TONIGHT!! Biorhythms: Exhibition v Winston-Salem State

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Exhibition vs Winston-Salem State University
7:30
The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center
ACCNX
UNC Radio Network

UNC Tar Heels:
#1 Kyan Evans P = 95, E = 95, I = 15, X = 55
#7 Seth Trimble P = 50, E = 5, I = 15, X = 30
#8 Caleb Wilson P = 100, E = 40, I = 75, X = 85
#44 Luka Bogavac P = 75, E = 80, I = 0, X = 35
#13 Henri Veesaar P = 5, E = 15, I = 30, X = 15
#15 Jarin Stevenson P = 100, E = 80, I = 0, X = 50
#11 Jonathan Powell P = 5, E = 60, I = 10, X = 5
#3 Derek Dixon P = 85, E = 50, I = 100, X = 90
#2 James Brown P = 5, E = 100, I = 0, X = 5
#1 Zayden High P = 25, E = 5, I = 50, X = 35
#4 Jaydon Young P = 70, E = 10, I = 100, X = 85
#5 Isaiah Denis P = 90, E = 100, I = 100, X = 95
#6 Elijah Davis P = 70, E = 30, I = 45, X = 55
#25 John Holbrook P = 100, E = 40, I = 0, X = 50
#32 Evan Smith P = 25, E = 80, I = 75, X = 50
#40 Ivan Matlekovic P = 40, E = 95, I = 0, X = 20

Coach Davis Wisdom = 45

W.S. State Rams
CJ Alston,
Khyelle Ingram,
Samuel Newkirk,
Masaun Bryant ,
Lance Gill
Jaiden Thompson,
Abou Camara, 6-8
Tyre Boykin
Bryson Cowan, 6-11
Arrington Kee,
Treyton "Tre" Crite, 6-8
Isaiah Sutherland, 6-9
Demetri Patterson, 6-7
Isaish Ray
Ethan English

Coach Corey Thompson

Consider this a true exhibition game in the old style – wherein a Power Team invites a much weaker team into their arena for a scrimmage in front of the Power Team’s fans to show their stuff and play everyone on the squad. That is not the description of the UNC-BYU contest which was played at a very high level between two Power Teams. Winston-Salem State is picked last in the CIAA. Still there are some interesting things about this team and school. (Number One) Winston-Salem State is where Clarence Bighouse Gaines coached for 47 years and won 828 games – a remarkable career of excellence and stability during which time he won the 1967 NCAA Division II National Championship. Gaines notably coached (Number Two) Earl “The Pearl” Monroe and commentator Stephen A. Smith at WSU. (Number Three) Long-Time Carolina fans will remember UNC basketball manager Ricky Duckett, who went on to coach at WSU (and the current coach, Corey Thompson played for him there). (Number Four) The Rams are a team a good deal larger than most CIAA squads with players 6-11, 6-9, two 6-8, and 6-7. The likely leading scorer for WSU is anybody’s guess as 8 who played little are joined by 7 newcomers.

Frontcourt: Caleb Wilson (6-9 FR) has by far the best biorhythms of the Tar Heel bigs but Jarin Stevenson (6-11 JR) is a close follow. Veesaar (7-0, JR) looks down as do James Broan and Zayden High.

Wings: Jonathan Powell (6-6) is muted but Jaydon Young (6-4) looks raring to go. Should Luka Bagavac play (no word as of Tuesday night) then he’ll bring athleticism and fire to the court. Caleb Wilson and Jarin Stevenson may both play the wing spot as well.

Guards: Kyan Evans (6-3 JR) is physical and excited while Seth Trimble (6-3 SR) is still battling the ritmo doldrums. The best marks among the guards belong to Derek Dixon (6-4 FR).

Overall: The Tar Heels should wallop the Rams tonight and we’ll likely see a plethora of combinations on the floor. In such a game it is hard to call who will star since minutes will be distributed in odd and unpredictable ways. It would be good to see the “other” 7-footer, Ivan Matlekovic, on the floor as well as some good minutes from Powell. Some Stevenson in the pivot would also be interesting to view and good runs with Dixon at the point would be worth scrutiny.

I always enjoyed going to these types of games when I lived in Chapel Hill…often folks that don’t get to see a regular season game get tickets for this and die-hard fans (and future fanatics to boot – the kids are just excited to be there and never forget it) that watch 99.9% of their games on Television will get the Dean Dome experience…load up on Blue Cups and pick up some Carolina Blue Swag, gaze up at the jerseys in the rafters, and just take in the atmosphere.

Vamos Heels.

BTW: WHAT ARE THE BIORHYTHMS? READ ON HERE: Sometimes people ask about the Biorhythms...what do they mean? What are those numbers about. I've been doing these since the 2001 season so we're on year 24. Here is a brief explanation (Questions welcome) for the newbies and a reminder for the old-timers of what's going on.
About UNC Biorhythms & Chapel Hill History
P = Physical, E = Emotional, I = Intellect, M = X-Factor
What each of those measures mean exactly is something that has to be divined over time...that makes freshmen particularly dicey, volatile calls, as are players with little previous playing time. Over the years it has seemed that specific categories are important in different ways to individual players. The truly great ones seem to make the most out of any good biorhythmic value. The P=Arc is Physicality and tends to measure speed, strength, agility and coordination. The E=Arc is Emotion and is an indicator of where a player's "head" is on a particular date...Ready to play or reticent. The I=Arc is Intellect and tends to show the level of the player's mental preparation and reaction. A low I=Arc can bode ill for making the proverbial "dumb play" or general execution.
Of course, I have to admit that I do this for fun and essentially to be more fully engaged with the team and the season. .
 
I'm going with my son tonight. He likes to go to every game he can and tickets are often available from my father in law. So we'll take the shuttle from Southern Village this evening to go watch the Heels.
 
PTOHeel said:
I'm going with my son tonight. He likes to go to every game he can and tickets are often available from my father in law. So we'll take the shuttle from Southern Village this evening to go watch the Heels.
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When we lived on Dogwood Acres Drive my daughter and I took in a good many of the exhibitions and early season games. Folks that had season tix knew that we lived very closeby Southern Village and we had a lot of last-minute give-aways.
 
Hearing Stephen A. Smith will be there cheering on his alma mater (where he also played) Former UNC Men's Basketball Manager and Graduate Assistant Rick Duckett (RIP -- UNC, '79) also coached at WSS.
 
For what it’s worth, Kansas didn’t look great in their exhibition game yesterday against Fort Hayes State. A school in the middle of Kansas with like 10 students. They only scored 71 points which was I think the lowest points scored in an exhibition game in like 30 years.

Though Darryn Peterson did sit out with cramping.
 
Letting people sit wherever they want so decent crowd in the lower bowl and almost nobody in the upper bowl. Caleb Wilson continues to look amazing. Everything else pretty meh.
 
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