As 3rd North Carolina Is Hosting Clemson For Rematch Tonight In Chapel Hill 3rd Ranked North Carolina, Clemson Are Facing Are Opposing Each Other For Second Time During 2023-2024 Regular Season
As 3rd ranked North Carolina is hosting Clemson for rematch tonight in Chapel Hill 3rd ranked North Carolina, Clemson are facing are opposing each for second during 2023-2024 regular season.
Where?
On the hardwood!
North Carolina, Clemson previously faced, opposed each other in Clemson South Carolina on Saturday January 6, 2024 when they were playing their first match up of the 2023-2024 regular season in Clemson South Carolina. In the first match up of the season on Saturday January 6, 2024 North Carolina defeated Clemson 65-55 in Clemson South Carolina where Armando Bacot, R.J. Davis who are a forward, guard scored 14 points each as Armando Bacot scored 14 points he was 6-11 on field goals to go along 16 rebounds, 3 assists.
As RJ Davis scored 14 points he was 5-13 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 3 assists.
Though,
Armando Bacot, RJ Davis weren’t the only players to score for North Carolina in their 65-55 win Saturday over Clemson in Clemson South Carolina as Harold Ingram was 3-10 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers, to go along with 4 rebounds, 3 assistants , 1 steal , 9 points. Elliott Cadeau was 1-4 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound , 1 assists , 4 points. Cormac Ryan was 4-8 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 4 assists , 1 steal, 10 points . Zayden High was 1-2 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 points. Jalen Washington was 2-3 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 block, 4 points. Jae’lyn Withers was 1-4 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 2 points. Seth Trimble was 1-3 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 3 points. Paxson Wojcik 1-2 on on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 3 points.
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Following Armando Bacot, RJ Davis scoring 14 points each North Carolina beating Clemson 65-55 Saturday in Clemson South Carolina Armando Bacot had this to say about guard Cormac Ryan who was 4-8 on field goals , 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along with , 2 rebounds , 4 assists , 1 steal , 10 points who transferred to North Carolina from Notre Dame who is a member of Atlantic Coast Conference with the exception coming on the gridiron where Notre Dame is independent following Mike Brey leaving his Head Coaching position and Micah Shrewsberry becoming Head Coach following being Head Coach of Penn State as Micah Shrewsberry was named Head Of Notre Dame on Friday March 24, 2023. It’s just been amazing, because it’s not like in past years where teams try to take me away, and we kind of just fall flat and don’t have offense.
According to Jadyn -Watson Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article284802721.html
In the first match up on January 6, 2024 Clemson lost 65-55 to 3rd ranked North Carolina though Ian Schieffelin, PJ Hall , Chase Hunter scored 16 points, 10 points, 17 points. As Ian Schieffelin, PJ Hall, Chase Hunter scored 16 points, 10 points, 17 points Ian Schiefflin was 5-8 on field goals 11 rebounds, 2 assists , 5 steals. PJ Hall was 4-13 on field goals, 0-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists , 1 steal, 1 block.
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Following Clemson’s 65-55 loss to North Carolina Clemson Head Coach Brad Brownell had this to say about Clemson going 1-18!
Can’t go 1 for 18 from three and win the game , no way to overcome that.
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3rd ranked North Carolina comes into the rematch with Clemson with record of 18-4 overall overall 10-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is first in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they beat tobacco road rival Duke in their first meeting of the 2023-2024 regular season 93-84 Saturday February 3, 2024 as Armando Bacot was 10-13 on field goals to go along 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 25 points.
Harrison Ingram was 8-12 on field goals, 5-9 on 3 pointers to go along with 13 rebounds , 1 assists, 1 block, 21 points.
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As Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram scored 25 points, 21 points 3rd ranked North Carolina beat 7th ranked Duke 93-84.
Following Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram scoring 25 points, 21 points 3rd ranked North Carolina beating 7th ranked Duke 93-84 Saturday in Chapel Hill Armando Bacot had this to say!
I knew we couldn’t lose this game,”d that was part of his motivation, too — that this was his final home game against Duke. “I wouldn’t allow us to lose this game.”
