UVA by 4.5
Edit: Moved immediately to 4
We offered him before his sophomore year at Dematha. July 2017 and he was class of 2020. He eventually got a lot of blue blood interest and I think we had long since moved on.
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I told you my memory wasnât very good,lol.
Ultimately I think they wanted a big a year or two early. Dickinson stayed in 2020. They got Papi and Kadin so center wasnât on the agenda by then.
But could be wrong.
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Man, this start time is brutal. 930 for an east coast team is not ideal.
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Yâall may feel differently, but I feel like we should be a heavier favorite in this game. I think weâll smash that line.
First true road test. Giant target on our back. Michigan needing an OOC feather in their cap. Very late start time.
Hope you are right but I expect a battle.
Gonna catch a nice nap between USA Soccer and this game tho!
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Could see us coming down from a high + true road game. Wouldnât at all be surprised squeaking out a grinder.
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930 pm? Guess weâre trying to get that Hawaii guy to watch it.
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Kenpom has the margin at 5, Torvik at 3, so the the 4/4.5 line is basically an average of the two.
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Our defense should travel. It feels like our 3pt shooting is what will either set us apart or make this a total grind. Even without stellar shooting, we can still take them down
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Michigan proly goes up early. We whittle it down then win by 12 semi going away
Their guards dont want the smoke
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My reductive analysis: Their guards have been REALLY bad (Llewellyn, Bufkin, McDaniel). Their shooting has been abysmal, and theyâre not doing much else to make up for it. If that remains the case, we should probably win. If they play better, it will be much more interesting.
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They will play better, for a while but wont maintain
Llewelyn been there as long as Kihei?
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Heâs an Ivy grad transfer (Princeton). Heâs from somewhere in central VA. Maybe Lynchburg? McDaniel is a PVI kid. So some potential local motivation (similar to Epps on Illinois).
Here it is â he played for Curtis Staples at VA Episcopal in Lynchburg for 2 years, but heâs from the Toronto area.
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Oh thats right. Didnt he commit to Clemson in transfer portal? Then realised that was bad for his college degres resume and went to Michigan instead? (Kidding)
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That rings a bell, but canât vouch for it
We briefly discussed here on LRA. Where it counts
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Llewellyn didnât really do point guard things at Princeton, and he has continued to not really do point guard things, so they are sort of missing that from their roster. McDaniel does some assisting, but he doesnât bring much else offensively yet.
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The game is an opportunity. It helps us with a solid road win if we win but doesnât matter a whole lot if we lose except for what it might mean personally. I have a grudge with Michigan basketball so Iâm a little more emotionally invested in it than if we were playing Purdue or Minnesota.
The two wins in Vegas put us where we needed to be in the OC schedule. Weâre playing with House money against Michigan and Houston. I donât care about rankings this time of year, itâs a fools errand.
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