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‘Hoos Cruise in Boston

So Boston College, while improved, is still pretty bad. They don’t have the talent yet — the stars or the depth — to match up with top 25 programs, and the guys they have don’t really possess the strength or quickness (shoutout to Mike Curtis) to match up with teams like us for 40…

‘Hoos Shave Pitt

This was a game in three parts. We dominated Pitt with our defense in the first half (they shot 35.3% and scored 0.66 points per possession), but couldn’t get it going ourselves. Pitt was actively fronting and denying our post players, but the resulting steady diet of jumpers didn’t fall (42.6%…

Game Preview: UNC

Here’s my plan for the rest of the ACC regular season:

• Split with UNC
• Beat Miami and Pitt at home and NC State on the road

A 4–1 conclusion to conference play gets us to 12–6 and a fighting chance to secure the precious…

Basketball Player Preview: Joe Harris

It’s hard to nay say much from Joe Harris’s freshman year. The average freshman isn’t asked to immediately become one of their team’s main scoring threats while frequently playing out of position against 240 pound power forwards, but Harris did it and managed to…

Howard’s End

I was pretty sure we were going to beat Howard by a lot, and 66.7% shooting from the floor and 64% from deep (on 16 makes!) made it happen even on a night where our defense wasn’t exactly sharp. I loved that we picked up 20 assists on 32 baskets, and that we hopefully at least gained back some measure of…

‘Hoos Flatten St. Francis

There wasn’t much to learn from this game that we couldn’t also have learned from watching our guys shoot over the long, padded pole that the managers gently contest shots with in practice. St. Francis was a kiddie pool swimmer suddenly dropped into the deep end. I would imagine…

Basketball Player Preview: Austin Nichols

It isn’t very often you have the opportunity to add a guy who not only was a five star prospect but has validated that rating at the college level and has two years of eligibility remaining, so when you get the chance, you have to pounce. Tony did, and…

Your Big Conference Play Primer

With Miami a mere 48 hours away, I thought I’d give you a little preview of what we should expect from conference play this season. Overall, CTB is 13–22 in ACC play, which breaks down to 7–9 at home, 5–11 on the road, and 1–2 on neutral floors in the ACC Tournament. This…