Torvik had us with a better eFG in half court than transition in the game:
https://barttorvik.com/box.php?muid=NortheasternVirginia11-6&year=2027
Turnovers arenāt factored in on that, not sure if that data will be easily accessible.
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Feel like we do see lot of this- sharing and extra pass stuff . Also feel like Chance not doing much of this so far
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Some regression from Dixon, Sam also had six turnovers which is rough although at least one of those was Ibeās fault. Still not really worried, they had two guys that hit a ton of tough shots. Onto Arkansas
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Ibe first off the bench and then never in again was pretty funny. Luckily donāt think we will need him, Arkansasās bigs are super skinny so have no qualms about small ball in this one.
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Just donāt think we had great shot quality in half court, despite the outcome.
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Manā¦yall worry a lot
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Iām down for Eli ACC 6MOTY
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Calling out areas for improvement is ā¦ worrying?
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Also people calling for Adekunle to be benched need to chill, I know Eli has had a few good games but itās not like Adekunle has been bad.
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Right now usage of the starters breaks down as:
- Chance: 27.0%
- Sam: 27.9%
- Nolan: 8.4%
- Thijs: 23.3%
- Johann: 21.2%
Eli is at 20.3%, fitting the bench shot creator role well.
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Say what you will about the team (I think itās been a fun start) but the students have been showing the fuck up! Super cool to see the student section behind the hoop and behind the scorers booth packed tight on the first two games of the season. We didnāt have that last year! Itās amazing what Coach Ryan Odom has done for this program in only the start of his second season at UVA. #inCROwetrust
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8.4 is crazy low usage. Could be small sample size or still adjusting to the college game, but he needs to do more than that.
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Yeah, doing that two games into the season against scrub teams is worrying. There hasnāt even been enough data to truly know what needs to be improved.
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Im kind of over message board finger wagging. Thereās always a line but donāt think the in game thread is anywhere close to it. Itās fine to notice things and comment on them!
Now, if you logged in at end of game and just read through all of the posts at once, I get how itād feel insane, but I would just never recommend re-reading an in game thread after the fact ā¦
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Outside of a terrible start thought we actually looked really good yesterday! My biggest concern is a lack of a trustworthy bench so far.
The press has been really aggressive at times and would love to keep that up but my perceived lack of depth on the bench would make that a challenge as the teams get tougher.
Sundayās match up should be very telling not just for how good this team can be but even just who has Odomās trust and what our defense may look like (offenses adjust and change a lot more in a season than defenses do IMO).
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In-game forums are verbal pressure relief valves for a lot of fans. Too much cognitive dissonance builds up, so anxiety, blame and irritation have to be released onto the other forum participants. Thatās just simple, okay possibly mangled, Bice Psych.
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I agree with you. I didnāt see the start (I have never had any luck getting the alternate viewing stuff to work other than ESPNNews), but clearly it was bad. It turned around when our guys forgot about Sunday and saw the need to get serious about the defensive intensity.
I also wonder if the full court press is going to be effective enough Sunday to be a net positive, especially considering the wear and tear on the players along with how many fouls an athletic team will draw. Will be interesting to see how a good team responds to it. We better have a good plan B for when we run into a team that handles it well.
As far as our bench is concerned, I would leave it like it is. Yes, it appears Eli merits a starting job, but like Chance and Jacari last year it is good to have some talent coming in for the spar. I think Dixon is the top candidate to replace jacariās impact. Nolan is apparently not going to be real aggressive out there, but is a good outlet shooter who complements the other starters.
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Hereās the full replay:
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/24fee33b-2142-415a-850d-158accefabcf
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