triplec2195 wrote:Pemba is key to this team making noise in March.
Like this HUSID AND I couldn't agree more after Pemberton hit his first shot he was playing with a lot of confidence and they were feeding him both Buie and JWF. I'm sure Justin was breathing a little easier not having to be the offense in this game.
Eli said the key that opened up his game offensively (with the game-high 27 pts) last night was a result of make a concerted effort to do the little things, including crashing the boards (his 4 offensive boards matched Rok for a game-high). That's no small thing. It should be a very valuable lesson learned for everyone up and down the roster. If you're not that involved, get yourself involved. Do the little things, be aggressive, and it can open up other aress of your game.
triplec2195 wrote:
Rood... told me not to get too carried away with this win because this team(UNCW) isn't that good. I'll take some exception to this because they have played a lot of close games lately losing by 3/4 points to COC,NE and W&M while beating ELON and Towson.
True, and all the wins count the same when the final standings are sorted out at the end of February, and really, that's all that matters (which is why I had no problem with the ugly road win at Delaware). That said, they put up 96 points and shot amazing 63%, including a sizzling 11 of 17 from 3 last night. But it is very noteworthy that they did it against the team that was allowing the most ppg (83.5) in the CAA. So Rood is right to say we shouldn't read too much into it. That said, this team can score a lot and efficiently enough against even the much better defenses in the CAA when it plays the way it played last night -- with JWF allowing the game to come to him, being efficient (23 pts on 9/13 fg) and several others contributing a lot more. When it's all on JWF, and he has to score 30+ pts shooting in the low 40s, and others aren't nearly involved as they were last night, that's when they'll struggle a lot more. Play offense with last night's more team-wide approach and play solid enough defense rather than the lacking D we've seen at times in the past this year, and they'll be fine. There's no VCU, Mason or ODU playing in Richmond anymore (even though the conference favorite will be playing in Charleston) anymore. Charleston good, and tough at home (or very near home in the tourney), but it's not like it was before. There's not a team in the league they can't beat this year if they stick to what works and don't stray from it.