the part that is so discouraging. Regardless of the players we get that might be good defenders and rebounders, without a coach who can coach and teach it, what does it matter? If we had a coach who could coach defense and rebounding, we'd see results by now.
What really chaps my ass is I really wanted to see the play that Capel drew up out of the timeout, but, we couldn't even get the damn ball in. Lol
"Ish, you're gonna get the ball and find a way to make it happen. You other guys, I want you to stand around the arc and bear witness to the greatness."
What you described was likely a 95% probability. He probably could have been quintuple teamed and still wouldn't pass.
I like how some of you Jamokes talk about how awful these guys are then turn around and say how bad we will be next year without them.
Things can turn quickly. We thought we had a top 25 NET team 45 days ago. We didn’t. But no reason that we can’t still have a good team next year. A lot to be resolved.
Things can turn quickly. We thought we had a top 25 NET team 45 days ago. We didn’t. But no reason that we can’t still have a good team next year. A lot to be resolved.
Well, the 2016-17 Pitt team was pretty frustrating. People often criticized both the effort and selfishness of Young and Artis - saying they were auditioning for the NBA and didn't care about the team, etc. We finished 16-17, and it was disappointing.
... and then they both moved on and we went 8-24.
Great coaching job by Stallings. Had 3 guys who would play games in the NBA and went 16-17.
I hear you, but Cam was still pretty green and I'm not sure if John Wooden himself could have told Young and Artis what to do that season.
Did Young play in the NBA? I don't even remember.
Cam was a 3rd year sophomore. I'm not sure if Young ever got in a game but he got a call up at one point.
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