We've dropped 1 so far this month. We have 3 left.
Thursday night hosting NC State .... who is 3 - 2 in the conference, one game behind us. I suspect that they will try and pressure us all over the court - given how poorly we handled that pressure when BC applied it to us last week. Hopefully we can handle that pressure. And continue to shoot as well as we have. THIS is a pivotal contest. We win this one, and we're in much better position to absorb some losses down the road.
Saturday hosting Pitt .... who is 2 - 3 in conference, and who we owe one. Pitt is also 12 and 6 overall, much improved from last season. Clearly we need to take care of business here. But things ramp up in importance if we drop one Thursday.
Then the following Wednesday AT Wake Forest ... who is 1 - 4 in conference, and the only conference member with a sub 500 record overall. This HAS to be a win. No way around it. A loss here is an ugly resume mark.
If we go 2 and 1, we finish January 6 and 2, which a lot of people would have taken right after losing to Pitt. But there's a solid chance we go 3 and 0, giving us a very respectable 7 and 1 record, and putting us in contention for challenging the top of the conference.
I worry about our ability to handle the NC State pressure. We feel ripe for a sub par performance too. I can't STAND NC State. So I hope I am wrong. But I feel a loss coming up. If that happens, I hope it doesn't turn into hang over that costs us either of the remaining games in January. Anything less than 2 and 1 over these next 3 is fatal.
Thursday night hosting NC State .... who is 3 - 2 in the conference, one game behind us. I suspect that they will try and pressure us all over the court - given how poorly we handled that pressure when BC applied it to us last week. Hopefully we can handle that pressure. And continue to shoot as well as we have. THIS is a pivotal contest. We win this one, and we're in much better position to absorb some losses down the road.
Saturday hosting Pitt .... who is 2 - 3 in conference, and who we owe one. Pitt is also 12 and 6 overall, much improved from last season. Clearly we need to take care of business here. But things ramp up in importance if we drop one Thursday.
Then the following Wednesday AT Wake Forest ... who is 1 - 4 in conference, and the only conference member with a sub 500 record overall. This HAS to be a win. No way around it. A loss here is an ugly resume mark.
If we go 2 and 1, we finish January 6 and 2, which a lot of people would have taken right after losing to Pitt. But there's a solid chance we go 3 and 0, giving us a very respectable 7 and 1 record, and putting us in contention for challenging the top of the conference.
I worry about our ability to handle the NC State pressure. We feel ripe for a sub par performance too. I can't STAND NC State. So I hope I am wrong. But I feel a loss coming up. If that happens, I hope it doesn't turn into hang over that costs us either of the remaining games in January. Anything less than 2 and 1 over these next 3 is fatal.
