define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Will UNC Wear Down? Roy Williams Sticks to His A-Team So Far… http://rushthecourt.net/2011/11/14/will-unc-wear-down-roy-williams-sticks-to-his-a-team-so-far/ The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 By: Matt Poindexter http://rushthecourt.net/2011/11/14/will-unc-wear-down-roy-williams-sticks-to-his-a-team-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-482069 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:52:07 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=46005#comment-482069 I think the week off between UNCA and Mississippi Valley State may have something to do with the odd distribution of minutes as well. There’s less worry about wearing the starters out when they get seven days of rest.

In Roy Williams’ time at UNC, they’ve never before opened the season with an opponent the caliber of Michigan State, so that (plus the odd circumstances) explain playing time in San Diego.

UNC also has a longer stretch of home games against low-level opponents leading up to conference play. I’m assuming that right now Roy Williams is anticipating playing reserves a lot in those games.

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By: KCarpenter http://rushthecourt.net/2011/11/14/will-unc-wear-down-roy-williams-sticks-to-his-a-team-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-482018 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:27:58 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=46005#comment-482018 At the press conference after the game, Roy seemed frustrated at himself for not giving more minutes to the bench. He mentioned that he expected to increase the minutes in subsequent game. There was also a tiny bit of foul trouble for the three guys.

So far, freshmen Simmons and White have mostly been relegated to garbage time. Hubert has gotten a few more meaningful minutes, but for whatever reason, Roy seems to like using 6’5″ Watts as his fourth big.

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