I’ve really only felt that way about this and the Auburn game. Going forward it’s Duke and UNC I feel that way about. Every other game I go into it expecting Syracuse will have a shot.
I think we can beat UNC. But I'm always optimistic about winning, I thought we had a realistic shot to beat Duke yesterday. Saw an NBA scout quoted earlier in the season saying he hated watching UNC because they're all so selfish. I think teams 2-13 in the ACC aren't separated by more than a half dozen points no matter the match up.
We can't beat any good team without shooting and playing well offensively. Can't really complain about this team giving up 79 at Duke, although we could've gotten out on Griffin and Baker better and kept them in the low 70s. We'd lose to almost every team on our schedule if Buddy and Joe go 2-19 from three.
Symir would've had double digit assists if anyone could make a shot yesterday. And he had zero turnovers in 24 minutes against Duke. I think he's our starting point guard next year. Hate the idea of being so small in the zone with Joe and Symir, but Symir's a strong defender and we will have size when Taylor or Copeland are out there. Could definitely see a backcourt rotation of Symir and Joe starting, but Symir not getting heavy minutes of 35+ so there's some minutes available for Taylor and Copeland, with Joe sometimes swinging to the point if he's paired with Taylor.