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Not sure what your opinion is on this article but mine is this:UNC women flourishing with new-look offense, big strides by Toomey, help from male practice players -
CHAPEL HILL — The No. 12 North Carolina women are off to an impressive start, thanks to playing well with a radically different offense and turning up the defense each game.
UNC under Banghart has had victories against Duke, Louisville, Notre Dame, NC State. The issue with is with them is that in any given season, they will lose a random non conference game and at least two or three games against mid to lower tier ACC teams like Boston College, Georgia Tech, Miami (down year version), Syracuse, Virginia, and Wake Forest. Plus she seems to have an apathetic attitude towards the ACC tournament. I don't know if she is like that because she didn't have to coach or play in a post season conference tournament when she was in the Ivy League.
Scoring 64 against Texas is actually pretty good isn't it? Nobody else has done better so far. Well, UCLA scored 65, but 1 point is splitting hairs. South Carolina also scored 64.
I don't disagree with your overall take, I would maybe question just how strong that schedule is really. K State doesn't look very good at all this year and I know SDSU and Fairfield have nice NET rankings, I'm still not sure how great they are. But that's not the larger point, I do think UNC will be in the mix for the conference this year. I think there are about 5 schools who realistically will be in that fight : Duke, UNC, State, ND and Louisville. All of them have their warts, none are elite this year. In year's past the ACC regular season champ may go 16-2 or something like that, I'd be surprised if that's the case this year. I think the conference has a decent number of good to mid tier teams but lacks true elite teams.
I think they've figured something out with Zam running the show. If she continues to play like this it's a game changer. She's been fantastic as the initiator and engine of the team. 27 assists and 4 turnovers over her last 5 games to go with 17 ppg over that stretch. I really like how the team looks and operates with her at the helm and Zoe more off ball. I think Zoe is still trying to figure out her role and when to do her thing, but KP has found herself within our team and we've gotten steady play from Tilda game in game out. The bench has improved greatly too, Maddie Cox and Ky'She have added something. Last couple of games have been good at the 3 spot from Quigley OR Samuels, need to find more consistency there, I thought Quigley was great against Miami but poor against GT and Samuels was great against GT.
I can easily see UNC finishing in fourth behind Louisville, NCST, and Duke. They just haven't performed well in big games: perhaps this year will be different.
Feels good, don't it? Merry Xmas!
Um...tied w/ Louisville and soon to be NC State.
74-46 final. Pack w/ the 42-20 advantage in the 2nd half. Ouch.
I look forward to the woofing gods wreaking havoc on every PNW team for the rest of this season. 😔🤬
I've been watching some Duke highlights, they are definitely getting into a groove. Unfortunately right before the ND game. Side note, is Skinner still injured? I looked online and couldn't find anything. Unsure if there's some Duke forums or fans who know more. I was really excited to watch her this season.
We've already been over this. No woofing gods are needed. UW has plenty enough trouble without divine intervention. Fully expecting a loss to Michigan today. Remember that 4th quarter meltdown by the Huskies against your Card? No woofing gods were invoked by me that day, and it still happened.
Yes, and it is looking more and more like she will redshirt.
Skinner is still out. No time table for return. However it’s looking like a red shirt year. She used to participate in warmups and dress out. The last few games she has been in street clothes and with a note pad. No official word tho.