Heās a nice player on offense, though his defensive box and plus-minus metrics are pretty bad for a PF/C. Unclear whether āoffense-first centerā is an archetype Odom wants.
Itās also kinda weird when a 6ā10ā guy only has 1 dunk on the season (and isnāt a stretch 4-type that stays on the perimeter).
IMHO - SMU is the best fully healthy team we will have played all yearā¦. They are tough.
They beat Butler by 2 when Butler was still whole.
Theyāve also played a gauntlet the last few weeks:
Vandy, Texas A&M, MSU, LSU, UNC, Clemson, Duke, Va Tech and now Hoos
All in about 6-7 weeks. And the last 5 opponents over just 2 weeks.
Orange on the road.
Hoos by 14
Feels like a trap game with the time and location. Hope the guys are awake and ready tomorrow!!
Iām not sure if SMU coming off a hard-fought, emotional win on Wednesday is good or bad.
Net-net ā¦ I think it helps us a little. SMU will be in a slightly less desperate mindset.
HOOS currently favored by 1.5. Gonna be the biggest test of the season for our boys.
Moneyline? Hoos
That soundsā¦.painful.
Think the 11AM central start time is a bigger factor than SMUās last game. Hopefully we donāt come out sluggish to start
Avoid front court foul trouble. Keep Sam and Chance confident
Nc State 11am tip trained them
On the bright side of thingsā¦ at least we want miss the first 10 minutes of the game waiting for another game to finish!
If we contain Craig James and Erik Dickerson today we should coverā¦.. #PonyExpress
Letās go! This will be a close one, unless we blow them out.
Edit: someone may have already said this today. My apologiesā¦ I have been at eighth grade volleyball tournament since six this morning. Letās go āHoos
I hate it when they use the Goodyear blimp to shoot basketball games.
Shout out to @DavetheWave why are referees so bad at jump balls? Are they un-athletic or are they just nervous. I bet you were good at jump balls, but most of the refs suck a jump balls that I have seen. Probably have to put it up to 11ā12 feet. But I donāt know the rules about how you guys think about that.
This camera angle really shows the spacing.
poor Boeheim
I think heās losing it a little bit, huh?