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2/11/08
Hoops Weekend: Clemson Needs A New Closer Against North Carolina
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#3 North Carolina 103, Clemson 93 2OT
Tigers fans must really hate the Tar Heels. Clemson has lost a lot of games to UNC (53 straight in Chapel Hill to be exact) but the two most painful might have happened this season. Up 15-points, the Tigers failed close the deal once again allowing Tyler Hansbrough to go off in the second half and overtimes and leaving Danny Green open for some clutch threes. You'll see the final highlights above.

For all the success Carolina has had this season, it's tough to have any confidence in them in March. With or without Lawson, you have to question their defense ability. Clemson should never be able to jump out to a 15-point early lead.

In case you need a reminder of how Clemson lost the first time around:



Washington 71, #5 UCLA 61
Wow. Well, you can look at this in one of two ways. If you're Dan Shanoff you immediately label the Bruins unfit to win the Tournament. However, you could also look at this as an indication of just how strong the conference is and UCLA should be more battle tested than anyone else come Mid-March. I'll go with the later. Bad loss, but this is college hoops. Take your occasional lumps and learn from them instead of having a false sense of confidence *cough* Memphis *cough* in a few weeks. Nothing to see here ...

Louisville 59, #6 Georgetown 51
A little too much was made of Pitino's suit change, he 'apparently' spilled on his all-white attire, and too little was made of just how much the Cardinals have improved since December. David Padgett was borderline unstoppable at times Saturday night, a key to UL trailing the Hoyas by just one game now in the Big East. Needless to say, I'm losing some confidence in my preseason NCAA Champ pick.

Purdue 72, #8 Wisconsin 67
Guess who's leading the Big Ten? Yes, the freshman-laden Boilermakers. I'd predicted Purdue would be a surprise contender for the title, but ultimately fall down to 4th or 5th and be very pleased with a tourney bid. Now they might as well just win the whole thing (Big 10). Freshman Robbie Hummel scored 21 to lead this huge road win. You just don't beat the Badgers at home that often. Up next for the Boilers: Tuesday at home vs #10 Michigan State.

#7 Tennessee 47, LSU 45
The Vols ... just 47 points? If you weren't tired of my "dependency of the three-point shot" arguments yet, well here you go. This is why you don't pick Tennessee next month. The Tigers are terrible, just terrible, but they decided to play some defense Saturday and the three-ball wasn't falling. 5 of 19 to be sure.

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2/11/08
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As a South Carolina fan, I'm pretty much obligated to not cheer for Clemson, however I find it odd that Clemson only got to the line seven times in a double-overtime game.  (Of course, being the strong free-throw shooting team they are, they only made one of them)

 

North Carolina, on the other hand, got to the line 36 times, converting 31.

 

Anyone out there see this game?  Is there a logical explanation for this, or should I assume that UNC was the benefit of some (Mc)Lovin' from the refs?  I didn't get to see the game, but it seems kind of fishy to me.....

2/11/08
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I feel obliged to note that Xavier picked up a big win over St. Joes over the weekend.  Yes they blew a big lead in the second half and yes they had to battle to win at home but it's a strong conference win against a good St. Joes team.   If you want some good reading check out some of Phil Martelli's quotes about Xavier.  The best are his comments about ensuring that Stanley Burrell graduates this year.  Classic stuff.

2/11/08
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ASU beat U of A again, sweeping the season series for the first time since 1995.

2/11/08
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Ryan wrote:

As a South Carolina fan, I'm pretty much obligated to not cheer for Clemson, however I find it odd that Clemson only got to the line seven times in a double-overtime game.  (Of course, being the strong free-throw shooting team they are, they only made one of them)

 

North Carolina, on the other hand, got to the line 36 times, converting 31.

 

Anyone out there see this game?  Is there a logical explanation for this, or should I assume that UNC was the benefit of some (Mc)Lovin' from the refs?  I didn't get to see the game, but it seems kind of fishy to me.....

