Comments on: UNC-FIU Game Thread

By: danofnc

danofnc — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:53:08 +0000

FYI….channelsurfing.net is another option for online streaming. I think most UNC games will be available there.

By: AZACCFan

AZACCFan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000

Wow. This group has amazing potential. The guard play is getting better quickly. Clearly there is a defensive mindset. Players were in and out so fast that it had to be tough for them to know what was up.

It is really going to be an exciting year. Who knows what will happen!

There are so many huge guys on the team. Let them practice on each other for a few weeks!

By: JBowling

JBowling — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:17:58 +0000

I really loved the play from Davis, Ginyard, Thompson, and Drew. The Wear twins appear to be pretty decent at passing and maneuvering the ball around (good skill set). I am dissapointed in Zeller’s play. He was out of defensive position on several occasions, and struggles when guarded close…although he IS good when open. I expected to see more ball handling and shooting from John Henson.

It seemed as if Strickland got the brunt of the “bad” officiating, and if I were convinced that the game officials were anti-UNC, I’d say they did not want to see that guy gain any confidence. And boy would it be nice if we got some good guard production out of him.

By: esheel31

esheel31 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:02:25 +0000

thats for sure.it seemed tonight that roy was still playing with his lineups.deon and drew were very good.marcus was a sight for sore eyes.so glad he redshirted.this team is capable of big things.december will be a learning time.
wow,adrian branch loving some tyler zeller.he finally said something right.

By: C. Michael

C. Michael — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:55:23 +0000

First off, I’m not comparing this team to last year’s team, but last year’s team had 7 more practices and 1 more exhibition before their first game… on top of already playing with each other for 2-3 seasons.

I suspect the TO’s will come down significantly with more time playing with each other.

By: esheel31

esheel31 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:50:55 +0000

having just finished the game thanks to the wonders of DVR i would like to conclude:

drew played well.
impressive defense(2nd half was awful)
3 pt shooting was nice,but no one created their own shot.you wont always have that open look at the three.
henson is a bean pole.(as granny would say)
turnovers were awful.(2006 team had a lot too)
growing pains are imminent.
these guys will be really good.

By: chuckheel85

chuckheel85 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:45:37 +0000

Carolina looked good for the most part, especially for the first game of the season. Way too many turnovers and way too many charges. The good thing about the turnovers was that not too many of them were converted into points.
We also only attempted one three-pointer in the second half. Our bigs, who did play good, didn’t initiate enough contact down low. I hope when we play real competition, we can be attempting plus-20 free throws a game.
Overall, there was enough seen for us not to panic. And enough for Roy to work on. The defense looks good. Shot blocking and rebounding look good. Marcus Ginyard looks good. Deon Thompson looks REAL good.
We need to work on screening, ball control from the bigs, and to watch where you are going when dribbling to avoid charging calls, some of which were horrible calls by the refs.

By: carolinablue74

carolinablue74 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:37:51 +0000

Nice first game. Shows our strengths (the bigs inside, rebounding and defense) and weaknesses (26 turnovers….come on!!). The only player who left me a little underwhelmed is Tyler Zeller, way too many fumbles with the ball.

By: Dirty T

Dirty T — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:16:05 +0000

Well, my study abroad mates and I in Mexico are grateful for everyone’s commentary!

Just wondering if anyone knows if most of the games will be on Justintv. IF they are, I’m going to get a premium account, because the free accounts don’t work in Mexico, but it says that it will with the $10 account. Thats a small price to pay to see us play MSU, Kentucky, Ohio State, Cal/Syracuse etc but I want to make sure that the games will be on.

I would hate to pay for it now for it to not work.

Go heels!

By: TexasFan11

TexasFan11 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:06:06 +0000

They seem to like the slime balls. K, Knight, Calipari,…

K, Claire. Let me know if you need the rope.