Not sure about the defensive problems, but on the offensive end, we just need to run the offense and trust the open player (without having Nolte in the game, ever). It seems to me that there is too much LP and Brogdon playing a two man game and the other players standing around. This bores them and forces Brogdon especially into bad shots.

This is the reason that we're not getting open looks. I saw a lot of open passes tonight not get made (especially when Nolte was in the game), but our other players ARE good and can score when you get them the ball in the right spaces/spots.

Between Hall, Shayok, Thompson & Wilkins...someone...anyone, needs to step up and play with some form of consistency.

When these guys disappear, we lose. It's happened in every loss this season.

We don't need them to be MB, AG or even LP. We just them to find a role, and fill that role on a consistent basis. Nichols and the incoming freshmen better be ready to play next year, because after 17 games this year, I have little faith that we can rely on this group to be our core in 2016-17.

weve seen two years of dominant regular season results only to come up empty when it counted. I think this season is going to be one of dogfights, mistakes, trial and error, and losses. I think we finish the year ranked in the late teens and go Into the tourney as a 5 or 6 seed. And that's when all our battle scars from the season could pay dividends. Are we a final four team? Not unless someone else steps up big time. But I think we will advance to the sweet 16 at least.

Figured the board could use some good news tonight

About a half hour or so before things get going down in the Tucker Center between No. 13 UVa and Florida State. I'll be back in a few with the starting lineup and the game updates.

As always, have at it folks...

Tobey is the key to this game and doesn't even know it.

Good morning guys, I'll be speaking with Deedrick Daniels again today to get his thoughts on his in-home visit he had with Mendenhall, I'll also be catching up with Ty Jerome to talk about his injury as well as Chaz Ah You who was just offered by UVa last week. He is a 4-star 2017 kid and is pretty legit. I'll post some teasers in this thread later on today so stay tuned!

Everything we need to know about the season will be told in these two games.

The Hoos didn't respond against a bad team in Bleaksburg, then backed it up with not elevating their game quite enough to beat a decent team in Atlanta. The remaining home schedule is pretty manageable until the very back end (RPIs 129, 80, 199, 123, 96, 5, 23). The remaining road schedule is pretty daunting until the last one (87, 47, 23, 21, 9, 18, 129).

I figure if we beat FSU and Wake in Tally and W-S, then we will win at Clemson, manage at least 6-1 in the remaining home games, and steal one or two on the road for a 12-6/11-7 type ACC record and likely 4th-6th place finish. If we beat the Noles but lose to the Deacs, things get sketchier for finishing much better than 9-9 or 10-8. Lose to the Noles and Deacs, we probably finish sub-.500, as Clemson becomes the only winnable road game and there are still a home game or two that could be lost. Lose to the Noles and beat Wake? Your guess is as good as mine ... hahaha!

Of course, it could start clicking for some guys and this could be wrong (and this is always given with the caveat that an injury could derail everything), but it's just how I'm seeing it going into Sunday.

Thoughts from the board?

It's a crazy year. Teams must come to play every night. I think some of this crazy will bottom out in the next few weeks, but be very happy our SOS and wins out of conference are legit. This might be the wrong year to be on the bubble come Selection Sunday.

47-25 at the half IN EAST LANSING!. Like I said there are NO dominant teams. Bodes well for an interesting March.

Miami gets beat by 5-1 CLEMSON SERIOUSLY?? then my favorite PUKE LOSES to the Golden Domers! and the Hokies are 4-1 in conference THIS IS INSANE

A former Michigan commit, three-star QB Victor Viramontes is a clear target for the Cavaliers.

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Last year was a very poor year for the program. This was primarily attributed to the lack of front line depth, so we brought in three first year players who were supposed to help. Last night we lost to Louisville 59-41. Our two returning front line players each played 30 minutes; one scored 6 points, and the other failed to score. The first years who were recruited to beef up the front line played very little and contributed little. I have not watched anything other than the highlights of our games, so I do not know what the primary problem might be, but it appears that the coaching staff either cannot identify talent or cannot develop talent.

We'll get started with UVa's Tony Bennett in a few. Check this thread for notes.

Coach K looked like his back hurt a lot.

C - Coman, 1B - Smith, 2B - Clement, 3B - Karstetter, SS - Pinero, LF = Doherty, CF - Haseley, RF - Dozier, and DH - Thaiss. He has Jones, Haseley, and Doyle as starting pitcher and Bettinger as relief pitcher.
This is a reasonable guess, but I would not be surprised to see Doherty replaced by another first year.

With the way UVa played Ohio State, Villanova, West Va, and Cal (this one wasn't great but great finish), does anyone think that we may actually play better the more marquee our road opponent is? I know we should bring it every night but since so many are assuming road doom from losing to two lesser teams on the road I thought maybe this was worth pondering. I think the intensity and focus may grow with the name on the jersey. If so, we will play better at Louisville, Duke, Pitt and Miami. I don't think the way they played in those two losses can automatically be applied to tough road opponents. I also think UVa wins a hard fought game Sunday. FSU may take a few leads but I see our team pulling it out by 5-9 points.

Huff stood tall, in more ways than one, last night in Voyagers Academy's 80 - 61 win over Roxboro. He scored 28 points and pulled down 20 rebounds. For the year he is averaging 17.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 6.4 blocks.

Chris Long tweeted the city of St Louis with the following (classy),

"Humbly, eternally gratefully: Thank you St. Louis. I'm sorry we fell short the past 8 years. You treated me like family anyways. I love y'all"

Someone started a thread the other day about how our players and coaches need to watch Duke and how hard, passionately they play, no matter the opponent. Trust me, I am not knocking that poster, but I watched the first chance I got, and, well, they seemed like UVa last week. This league will be fun to watch this year!!! ( whoever posted that, this was absolutely no shot at you, just saying the road is tough in the ACC, and everyone has those games....except us the last 2 years)