tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097386.post8205286312605530048..comments2023-10-11T01:01:22.020-07:00Comments on Blue Devil Hoops: UNC 101, Duke 87Paul Ruganihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487406071512717216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097386.post-33249021137224337402010-01-04T22:50:09.755-08:002010-01-04T22:50:09.755-08:00Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your ol...Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097386.post-4863344157122707922009-02-14T12:47:00.000-08:002009-02-14T12:47:00.000-08:00Hey Paul - first, just wanted to say great job wit...Hey Paul - first, just wanted to say great job with the blog, as always. My reaction to the game was exactly the same. We got outplayed by a better team and at the crucial point in the game, all the bounces seemed to go Carolina's way. Two other plays around the same time (my memory of the exact sequence is hazy by now) that I remember: <BR/>1) Jon missing a great look at a 3 from the corner, Lance gets the O Reb and misses a point blank put-back. Tyler gets the board. Would've been a huge momentum play. <BR/>2)Shortly thereafter Ellington hit a 3 that was the result of something of a scrum play where I thought Carolina was going to turn it over, and it sort of happened to bounce out to Ellington for a great look. <BR/><BR/>Just two more examples of "near miss" plays that leaving you thinking what could have been. Would be nice to see them come out firing on all cylinders against BC to get some momentum back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097386.post-56735784986236001292009-02-14T09:46:00.000-08:002009-02-14T09:46:00.000-08:00The +/- numbers come from the box score - GoDuke (...The +/- numbers come from the box score - GoDuke (and many of the school sites) releases box scores that includes substitution data, so it's easy to track what the score is when particular people are on the court.<BR/><BR/>As for more suspect, I don't really know what you mean. They measure the same thing - whose team scores more when the player is on the floor. I will say that since scoring is more frequent in basketball, players are more susceptible to quick runs that could affect the overall numbers. This tends to even out over the long run.Paul Ruganihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487406071512717216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097386.post-77737228209024722032009-02-13T15:46:00.000-08:002009-02-13T15:46:00.000-08:00Paul, excellent recap. I could hardly agree more ...Paul, excellent recap. I could hardly agree more with both your assessment of what needed to happen for Duke to win and with the two pivotal spans that DID happen and stood in Duke's way.<BR/><BR/>The 3-pointer from Hansbrough and Duke's quick turnovers (or obvious non-called fouls, depending on what you want to call Scheyer's "trip") were absolutely killer.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185957918631898274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097386.post-33980147602422367002009-02-13T12:30:00.000-08:002009-02-13T12:30:00.000-08:00I was wondering how or from where you are deriving...I was wondering how or from where you are deriving +/- numbers. I don't see a lot of those around, on Pomeroy, for example and I was wondering if maybe they are more suspect in basketball, then, say, in hockey.Jane Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860550544008642749noreply@blogger.com