donnie barnes

Well, it's just *one* game, but I thought there were a lot of questions
answered. Rashad still didn't have much of an offensive game, yet he
never quit. He played hard, played good solid defense, and made smart
passes. He even sat for long stretches because Jackie was playing so
dang good, yet he came in and kept his intensity. If he can keep doing
that, the good offensive games will happen more and more often.

May had a great game on the stat sheet, but Miami has no skill nor very
much beef in the interior. Jawad had an interesting matchup with Rice
most of the time, but did well with it.

They started slow, but the defense led the way toward solid offense like
it should in Roy's system. There were certainly still plenty of mistakes
and quite frankly, *far* too many turnovers. But overall, I was happy.
We didn't shoot incredible yet still ground out a solid win over a
generally *very* athletic team. Hite is a great scorer. Rice *must*
be contained lest he become an enigma (like last year). But we never
let them have any real runs nor confidence and we kept firing (they were
5-10 from three in the first half...I thought we did a great job of
putting that to bed in the second half, though I'm not sure what the
final stats were).

Solid win. We needed to win this game by halftime to feel *good* going
into Sunday against GT. I'm really happy our first meeting with them
is at home, too. Should be a good game.


--Donnie

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sam5212342

i'm enjoying the way UNC fans are making excuses for felt-on in the exact same
pathetic manner duke fans made excuses for duhon.

1. he doesn't have to score. (get the ****...yes, he does)

2. he runs the offense better than anyone in the country (bullshit...duhon
does...even when he's at his WORST!)

3. he's only a sophomore (yeah, well, so is sean dockery and i still say he's
going to be better)

4. he lost his jumper because he doesn't shoot enough (get the ****...he never
had one, unlike duhon)

5. look at his assists. (yeah, look at his assists on defense)

donnie barnes

Hey, go hijack some other thread or start your own, because I didn't say any
of these things, nor even imply them.


Well, it would certainly be nice. I honestly don't think Roy wants him
penetrating right now, though, because he simply isn't even trying to.
EVER. He did plenty of it last year and scored just fine when he did.

He's not running the offense very good this season, no. It is a completely new system, though.

Time will tell and I say you're wrong. Well, you're right that he is a sophomore.

He hasn't lost anything. He's just in a little bit of a slump right now.
I'm pretty sure he didn't become the SC career scoring leader with no jump shot.


Stats please?


--Donnie

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»q«

I'm confused. Did you just admit that all your excuses for Duhon last
year were pathetic?

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sam5212342

yup. last year. this year's ACC preseason-POY has been just as awful

donnie barnes

I agree. He's currently playing just like Duhon. He can be so much
better than that.


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sam5212342

i've seen duhon's best and felt-on's best. duhon's best is better. better
shooter...better leader....better passer....better floor general.