Comments on: UNC 97 Rutgers 75 http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Heels Perspective http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14099 Heels Perspective Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:20:45 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14099 Interesting discussion on the perimeter players. Assuming Marcus continues to get healthier, I'm willing to bet the "rotation" in crunch time will be: Ty Wayne Danny Tyler Deon (split with Ed) Ed Marcus (splitting time with Wayne and Danny) Limited minutes (< 10) for Drew II, Graves and Frasor depending on foul trouble etc. Interesting discussion on the perimeter players. Assuming Marcus continues to get healthier, I’m willing to bet the “rotation” in crunch time will be:

Ty
Wayne
Danny
Tyler
Deon (split with Ed)

Ed
Marcus (splitting time with Wayne and Danny)

Limited minutes (< 10) for Drew II, Graves and Frasor depending on foul trouble etc.

]]> By: russfuss http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14098 russfuss Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:19:59 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14098 William: "It is interesting that we plunged in both the Pomeroy ratings and the Sagarin chess ratings after yesterday's game." We're rated 21st in Adjusted Defense. Rutgers is rated 199th in Adjusted Offense. 199th! We only matched the Sagarin spread of 22 points against Rutgers...and the spread has not been our friend for the rankings thus far. I.e., our D is costing us, both in the algorithmic rankings and some observers' estimates of this team's projected (read: should be) strength. That 21st AdjD ranking is well-below G'town's 4th, Pitt's 8th, Dook's 9th, WVU's 2nd, and Louisville's 1st. Only our Offense is keeping us ranked fifth overall in Division I. (See Roy's Gambit, above.) From his (continuing) comments, Roy's not happy about the D, either. And that's a Good Thing. William: “It is interesting that we plunged in both the Pomeroy ratings and the Sagarin chess ratings after yesterday’s game.”

We’re rated 21st in Adjusted Defense. Rutgers is rated 199th in Adjusted Offense. 199th! We only matched the Sagarin spread of 22 points against Rutgers…and the spread has not been our friend for the rankings thus far. I.e., our D is costing us, both in the algorithmic rankings and some observers’ estimates of this team’s projected (read: should be) strength.

That 21st AdjD ranking is well-below G’town’s 4th, Pitt’s 8th, Dook’s 9th, WVU’s 2nd, and Louisville’s 1st. Only our Offense is keeping us ranked fifth overall in Division I. (See Roy’s Gambit, above.)

From his (continuing) comments, Roy’s not happy about the D, either. And that’s a Good Thing.

]]> By: william http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14095 william Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:30:20 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14095 Well, to be fair to Rutgers, they already had UNC in Chapel Hill and they play 18 conference games with almost no sure wins. The ACC probably should be playing 18 conference games like the Pac Ten and Big East do. I also think that Rutgers is attempting to elevate the play in the area around N.J. in general and is playing a lot of NY,NJ, Delaware and PA teams, some of whom, like Princeton, St. Bonaventure and Lehigh have pretty good basketball histories. Here is an example of a team that scheduled too hard in its non-conference games: http://kenpom.com/sked.php?team=North%20Carolina&y=2002&t=p Well, to be fair to Rutgers, they already had UNC in Chapel Hill and they play 18 conference games with almost no sure wins. The ACC probably should be playing 18 conference games like the Pac Ten and Big East do.

I also think that Rutgers is attempting to elevate the play in the area around N.J. in general and is playing a lot of NY,NJ, Delaware and PA teams, some of whom, like Princeton, St. Bonaventure and Lehigh have pretty good basketball histories.

Here is an example of a team that scheduled too hard in its non-conference games: http://kenpom.com/sked.php?team=North%20Carolina&y=2002&t=p

]]> By: JBowling http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14093 JBowling Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:11:27 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14093 C. Michael. You shouldn't agree. At the time of post I was not even thinking of those being mandated conference games. My bad! Yes, their schedule was weak with the exception of us. Needless to say, they will not be winning any conference title this year! C. Michael. You shouldn’t agree. At the time of post I was not even thinking of those being mandated conference games. My bad! Yes, their schedule was weak with the exception of us. Needless to say, they will not be winning any conference title this year!

]]> By: JBowling http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14092 JBowling Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:08:58 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14092 Agreed. Frasor is not what he once was. I still maintain my gratitude for his performance in his freshman year. What I do not want is him getting playing time while being a liability. His defense hasn't looked as strong as it did before either. Hopefully he gets out of his slump and finds a way to make contributions in his final year (still pending I guess). But if Drew keeps playing well, he may find it hard to see some PT unless we find ourselves in a tight game warranting a defensive stop. Agreed. Frasor is not what he once was. I still maintain my gratitude for his performance in his freshman year. What I do not want is him getting playing time while being a liability. His defense hasn’t looked as strong as it did before either. Hopefully he gets out of his slump and finds a way to make contributions in his final year (still pending I guess). But if Drew keeps playing well, he may find it hard to see some PT unless we find ourselves in a tight game warranting a defensive stop.

