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Launching a new Carolina newsletter! Check it out at the link. The first "Game of the Week" will be sent out on Tuesday; hope you'll come along for the ride.
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This is the first time in UNC history that a pair of teammates (Wilson and Veesaar) have each had 5 dunks in the same game.
Only two other times have a pair of teammates even had 4 dunks each in the same game: Stackhouse/Wallace vs. Texas in ‘95 and Wilson/Veesaar vs. Kansas.
Yeah, Wright with 75 in 2007 is the “official” record for the era in which I have complete dunk data (since 2003-04). I have 32 of the 34 games from 1995, and Rasheed Wallace had 85 dunks in those games (and certainly some more in the two missing ones).
I *think* Brandon Wright had the most in a single season, but not 100% confident in that.
@FreeportKid has charting going back pretty far and has definitely posted about it in the past
In honor of the Derek Dixon commitment, what might Carolina’s all-time same-letter team look like?
Justin Jackson
George Glamack
Cartwright Carmichael
Bill Bunting
Ray Respess
Nemo Nearman
Bob Bennett
Brian Bersticker
Bruce Buckley
Joel James
D’Marco Dunn
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Drake Powell's sense of exploration with his pull-up jumper is paying off.
Points per pull-up attempt:
- 27th %ile in EYBL 16-U
- 39th %ile in EYBL 17-U
- 71st %ile as a HS senior.
Able to get low on set ups and take long gathers while staying on balance. More consistent squaring of shoulders with added core strength will mean further gains.
The leap in competition at UNC will be an adjustment, but I buy the progress over time.
Yesterday we voted on the greatest/most impactful players in UNC history. Today, it is simply a vote for your favorite players/the guys you liked the most. Thanks for helping to crowd-source these lists!
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We've been rolling out the Tar Heel hoops Top 100 at @InsideCarolina over the past couple of weeks. Go to the following link to vote and make your voice heard on a crowd-sourced version:
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Jae’Lyn Withers has reminded me of the 2006 version of Quentin Thomas this season:
• often makes an impactful/energetic contribution that leads to a spurt/scoring run
• plus/minus darling
• erratic/inconsistent enough that he can’t be trusted on the floor in key moments
Through 16 ACC games this season, the UNC bench has (from an on-court/off-court perspective) ranged from:
Actively Helpful:
Withers: +8.1
Trimble: +2.7
Not Hurting the Team:
Washington: +0.2
Get the Starters Back to the Table ASAP:
Okonkwo: -30.6
Wojcik: -37.1
High: -65.6
Of UNC's nine lineups with at least 20 minutes together this season, the three most-efficient ones all include Jae'Lyn Withers:
Cadeau-Davis-Ingram-Withers-Bacot: +46.1 (41 min)
Davis-Ryan-Ingram-Withers-Bacot: +34.5 (39 min)
Davis-Trimble-Ryan-Withers-Bacot: +31.2 (41 min)
UNC's %Poss used in the primary break + putbacks has been steadily decreasing since the Duke win. But the Heels have remained ultra-efficient in P&P over that stretch:
Duke: 31.1% (1.61 PPP)
Clem: 21.4% (1.33)
UM: 20.4% (1.38)
Syr: 17.2% (1.55)
VT: 16.4% (1.67)
UVa: 14.2% (1.88)
In 45 close-and-late minutes this season, Harrison Ingram's stats are:
8-9 2-pointers
4-7 3-pointers
4-6 FTs
84.9 TS%
28.6 pts/40
11.7 reb/40
2.7 asst/40
2.7 blocks/40
Davis is UNC's go-to guy in the clutch, but Ingram has been a great (and efficient) second option.
Armando Bacot and RJ Davis have each played more than 4,000 minutes in a Carolina uniform. The only other pair of UNC teammates to share the court with that many minutes was Sam Perkins and Matt Doherty in the 1984 postseason.
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Update on RJ Davis' splits with and without Cadeau.
w/ Cadeau: 474 min, 27.2 pts/40, 64.7 TS%, 47.5 3Pt%, 2.3 asst/40, 1.69 A:TO, 29.3 %Shots, 53.6 3PtA Rate
w/o Cadeau: 394 min, 21.4 pts/40, 49.0 TS%, 30.6 3Pt%, 6.2 asst/40, 2.77 A:TO, 31.3 %Shots, 38.1 3PtA Rate
Efficiency Margin through 13 ACC games:
Cadeau-Davis: +25.7 (272 minutes)
Davis-only: +6.1 (192 minutes)
Cadeau-only: -0.8 (49 minutes)
On-Court/Off-Court Differential in ACC Games:
Davis: +18.6
Cadeau: +15.8
Bacot: +8.1
Withers: +5.2
Ingram: +4.6
Ryan: +2.2
Trimble: +0.5
Washington: -7.6
Okonkwo: -12.9
Wojcik: -34.6
High: -67.5
e.g., UNC has an efficiency margin of +20.0 with RJ on the floor and +1.4 w/o him.