ACC tourney time I tell you this story. Our best 2 players, albeit with one less than 100%, come out and hit 2/10 shots and combine for 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. No problem you say, Anthony Gill will pick up the slack, after all, he is our third option but could be a lot of teams go to guy, so he can and will get it done. Just look at the last 7 games. He is 36/53 from the floor shooting a scorching 69% and leading us with about 14 points a game. No, he only takes 7 shots and hits less than half of those. This could be a problem, But hey, that kid at the point, London Perrantes from L.A. can get hot and drain a bunch of threes, just ask Miami. No, didn't happen today. In fact he didn't hit a three all day. He did play the point well and dish out 9 dimes, but we needed points. Well, the only senior we have has had some games where he has shown that he could score if needed, and in the last 5 games he has been scoring almost 11 points per game, so he will step up, we will be ok. Nope, 6 points. Damn!! So all 5 of our regular starters have at least a slightly off day offensively and our two leading scorers have a bad day. Not one of our regular starters hits his scoring average, no not one!! Oh yea, BTW, we almost double our turnover avg also, with 14 to's. Now to add to our woes, a kid is in the staring lineup who was recruited as a big time shooter, but he is shooting 35% and only 27 % from behind the arc. There have been many here wondering why his minutes havent been cut. Those numbers are only that high because he has been shooting a little better lately. But still, he is under 60% from the line.... and he was brought here because he could shoot! But he has been more of what we expected lately. Now, We have a 7 footer that has been a slight dissappointment, only because he has played a little soft. So, like it or not, today we needed our 6 and 7 options to come through. And they did. And you know what? I wasn't surprised. Plus, in the second half we went abourt 10 min wit only about 5 points(didnt look up to verify, my be off, but not much) But our team is great because we are a 3D team: Depth, Desire. and Defense. A lot of good players, who work hard and prepare hard and are willing to play hard D for 35 seonds every trip down the floor. How many teams in America could survive with every single regular starter below thier average? That is the reason I feel when or if we get beat, it won't be to a team that is not a very good team.