According to Andrew Carter News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/article285044462.html
Following Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram scoring 25 points, 21 points 3rd ranked North Carolina beating 7th ranked Duke 93-84 Saturday in Chapel Hill North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say about Harrison Ingram!
(He) just brightens the room as soon as he comes into it,”
“Our guys just love and enjoy being around him. I’m just so glad he’s at Carolina.”
According to Jadyn Watson -Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article284802721.html
Clemson comes into the rematch with 3rd ranked North Carolina with record of 14-7 overall 4-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference because unlike North Carolina Clemson lost their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game to Virginia on Saturday February 3, 2024 as they sustained a narrow 66-65 loss in Clemson South Carolina though Ian Schieffelin , PJ Hall, Chase Hunter, Joseph Girard III scored 13 points, 19 points , 12 points, 14 points. As Ian Schieffelin, PJ Hall , Chase Hunter, Joseph Girard III Ian Schieffelin was 4-7 on 3 pointers, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 9 rebounds, 3 assists , 1 steal. PJ Hall was 4-16 on field goals, 1-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 1 assists , 1 block. Chase Hunter was 4-8 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds. Joseph Girard III was 5-8 on field goals, 4-6 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists .
Following Clemson’s 66-65 narrow loss to Virginia on Saturday February 3, 2024 in Clemson South Carolina Clemson Head Coach Brad Brownell had this to say for his opening statement on what options he drew up for game winning shot on PJ Hall making good play to draw a foul on a 3 point shot with 15 seconds left on the inability to sustain momentum in conference play on having so many missed shots around the rim on finding more consistency from his bench on Joe Girard launching 3 pointer from 28 feet.
Man, hard one. We’ve had several here lately so (it’s) challenging. What a good basketball game. I thought two teams just played so hard. Scoring was hard to come by. Give credit to Virginia, their staff and players on a good road win. They’re playing very good basketball right now. Obviously Jacob Groves’ 3’s and those points are huge. Jordan Minor is doing a really nice job with physicality on defense and rebounding. I think Tony (Bennett) has found something with that here recently and it’s helped them.
“I’m proud of my guys. I just thought we played very hard. Virginia does an unbelievable job. They play a very grinding style. They wear you down with their offense, and you’ve got to sustain like that in a game with them. When you’re not making shots and you’re not getting any energy, the crowd doesn’t help you as much. It becomes hard, but I thought our guys just kept fighting. We’d make a couple in a row and then Virginia would answer. Then we’d have another little drought and we’d battle back. Obviously we had a pretty good look at the top of the key to win that didn’t go in. Again, we were a basket short. It’s happened to us about three times in the league now.
“We’ve just got to hang in there and keep working, but again, I’m really proud of the effort. Another thing is the quality of play… when there’s a bunch of missed shots, maybe the quality doesn’t look as good. For us to only have four turnovers (and) for Virginia to only have six, you’ve got teams on both ends of the court that are executing their stuff and defenses that are fighting their tails off. Just a really well-played game on both sides. I loved the fact that we attacked the basket. We had more free throws than Virginia, which is hard to do, so I thought we played with great physicality and toughness. We just needed to make another couple of shots. I thought we had some great shots around the basket that we needed to get in and certainly could have made another (3-pointer) or two.”
Not a lot. We didn’t do a lot of specific stuff. We’re basically just trying to get the court spread, get the ball into Chase Hunter’s hands. Depending on where PJ Hall was, he could be around the rim for a quick post-up. Jack (Clark) probably had a chance when he caught the ball, if he wanted to, he might have been able to hit PJ in the middle of the lane. That’s not easy for a kid. If there had been (a few) more seconds, he probably does throw it inside to PJ, but he catches it with 2.5 so he’s a little less (inclined) to do that.
“But basically I told Chase, ‘We’re going to put it in your hands. Joe’s going to be in a spot. Josh (Beadle) is out, PJ will probably be rim-running unless he rebounds, in which case he might be in the trail. If I think they slow us down and we don’t have any thrust, then I’ll probably call timeout. But if there’s open court, we’re going to let you drive and see what you do.’ He kind of drew Ryan Dunn to him. Dunn did a great job, kind of what we tried to do to Duke. (Hunter) flipped it to Jack for the shot.
