Good Luck from NC

[CajunRebel]

Ok, here are my opinions on things.

This motion offense could be a big problem with our team. I've found that this team is slow to colapse down on someone driving to the hoop.

On our guys:
Brad Boyd (#3) LOVES to shoot 3's. He takes lots of shots and when he is on he can't be stopped but when he is off he wont make anything.

Orion Greene (#5) is a transfer from Flordia. He is probably our best defensive guy. He is also a good addition to our offense. I would like to see him take more shots. Cause he can make em.

Antoine Landry (#4) is a small, quick guy who can really put up quick points for us. A guy you will really have to look out for.

Dwayne Mitchell (#23) is a transfer from Auburn. We call him "the human highlight reel." Last week he had the number 1 play in the Sportscenter Top 10 list. He's made that list a few other times this year too. He can jump, and he can dunk. He's probably our best athelete.

This team overall will be a real threat to you guys. And it is the type of team that can pull off upsets. This team will not be intimidated with yours. Our out of confrence schedule included teams like Arizona, Xavier, Ga Tech, Dayton, and Valpo.
We lost to AZ by 3 in a buzzer beater.
We had nice leads against Xavier and Dayton with 2 minutes to go, but lost it at the end.
We creamed Valpo.
We lost bad to Ga Tech, but didn't have 3 or 4 starters.

You guys are obviously a better team, but if you arent on your game expect a close battle.

[Cajun Express]

"You guys are obviously a better team, but if you arent on your game expect a close battle."

The good thing is we only have to beat them once, so that is how upsets are made. No way do I believe we could win 2 of 3, but winning the first one is a reasonable task.

[wolfpack7483]

This is gonna be a good game. We pray Scooter will be ready by Friday, it really hurts not having him in the lineup. Ya'll will get to see one of the countries top players in Julius Hodge.

It's gonna be exciting. Good Luck

[CajunRebel]

I'd like to wish you good luck, but to be honest with you, come Friday I hope you guys have horrible luck.

But after Friday, good luck to you guys.

[ATXCajun]

a lot of us are still waiting for "approval" to reply on your site. it would be nice if the moderators could expedite. we're nice people.

[DrySwamp]

Another strength to our team is we amost have (2) teams. We have good bench backup to give our boys rest & to conserve our fouls.

[ATXCajun]

to add to cajunrebels analysis, we were not 8 deep when we played many of those early opponents. the current lineup is something closer to 14-4, as opposed to 20-8.

[flowdam]

Thanks for the info.

With that kind of depth, does your team press very much?

Also, what kind of size do you have down low?

[ATXCajun]

I know we press some, but I'll leave to someone that knows to give you a rough percentage. These are the guys that will see significant PT:
Cameron 6-11 a work in progress, not a dominant center
Hamilton 6-9 quick hands
Cedric Williams 6-7
Brad Boyd 6-6
Laurie Bridges 6-4
Dwayne Mitchell 6-4 highlight film leaper
Oriene Greene 6-4
Antoine Landry 5-11

Boyd, Greene, Bridges, and Landry can shoot the lights out, but we never know who is going to get hot and when. Our size, speed and athleticism at guard creates more match-up problems for opponents than anything else.

[flowdam]

Thanks for the info, sounds like we will match up very closely. We have decent size at guard as well and we were the top rated perimeter defense in the ACC, but we have no real size or dominating figure in the paint, so we are vulnerable to dribble penetration when overplaying the perimeter.