When you have the #3 rebounder in the nation (Bacot) and 3 McDonald's high school all american's starting (Bacot, Love, and Davis) it is a concern. This season North Carolina has been extremely up and down. BUT they do have great talent. Yesterday they beat a good Baylor (not great like last year) team. UNC has a high scoring offense (#18 in the nation; UCLA #44. UNC team shooting #72 ranked in the nation: UCLA #103). The match up between the Bruins and Carolina is very similar as far as team tempo on offense. Obviously it will be both team's defensive play that will tell the tale. With Jaquez questionable I would be more concerned about the play of UCLA's bench than UNC's. Will Cronin thread the needle and have a game plan that has the right defensive combination on the court? This will be fun to watch. Go Bruins.
IтАЩm not even concerned, the minute their best player left the game they blew a 25 point lead. Baylor sucked in OT so they lost, UNC got very lucky. That took all the starch out of em. IтАЩm predicting a UCLA blowout.
UNC has no depth and that will be their demise because at least one of the starters is going to foul out.
When you have the #3 rebounder in the nation (Bacot) and 3 McDonald's high school all american's starting (Bacot, Love, and Davis) it is a concern. This season North Carolina has been extremely up and down. BUT they do have great talent. Yesterday they beat a good Baylor (not great like last year) team. UNC has a high scoring offense (#18 in the nation; UCLA #44. UNC team shooting #72 ranked in the nation: UCLA #103). The match up between the Bruins and Carolina is very similar as far as team tempo on offense. Obviously it will be both team's defensive play that will tell the tale. With Jaquez questionable I would be more concerned about the play of UCLA's bench than UNC's. Will Cronin thread the needle and have a game plan that has the right defensive combination on the court? This will be fun to watch. Go Bruins.
IтАЩm not even concerned, the minute their best player left the game they blew a 25 point lead. Baylor sucked in OT so they lost, UNC got very lucky. That took all the starch out of em. IтАЩm predicting a UCLA blowout.