“Yeah, it was a good play. We had a couple of options. It’s always hard, especially against a team like Virginia that’s so good defensively to get a clean look like that. That’s one of the reasons why it’s like, ‘Bring it down there and call timeout. There’s going to be 3 seconds left and Virginia’s going to make it hard on you.’ So we just settled, but that was a great play by PJ to draw the foul. A big-time play by an experienced player.”
What’s been hard is we win a game, lose a game, win a game, lose a game. We can’t win back to back games to really get the momentum back on our side all the way. We’ve lost three games, one in double overtime and two in the last second (of regulation). That’s the emotional drain. I thought a little bit during the Louisville game that we had a hard time getting ourselves emotionally charged all the way. I think we found it in the middle of the (Louisville) game and got the lead, but even after the win, the guys were saying we were still pretty flatline. I spent all of the last two days being a cheerleader as much as their coach and just trying to pump energy into them, reaffirm that they’re good players and a good team, and let’s be excited and ready to go.
“We were ready and had great spirit. A lot of coaching isn’t always the X’s and O’s. You’re coaching the spirit of your team. Where is your team spirit, your morale? A lot of times, it’s not always who you play but when you play them. We’re catching some teams that are some tough breaks. Everybody we’re playing is on a five-game win streak, so they feel pretty good about themselves and come in with a really good mindset. For the months of November and December, Clemson was that team, and we were in a really good mindset. We’ve just gotten knocked back a little bit. I think we have a good group of guys and we’ll continue to rally and gain our traction, and eventually the worm will turn and we’ll win a couple of these that have gotten away from us and be back in a good place.”
“It was physical in there, both ways. I am surprised that we didn’t finish with a little more than we normally do, but some of that is Virginia’s defense. Both teams, physical play, disciplined play. Baskets are hard. When you don’t get any easy ones in transition (and) you don’t get an offensive rebound and try to lay it back in,.. you’ve got to grind on every possession. It’s a low-possession game and it’s real work. That’s why sometimes when you don’t have as many good opportunities and you get one, you’re a little (anxious) to make one. Sometimes you try too hard and you don’t get it in.”
“I thought those guys did some good things for us. Obviously (Chauncey) Wiggins and Jack had a tough day shooting. I think combined, they were 1-for-10. Having said that, Jack had eight rebounds. Josh Beadle gave us a spurt. Dillon (Hunter) was solid defensively. I’d actually planned, until Bas (Leyte) got hurt, of doing five in and five out. I thought that was one of the ways that I could get our spirit back this week. We kind of went at it with our first unit and second unit Thursday in practice. It was good and got some of our competitive juices going again. Then Bas got hurt on Friday. I thought those guys gave us energy. You’ve got to play the long game with Virginia. It’s hard to sustain because of their style. They can wear you down. You can grind it up pretty well just by guarding that stuff so that you’re going to have to play some folks. I thought our bench did some nice things and really helped us.”
I thought he felt good today, and he made one long one early. I don’t want him to do it a lot, but if makes one and he’s feeling good, he’s got the green light for the most part. Do I say stuff to him occasionally? Yeah, I do. But he’s a good player that’s made a lot of plays. We’re going to trust him 98 percent of the time to do what he has to do to help us win.”
According to Steve Holley article https://clemsonwire.usatoday.com/2024/02/04/everything-brad-brownell-said-after-clemsons-loss-to-virginia/
Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Rece Davis, former Duke guard Jason Williams (Jay Williams) Jay Williams (Jason Williams) is a former Duke guard who was crowned an NCAA Tournament Champion in 2001 was NCAA All-Tourney, NCAA All-Reigon 2001-2002 Associated Press Player Of The Year 2x Consensus AA Wooden Award, Naismith Award, Rupp Trophy 3x All ACC 3x All ACC Tourney ACC All-Freshman ACC Tourney Most Valuable Player.
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As a Duke player for former Duke Head Coach now retired Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski Jay Williams (Jason Williams) played in 108 games averaging 19.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.0 assists from 1999-2000, 2000-2001 2001-2002 before being drafted in the first round of the 2002 NBA Draft as 2nd overall pick by the Chicago Bulls. Though, his NBA career would be brief as he was involved in a devastating motorcycle accident in 2003 that involved him getting severe injuries affecting his physical abilities.