^^^ Add me to that list. He has a very punchable face and his weak chin will just add insult to injury. However, the kid got some sick ups and would probably win the ACC dunk contest this year if they had one.

1/23/2016 8:22:46 PM

Theres no excuse for our guys to make plumlee look like Dwight Howard though.

1/23/2016 8:51:33 PM

^he essentially went for his season average in 39 minutes. Wouldn't call 10/8 anything crazy, he's been averaging 15/10 in the previous 5 games.

1/23/2016 9:02:48 PM

Typical acc game for us. Play one good half, and another half where we forget how to score.

1/24/2016 8:36:07 AM

^^I'm not talking about stats. I'm talking about his impact on the game.

1/24/2016 10:32:46 AM

He looked like a 7 foot senior playing college basketball on an ACC team should look. Acting like he took over the game, and had some crazy unexpected impact, he had a few tough rebounds and did what he's been doing for them all season.

1/24/2016 10:46:28 AM

His presence was the deciding factor in the game. Our bigs couldn't figure out how to help off of him or rotate over to him so they ended up sticking to him for most of the game. We gave up layup after the layup because no one would rotate over and help off of plumlee. That doesn't show up in the box score and I understand how you might not see it but its clear if you go back and watch the game. People generally blame the guy guarding a guy who gets a layup but there should always be help to meet the driver in the paint.

On offense, our bigs were absolutely scared to attack him. He didn't have many blocks but his presence caused our guys to hesitate and turn it over or take awful shots inside. Freeman in particular was a deer in the headlights when he caught the ball in the paint. Plumlee was able to play that paint guy,challenge the pass, and rotate over to the baseline big without giving up much.

We got outrebounded by duke which is pathetic. They are an awful rebounding team.

1/24/2016 10:54:09 AM