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#16 UNC (21-6) v #21 Louisville (20-7)
7:00 pm Dean E. Smith Center
TV ESPN
Radio: 97.9 The Hill WCHL - Chapelboro.com
UNC Tar Heels
#1 Kyan Evans P = 100, E = 50, I = 90, X = 95
#7 Seth Trimble P = 75, E = 50, I = 75, X = 75
#8 Caleb Wilson Will Not Play
#44 Luka Bogavac P = 95, E = 30, I = 100, X = 95
#13 Henri Veesaar ) = 25, E = 0, I = 55, X = 35
#15 Jarin Stevenson P = 100, E = /30, I = 100, X = 100
#11 Jonathan Powell P = 0, E = 100, I = 75, X = 35
#3 Derek Dixon P = 100, E = 95, I = 5, X = 50
#1 Zayden High P =50, E = 15, I = 40, X = 45
#4 Jaydon Young P = 45, E = 60 I = 0, X = 20
Coach Davis Wisdom = 70 66
Louisville Cardinals
#3 Ryan Conwell P = 55, E = 40, I = 80, X = 65
#00 Mikel Brown Jr. P = 25, E = 50, I = 95, X = 60
#10 Isaac McKneely P = 60, E = 10, I = 60, X = 60
#01 J’Vonne Hadley P = 0, E = 20, I = 100, X = 50
#13 Sananda Fru P = 95, E = 85, I = 35, X = 65
#14 Adrian Wooley P = 35, E = 25, I = 20, X = 25
#9 Khani Rooths P = 75, E = 90, I = 65, X = 70
#15 Aly Khalifa P = 95, E = 80, I = 60, X = 75
#5 Vangelis Zougris P = 45, E = 100, I = 20, X = 30
#22 Cole Sherman — P = 95, E = 85, I = 75, X = 85
Coach Pat Kelsey Wisdom = 70
UNC and Louisville are tied in the ACC with records of 9 wins and 5 losses. Since 1998 UNC has won 14 and U of L has won 6. The Cardinals are a storied program from one of the other great college basketball states (KY). As seems to be perpetually the case in the statistically overrun, percentage heavy, projection maddening, data crunched world of college basketball, this is another ‘must-win’ for The Tar Heels. Henri Veesaar’s return to the pivot means a great deal and the maturation of Zayden High has been a positively surprising development of late…now Carolina’s guards and wings have to step-up their games, in particular on the perimeter with tenacious three point defense and dead-eye three point offense. The home court environment tonight must be partisan and raucous (though please – not dookish). Stand up and Scream Tar Heel Faithful. Do what you can from home too Tar Heel Nation. Be prepared to Go Where You Go and Do What You Do. Get your shirt…or your special socks and hat and make it happen.
Frontcourt: Veesaar looks muted but smart. High is strong. Stevenson soars.
Wings: Bogavac is physical and bright. Powell is Fire and Ice.
Guards: Seth Trimble has above average looks while Derek Dixon is athletic and motivated. Kyan Evans is gangbusters while Jaydon Young can contribute.
Overall: U of L shoots the Three – nationally only Alabama takes more – 33 times a game. They hit 12 on average for a team percentage of 36.1. So they are flinging it up at will. Scorer Ryan Conwell (#3, 6-4 Sr. 18.4ppg, 5 rpg) hits at 35%. He’s joined by one of the best freshman guards in the game, Mikel Brown (#0, 6-5, 18.6ppg, 5apg, 34.5% from 3pt). Designated shooter Isaac McKneely transferred over from UVA to hit 39% at a 11ppg clip. That trio must be wrangled at mid-court and worried relentlessly or they will light up the Smith Center. Trimble, Dixon, Evens, Powell, Stevenson, and Bogavac cannot let up for even a second around the arc. The Cardinals have a Giant German at center in Sananda Fru (6-11 and 250, 10.2ppg, 6.6rpg, and shooting 75% from the floor). Wingman J’Vonne Hadley (6-7, 11ppg, 5.5rpg) also shoots 42% from long distance. From the bench Big Man Aly Khalifa spent time in Charlotte after Egypt and brings a 6-11 frame and 4ppg and 2.2rpg. He will shoot the Trey and hit at 41%. 6-5 Adrian Wooley scores from inside and out at 8.3ppg and also shoots the three at 34%. Freshman Khani Rooths is 6-8 and does good work in the paint (6.9ppg, 6.2rpg) and Vangelis Zougris of Greece adds height and 3.1ppg and 2.5rpg. Pat Kelsey is a clever man who let’s them run rampant if he can.
Both teams have some good looking biorhythms tonight. The three will be The Tell. Stop them…hold them to below their normal and hit at our best and the Heels win. Let them go without a hand in their face and no worries on their mind and this one goes to the Red. Ritmos think the Heels can do this. Carolina by 6.
