Thats not the same thing as Nwora can take up the other teams best defender leaving their 2nd or 3rd best defender on a guy like DJ. Plus, Nwora is 6'8 and 220 pounds and can rebound pretty well. Not a like for like comparison.
That’s good, but if he’s not scoring I don’t feel confident in the other guys some nights because they’re all kind of streaky.
Nwora is averaging 19 a game and Enoch is averaging 10. Those are our only 2 double digit scorers. In ACC play, I believe Jordan is the only one averaging double digits.
If he’s off in a Sweet 16 game and it’s a close game, who is gonna carry the load if Jordan is off against a good athletic team? Depth is good, but you need 2-3 guys you can count on come March.
I still think we are an elite team, don’t get me wrong. But when you have title aspirations, a little nitpicking can be done. I wouldn’t say I have too high of expectations.
That’s why the Virginia game is big. Similar to Texas Tech and KenSucky, they will have guys that can guard Jordan and make it a very different game.
Against Duke and sUcKs, our supporting cast did carry us well. But Jordan struggling did cause some issues. Down the stretch agains sUcKs we really were looking for someone to make a big basket and couldn’t count on Jordan. Missed free throws and lack of execution hurt, but you need your star to make some baskets in that situation. We just didn’t execute and lost a game we should’ve won.
Against Duke we did well, but the final 4:26 we did not score a made basket until the last dunk by Malik with 8 seconds left. We got some free throws when they fouled, but we really could not score when it got right. Nwora didn’t take a shot.
Last night was big because we score a bunch late to close out the game. But those of us critical are just making points because we’ve seen national title teams and title level teams. We’ve seen how we get upset. Nwora has to score and score well for us to go deep into March. It won’t be all BC’s, you’ll get some efficient athletic teams that you can’t let hang around late.
If Jordan can kick on that green light and just stay consistent, there isn’t a team that can beat us in March. I truly believe that right now.