UNC ONLY BASKETBALL 2024-25 SEASON

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Peppers49 said:
For me, the deciding factor here is future recruiting and roster building trends. If we had the stability of a strong nucleus of young players currently on the team + another crop of highly touted freshmen coming in from the HS ranks, I’d be fine with giving Hubert at least another season to get back on track. In reality, the current players who will realistically return to college (still have eligibility and aren’t surefire pro prospects) don’t collectively inspire much confidence, and we don’t have any true big time prospects in the upcoming class. That’s not even factoring in the potential of losing guys to the portal.
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And this year was supposed to be THE roster when he took the job...

I agree with this, although believe a 2nd year is still reasonable given last season

Peppers49 said:
Hubert will likely have to build most of next year’s team from scratch from the portal. That’s a dicey situation that can have mixed results for even the best coaches who have experience building rosters that way. Should we expect Hubert to put together even a fringe tournament team going that route? I just don’t see it happening.
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Not probable, and seems impossible with how both portal and HS recruiting have gone lately

I think even a best case scenario, you're looking at filling 5 of top 7 roster spots
 
Have to say there’s something about must win regular season games I'm enjoying

Saturday noon or Tuesday night ACC road games vs bad teams are almost never exciting when UNC is good

Need those games to avoid implosion? On the edge of my seat
 
Not at all sure about today’s game, but on paper it looks to be a 80-75 W for the Heels. But again, not sure at all with this team.

Listening to the Joel Berry interview on IC, he clearly states there is a disconnect from what the coaches are “probably” instructing the players to do, and what they wind up actually doing on the court. Berry insinuates there are no leaders on this team. And if there are any leaders, they are not stepping up in the locker room, in the huddle during timeouts, or on the court.

My observation is that this is no longer RJ’s team. It is now Capt ‘n Jack’s team, and being a freshman, he’s reluctant to take the bull by the horns and lead these guys in all aspects of the game. At practice, in the locker room, at halftime, during timeouts, and on the court.

One very good example is the last game against Louisville. He was the leading scorer, and obviously the go to guy, but he never touched the ball the last five minutes of the game. He, if he were acting as a leader, would’ve insisted that he be gotten the ball. For example, during the last TV time out in the huddle, he should’ve gone to the coaches and the players and demanded “get me the damn ball.” But a freshman doesn’t do that. It’s not in their make up. It’s not in a freshman’s DNA to do that. But that’s when a coach or a team leader like RJ should’ve said that. “Let’s get Ian some touches.”

Joel Berry is suggesting that perhaps that’s exactly what was said, but then it didn’t happen on the court. So there’s the disconnect he’s talking about.
 
Heelsandeers said:
So.... the usual?
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Yeah, I barely go to IC anymore. I've never been a premium member and have no desire to be, but the free basketball and football boards have been miserable places for a good while. I kind of get the football misery, but the free basketball board was miserable even during much of our Final Four run in 2022. There's just no fun in posting there anymore, imo.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
Yeah, I barely go to IC anymore. I've never been a premium member and have no desire to be, but the free basketball and football boards have been miserable places for a good while. I kind of get the football misery, but the free basketball board was miserable even during much of our Final Four run in 2022. There's just no fun in posting there anymore, imo.
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What the fan base really needs is a dominant season even if it ends in Final 4 disappointment.

And what I mean by that is a season with 5 or less losses where we go out and win most games pretty handily.

We haven't had one of those since 2009 (although 2012 only had 6 losses). Those kinds of seasons are a bit of reset in that folks get to see a lot of wins and really enjoy most of the games. Since 2009, we've averaged 10.5 losses per season. That kind of consistently good but not elite teams makes everyone grumpy because it starts to feel like every game is stressful.

I mean, yeah, it's a very spoiled way to watch basketball, but we're a very spoiled fan base.
 
Hey, we have a lead at half!

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I'm not sure if we did anything terribly differently than normal or if Ian Jackson has just come out and dominated, but I like it.

We also got some decent minutes from Jalen Washington. It's crazy how much better we look when we can get even basic competence from our bigs.
 
SnoopRob said:
Hey, we have a lead at half!

Yay GIF by YoungerTV

I'm not sure if we did anything terribly differently than normal or if Ian Jackson has just come out and dominated, but I like it.

We also got some decent minutes from Jalen Washington. It's crazy how much better we look when we can get even basic competence from our bigs.
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I’ve given up on this team doing things differently, because they aren’t (ND is really bad), and just enjoying the Captain Jack show.
 
Need to get Trimble healthy and back in the lineup.
Sit Cadeau.
Play RJ at point.
Capn Jack.
Still a 3 guard line up.
Hope for the best from the 4 & 5 positions.
Looks like Powell and JWash may settle in as starters.
 
The missed wide open dunk by Withers speaks volumes about him…. And why he won’t start another game. Drake gets his starters minutes from here on out.
 
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