Thursday, December 29, 2011

Observations from Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Observations from Charlotte's 80-67 loss Wednesday to Arkansas:

-- There's a troubling trend developing in center Chris Braswell's game: He's falling in love with his jump shot. Braswell is a skilled inside player -- although not overly physical -- but he's taken to going outside in recent games against teams like Arkansas and Miami who have bruisers inside.

Braswell, who didn't practice this week because he was attending to a family medical emergency, was a non-factor against the Hogs, scoring seven points on three-of-11 shooting (including one of two from 3-point range). He had at least two of his shots blocked when he tried to go inside. He was three-of-15 against Miami.

"We need Chris to be around the rim a little more," said coach Alan Major.

Wonder if Major will be offer that sentiment to Braswell between now and Saturday's game at Memphis.

-- The Razorbacks eventually wore down the 49ers. "What they do is really not that complicated," said Major. Said Arkansas coach Mike Anderson: "I thought they were fatigued. You could see it. We were making Charlotte not want to come into the paint."

-- Like it or not, the 49ers have a reputation as a perimeter-oriented team. "They're a 3-point shooting team," said Anderson. The 49ers only made five of 24 3s against Arkansas, though. Those 24 long-range shots accounted for more than a third of Charlotte's 63 field-goal attempts.

-- E. Victor Nickerson had a tough night, missing all six of his shots and making just five-of-10 free throws. These are the kinds of games freshmen learn from.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Majors proved by beating Favidson that he is an excellent coach and 49er basketball is back! Lets just extend his contract already and forget about the rest of the season!

Anonymous said...

it's better to go 0-30 and play crowd pleasing basketball then it is to go 30-0 and play Lutz ball. I could care less about the Ws

Anonymous said...

5-24 from 3....isn't that why you fired your last coach 40-whiners?

Anonymous said...

"they seemed fatigued" is not a good comment from another coach

Anonymous said...

I remember when Major got hired, he was supposedly a "big man coach and will bring tons of energy" I guess telling your center to pop 3s is his big man advice working. Program is a freaking joke

Anonymous said...

I can't comment much on the game because I wasn't able to watch on TV, but it sounds like the team is regressing over the last 2 games.

Anonymous said...

What did anyone expect when we hired Major? We knew we were going to be bad for a long, long time. It's a process. Major's recruits have already proved to be superior to anyone Lutz signed so STOP WHINING. It's hard to get a good coach when you're in the A10 and Judy did an amazing job with this hire.

Anonymous said...

8:29
"...could care less about Ws."

Are you F'ing kidding me?

Anonymous said...

UNCc will never compete on the national level (basketball or football). Welcome to the bottom of the barrel. Well...you've been there for awhile so you're probably pretty familiar with the terrain.

Anonymous said...

We may have gotten embarrased, but Judy will happily pay Alan Major the bonus in his contract for playing a bcs opponent.

Anonymous said...

Its gonna be a lonnnng conference season.

Oh well... wait till next year!

Anonymous said...

This team looked great against Davidson... What happened?

Anonymous said...

The 49ers are really gonna have trouble in a very strong A10 conference. If they were in the Southern Conference,they would probably win the conference with this team.

David Coble said...

Major should learn its never smart to pad your schedule with complete doormats, it makes nobody improve or ready for league play or even ready for bad SEC and ACC teams.

Anonymous said...

They wouldn't win the SoCon. They can't hang with Charleston. I doubt UNCC could win any conference this year.