]]> By: william http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14089 william Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:01:38 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14089 It is interesting that we plunged in both the Pomeroy ratings and the Sagarin chess ratings after yesterday's game. Valpo looked pretty good again in its game at Purdue. I thought Rutgers actually played the best game of anyone against Carolina when Hansbrough has been in the line up. They actually played brave and their effort merited respect. I believe Carolina's streak of never having an opponent within double digits in the second half continues. Bobby Frasor continues to have severe problems on the offensive end. All of his statistics are pedestrian except for his assist to turnover ratio, which is decent but still trails Lawson, Drew, Ellington and Green. Frasor has also had several near turnovers where either a teammate or the official scorer seems to have helped him out. Larry Drew has almost equal points, more assists and more steals than does Frasor, while playing a quarter fewer minutes than Frasor. With Ginyard back, I expect to see very little of Frasor during ACC play, unless Frasor can substantially improve his offensive performance. It is interesting that we plunged in both the Pomeroy ratings and the Sagarin chess ratings after yesterday’s game.

Valpo looked pretty good again in its game at Purdue.

I thought Rutgers actually played the best game of anyone against Carolina when Hansbrough has been in the line up. They actually played brave and their effort merited respect. I believe Carolina’s streak of never having an opponent within double digits in the second half continues.

Bobby Frasor continues to have severe problems on the offensive end. All of his statistics are pedestrian except for his assist to turnover ratio, which is decent but still trails Lawson, Drew, Ellington and Green. Frasor has also had several near turnovers where either a teammate or the official scorer seems to have helped him out.

Larry Drew has almost equal points, more assists and more steals than does Frasor, while playing a quarter fewer minutes than Frasor.

With Ginyard back, I expect to see very little of Frasor during ACC play, unless Frasor can substantially improve his offensive performance.

]]> By: JBowling http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14087 JBowling Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:49:23 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14087 I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, cause I'm the best that's ever been. Fire in the Dean Dome run boys run, the Devil's in the house of the rising sun, Coach K's looking at the bench trying to pick out his pro's, think we can win Bubas, no child no. I’ll take your bet, you’re gonna regret, cause I’m the best that’s ever been. Fire in the Dean Dome run boys run, the Devil’s in the house of the rising sun, Coach K’s looking at the bench trying to pick out his pro’s, think we can win Bubas, no child no.

]]> By: russfuss http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14086 russfuss Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:30:24 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14086 Mucho better energy/effort from the git-go! Awesome rebounding! Ed Davis, will you marry my daughter?! Roy's gambit: We're going to gamble on D, big-time, disrupt your playmakers into tortured turnovers and bad shots for break-out baskets. Yeah, that's going to cost us some points, but we're going to set the net afire with an arsenal of arsonists. Our reign of Aces raining duces. Basically, a great shooting team can gamble on D and win the bet on O. "We have a great shooting team." -Roy, 2007. It is clear to me now that that's the gauntlet Roy is throwing down. Yo, NCAA, wanna bet? Zoomba! Mucho better energy/effort from the git-go! Awesome rebounding! Ed Davis, will you marry my daughter?!

Roy’s gambit: We’re going to gamble on D, big-time, disrupt your playmakers into tortured turnovers and bad shots for break-out baskets. Yeah, that’s going to cost us some points, but we’re going to set the net afire with an arsenal of arsonists. Our reign of Aces raining duces.

Basically, a great shooting team can gamble on D and win the bet on O.
“We have a great shooting team.” -Roy, 2007.

It is clear to me now that that’s the gauntlet Roy is throwing down.

Yo, NCAA, wanna bet?

Zoomba!

]]> By: uncgirl50 http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14085 uncgirl50 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:42:07 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14085 I thought the Heels looked good. The offense did well but we missed some open easy shots that should have gone in. I wasn't satisfied with the defense or our rebounding. I was so happy to see Marrcus back even though he was still rusty. Overall a great game for the Heels! I thought the Heels looked good. The offense did well but we missed some open easy shots that should have gone in. I wasn’t satisfied with the defense or our rebounding. I was so happy to see Marrcus back even though he was still rusty. Overall a great game for the Heels!

]]> By: JBowling http://www.tarheelblog.com/2008/12/unc-97-rutgers-75/comment-page-1/#comment-14084 JBowling Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:38:17 +0000 http://www.tarheelfanblog.com/?p=2785#comment-14084 Yep. It's pretty amazing. If we win the NC this year, it will really cap off what will be the best UNC run of my short 35 year lifetime. Yep. It’s pretty amazing. If we win the NC this year, it will really cap off what will be the best UNC run of my short 35 year lifetime.

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