In Reply to: You Get Out-Rebounded By A Sizable 34-28 To A Shrimp Team,And posted by NYBruin on December 21, 2024 at 15:56:43
we shot well early and seemed to float, counting on our shooting to keep a handle on the game. The second half, UNC was out-hustling us, beating us to every loose ball and a majority of the RBs. Foul shooting was a killer especially. Clark's two consecutive e front ends of 1 and 1s. That's four points left on the court right there.
Mara could be a really solid weapon - in 2025-26. NC got the benefit of calls especially in the first half but so much of the fouling was on us - not moving our feet enough, reaching blindly after the ball. They were on the court early (quickly) and often and we weren't.
Really frustrating.
Another observation - our three point shooting was amazing early on - at 56%. Wound up at 50%. But as the game tightened up, we were afraid to take threes, even open ones. The three point shot fell completely out of our offense. I get it - it's hard to take a long shot when the game is close late - but abandoining it completely allowed UNC to pack their defense in which closed down the paint for Bilodeau or whoever.
Very frustrating - but we fans can whine about foul calls but the coaches and players have to - as you said - focus hard on watching the tape and correcting the things we can correct - and there are a lot of them today - because Gonzaga's a much better team than UNC