I watched it, and although UNC got the benefit of the doubt on a few calls, it was maybe slightly more than a home team would expect.  The logical explanation is that Clemson was fouling Hansbrough, who was 17-19 by the line himself, and Clemson wasn't exactly looking to get fouled.  Also, because UNC's defense, especially on the interior is so poor, they often aren't tough enough defensively to even foul the guys down low.  Great defense will always get more fouls called on them than poor defense, and UNC's defense was certainly not great until the last few minutes and in the 2nd OT.

With all that said, it was a colossal bed-crapping by the Tigers.  Will they ever win in CH?

2/11/08
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Ryan wrote:

As a South Carolina fan, I'm pretty much obligated to not cheer for Clemson, however I find it odd that Clemson only got to the line seven times in a double-overtime game.  (Of course, being the strong free-throw shooting team they are, they only made one of them)

 

North Carolina, on the other hand, got to the line 36 times, converting 31.

 

Anyone out there see this game?  Is there a logical explanation for this, or should I assume that UNC was the benefit of some (Mc)Lovin' from the refs?  I didn't get to see the game, but it seems kind of fishy to me.....

I saw the whole thing...  The typical "Tobacco Road" officiating bias was definitely there.  However, some of the discrepancy was due to the fact that UNC didn't play much defense on the perimeter and Clemson was hitting shots from the perimeter.  Also, the Clemson guards seemed to be able to penetrate without too much trouble and get some easy layups.  There were some very questionable over the back calls and non-calls in the game and there will always be the charge/block calls that aren't called correctly, but as a Clemson fan we just have to get over it. 

The opportunity was there to win the game.  We were up by 15 with 7 minutes left and still up by 11 with 3 minutes left.  Can't make any excuses for that...

I thought that this was going to be the year to get over that D@&% 52 (now 53) game curse in Chapel Hill, but it didn't happen.  Now we have to look to the rest of the season and learn to finish the game.

2/11/08
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Also Clemson's free throw opportunities (except one I think) were all one and ones and Clemson missed the front end on all of them. Still ends up being about 14 free throws.

I thought the officiating was decent though

2/12/08
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(Edited by CUTiger92)
Janse wrote:
Also Clemson's free throw opportunities (except one I think) were all one and ones and Clemson missed the front end on all of them. Still ends up being about 14 free throws.

I thought the officiating was decent though
There were 3 misses on the front end of the 1 and 1.  Other things that should be noted is that there were 31 total fouls called against Clemson and only 14 called against UNC.

Tyler Hansbrough-47 minutes played. 3 personal fouls, 19 free throw attempts.


Trevor Booker- 27 minutes played. 5 person fouls, 0 free throw attempts.


James Mays- 41 minutes played. 4 personal fouls, 2 free throw attempts.


North Carolina was in the bonus with 8:26 left in the first half but Clemson never made it in the bonus because UNC was whistled for only four fouls in the first half. The Tar Heels were in the bonus with 9:48 to go in the second half and Clemson finally made it in the bonus with 48 seconds.


North Carolina was in the bonus for a total of 17:14 in regulation and Clemson spent 48 seconds in the bonus.


UNC spent 8:26 seconds in the double bonus. Clemson never made it to the double bonus.


Hansbrough had two fouls in regulation. Booker got his fourth foul with 11:35 left in regulation and Rivers got his fourth foul with 5:51 remaining in regulation.


UNC shot nine free throws in double overtime while Clemson shot seven for the entire 50 minutes.


Stitt is a point guard who plays mostly away from the basket and he played 21 minutes and had five fouls. Hansbrough, a power player, played 47 minutes and was called for three fouls.

2/14/08
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That stat (NC 53-0 vs Clemson at home) is almost hard to believe. If it was a small school in a no-name conference it would be one thing but Clemson is a solid ACC program that has made runs in the NCAA Tournament and put players in the NBA.

 
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