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****Miami vs. No. 10 Florida GAME THREAD****

chris2183l said:
For anyone thats watched the other games this season, does reneau always missed this many inside a 3 foot radius? My god
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He hasn’t until tonight. Some of it is UF’s size, but he’s played super tentative all night. He’s taking shots but shying away from contact and not going up strong.
 
AtlAtty said:
Lucas has clearly prioritized defensive basketball. It will work most games. But against really good teams, our lack of shooting will hold us back.

But considering that we have a new, and 1st time coach, and a completely new team, Lucas had to make some choices, and I generally agree with prioritizing defense this season.
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Yea I can't imagine that defense-first will be his identity every year. Duke, Kentucky and Texas put up points.
 
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hill33 said:
Lotta season left yall, dont throw in the towel just yet
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Yep. Both our recent deep tourney run teams got blown out early in the year, and on the flip side last year’s team looked good in the first three games too.

Just avoid any problematic losses between now and conference play, and we’ll see what we have.
 
hill33 said:
Lotta season left yall, dont throw in the towel just yet
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There were some positive takeaways. This wasn’t like that Kentucky game from last year (or was it the year before - both awful seasons blend together) where we just looked overmatched and listless from the start. It looked like we belonged for a good part of this game.

You just can’t expect positive results when you brick layup after layup, clank open 3’s, and miss so many FT’s. My concern is this team is just that bad at shooting, which is what many of us feared during the offseason when this roster was assembled.
 
We're not that far off. This will be one of the best, if not, the best team we face all regular season long. If it 's only up from here, please sign me up. It's the team's first time playing together against top competition. The shooting from all 3 phases definitely needs to show improvement, but despite the loss, this team answered a lot of questions (competitiveness, defense, talent, toughness, etc.) tonight. Still have some remaining issues (shooting & depth) that need figuring out, but overall this team flashed some potential. Looks to me like Coach Jai has the foundation of a good ACC team that could make some noise later in the season depending on development of the team. GO CANES!!!
 
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