I think you're spot on.

Can you please explain to me the following which i simply do not understand:
1. Why did Hudson play 5 minutes, scorer 8 points and never see the court again?
2. Why , when our man to man was getting eaten alive, did we not go to a zone or a modified full court press to all east attempt to change the tempo of the game?
3. At the end of the first half we had the ball with some 30 seconds left and BB called timeout with approx. 25 seconds left---the correct move IMO. IF BB had communicated that no shot was to be taken to then, clearly Roper did not hear the order not to shoot until later which indicates to me that the coach does not have the discipline to tell his players what he wants done and have it executed. Period End of discussion.
This failure at the end of the half gave them momentum going into the second half and set us up for exactly what happened a loss by 2 points.
4. We've lost 4 out of 6 with the losses to VTech, Tech and NC State being to lesser opponents in terms of their standings in the ACC. If you do not see this as a coaching issue please explain why this occurred?

I like BB, I believe he knows the game in a very detailed fashion but I say unequivocally that , for whatever reason, he is simple not able to pass his knowledge on to players particularly in game coaching situations. The teams that we beat during our winning streak have one thing in common and that is: With the exception of Miami ,, the rest are having down years by their standards.

I've been taken to the barn buy all the TNeters who know absolutely nothing about coaching and/or basketball so I'll, be very interested in seeing what you say about these items.

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Feb 24, 2016, 9:31 AM

people in his face...you want to give him wide open shots? Cause that's what he's gonna get with a zone. Sorry, but I'll take my chances with a hand in his face. Dude was on fire last night, so you tip your cap and move on.

As far as Hudson goes, I don't know why he was taken out of the game. But it could be for any number of reasons. While his scoring production per minutes played was phenomenal, there are so many other intricacies to the game that we as fans don't pay attention to. Maybe he was a liability on defense. Maybe (even though he was scoring) he was missing on screens or causing offensive sets to break down. My brother is a D-1 assistant coach and I'll ask him questions similar to this about why certain players come out during certain situations, and the answers are usually something I never thought of or never saw on the court. So I can't answer that question because I honestly don't know.

At the end of the first half, I personally don't see a whole lot wrong with what happened and here's why. Roper got into the lane and had a pretty good look at the bucket with 4-5 seconds to play. He just simply missed the shot. If he puts it in the bucket, we are up 14 points and they have to take it out, enter it and most likely wouldn't have had anything other than a half court heave. The reason I don't mind it is because of how good the look was and we are now second guessing it because hindsight is 20/20. If you were a player and you had a good look at the basket with 4-5 seconds left from about 5 feet away, would you take it? I would hope so.

Yes, those are bad losses to take. But if you're going to criticize the man for losing to those teams, you must also give him credit for beating Coach K, Larranaga, Pitino, and Jamie Dixon (and I'm pretty sure most would agree those are better coaches). To me, it has more to do with this team learning how to win on the road than it does with coaching. Coaching can only put you in a position to succeed. I would say in those three losses, we had an opportunity to win all those games. At some point, players have to make plays. We've seen Smith from GT and Rowan from NCSU go off against us. Those guys were making plays. We need players to step up and do the same. Blossomgame can't do it all. And a big key last night (and a massive one in the NCSU game) was our inability to rebound the ball at the end. When he missed the front end of that 1-and-1, you have to come up with the ball. NC State butchered us with something like 15 offensive rebounds. At some point, the players have to get the mindset of "that's my ball and no one else is getting it."

Just my $0.02.

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I wish I could have given you 100 points...SO FACTUAL!***

I don't think a zone would've helped

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So just curious... A guy that is absolutely killing it with

Our 2-3 zone is pretty p!ss poor.

honestly, the basket at the end of the half was

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You could look at any one basket throughout the game and say

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Great points Epi.......I respect James opinion, but does ...

Yes. CBB's coaching has to be questioned due to failure

I feel like your first sentence and last sentence contradict

Accountability, maybe repetition ... or fear to not mess up

I like Brownell a lot. I think he is a great guy and

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I said when Brownell was hired that his ability

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I sure hope so - nothing would make me happier.

Bingo!*******

Totally agree.

We aint rebounding. It's killing us.***

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