UNC/Duke(aka What the Hell was Zeller Doing?)

[Mogriffjr]

WTF was Zeller thinking on the last play. Less than 5 seconds to play, you're up two, Rivers has been hitting that pull up/stepbackish three all night and you actually give him any space at all?

If he goes by you and hits a pull up two in order to tie the game fine. Whatever. Wear it.

But to give a hot shooter space to knock down a shot he has been hitting all night when it's the only shot on the floor that can beat you.......

Funny Rivers hot spot on the floor are the wings, that's where he takes most of the 3's, that's where he usually wants the ball to get going to...plus in that situation, after going on that crazy run, there's no way you go for the tie, you either hit it and get the hell out of there or you lose...Zeller shoulda just forced him out towards the middle of the floor or to a drive but that's tough for a big man to do....

[FirstTimer]

Funny Rivers hot spot on the floor are the wings, that's where he takes most of the 3's, that's where he usually wants the ball to get going to...plus in that situation, after going on that crazy run, there's no way you go for the tie, you either hit it and get the hell out of there or you lose...Zeller shoulda just forced him out towards the middle of the floor or to a drive but that's tough for a big man to do....

Not really that tough. Get up on him and defend him..if he goes by you he goes by you for the tie. Not the win. Make him take a pull up off the dribble rather than stepping into a shot he's been hitting all night on you.

At the very least if you know you are mismatched go out and foul him. Put him at the line with like 3 seconds to go down 3 with only two freebies.

Zeller did about the worst possible thing he could do in that situation.

[Champ]

[Rudi]

Sure, Zeller fucked up...but you still gotta give the kid Rivers some props for one helluva performance. Especially considering it was a top 10 matchup in one of the most intense rivalries in all of sports, and it was @UNC. Kudos to Austin Rivers, he played incredible and made what will be one of the most memorable shots in the Duke/UNC rivalry for years to come

[Senser81]

Roy Williams is a terrible coach, and is skating by on reputation. At that point in the game, Williams was probably already thinking about tomorrow morning's tee time. Henson was allowed to foul the Duke shooters on every play, sliding in late on every 3-pt attempt and hacking. Why not have Henson guarding the perimeter instead of Zeller? Then, if Henson doesn't foul the Duke player and the shot actually gets off, just have Zeller goaltend the 3-point attempt which only counts for 2 points when UNC is at home, so then the game is tied.

And Rivers is just like his dad...travelling nearly every time he touches the ball. Are there two more unlikeable teams in the NCAA this year other than Duke and UNC?