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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
After 3 games UK is currently 9% for three pointers. Is that bad?
It isn't good, but I might be more concerned with the team's 0.351 A/TO ratio. That is bloody awful.
UK needs to be careful here because a MM of less than 64 teams is a real possibility (especially if the NCAA goes with a bubble concept). UK's schedule is no joke as current kenpom rankings only indicate games against one opponent outside the top 100 (Vandy twice). The losses could start to mount up.
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Regarding this afternoon's Maui Invitational final (UNC v Texas), UNC has shown a grittiness and will to compete in these first few games. The strength again is offensive rebounding: Brooks (13.0), Bacot (11.8), and Sharpe (12.8) all with very good OR% numbers. Major concerns early on are Love's low ORtg (94.8) and Brooks' low ORtg (92.2) The past two years Brooks was 111.5 and 122.4.
Also, in general, the team is having TO problems and a good percentage of these are steals by the other team (not dead ball variety TOs) leading to runouts for the other team. As a result, our opponents and us both have 27 fast break points.
Stanford's D is legit (#4 kenpom) but Texas' might be better (#2 kenpom). If this young UNC squad is able to grind out a third win against Texas in as many days, I'll be very impressed.
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txdome -- if you have the time, would love to hear a bit about the state of Texas' team here in the early going. Oh, and good luck today in the championship game.