UNC 98, Michigan State 63.
Carolina was nothing short of awesome last night. This victory impressed me more than the UNC-Asheville game. Michigan State played a team that would have destroyed any Division I team last night. It was scary how efficient UNC was this game.
BTW--I hate seeing our team play on an elevated court. One time in the first half I saw a Michigan State guard run for a ball and having to jump awkwardly off the court. Luckily he didn't get hurt. The NCAA's should prevent teams playing on these courts. Could you imagine if Danny Green or Ty Lawson jumped off the court and break an ankle or suffer a concussion? I wouldn't have been too happy.
Danny Green is on fire...he has shot 19-34 from 3 point range this year. That's outstanding. Deon Thompson is still the most improved player in the nation. And Hansbrough is still the best collegiate player.
Let me dwell a little on our bench. Bobby Frasor is a good guard who still lacks confidence. I want him to succeed because he's a tremendous leader on the bench, but he's not shown me much this year. Graves has picked it up on both ends of the court, and he may take some of Frasor's minutes this year. Drew is your typical freshman point guard--he will make some bonehead plays and then play like a seasoned veteran. Davis is nothing but solid and versatile. We also have Ginyard who will come back to our team eventually, and his presence will allow Green to come off the bench and be the best 6 man in college basketball (although Green deserves to play as a starter, I like having him come off the bench and ignite our play). Usually a team should get 40 minutes of quality play off its bench if they want to run and gun like we do. Right now, I expect that our bench will average about 55 minutes a game (in the aggregate).
Go Heels!
Bring on the Lakers!
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