If Marshall does play, you gotta have Stevie & DJ harrassing him 90 feet and making him go right the entire game. In fact, despite the size issues we already have, I'd consider playing Stevie extended minutes just to harrass him and not worry if he fouls out or not. No matter what, you gotta think Marshall is going to have a hard time handling the ball with his right hand no matter how well he bounces back from surgery?
Agree with you, George ... I'm almost hoping he does try to play because I think he might be more of a liability trying to play with the injury than a help to UNC.
I agree, make him play fullcourt, make him use that hand. If it begins to hurt, he'll favor the good hand and be much more predictable and get his pocket picked. If they apply painkillers to it, he'll have less sensitivity, less feel for the ball, and thus limit his ability. Marshall is a passer first, not so much of a dribble/drive penetrator. Play the lanes, play the gaps more. He'll want the ball out of his hands and preferable right into ours more. UNC has a huge size advantage. They'll kill us on the glass and they'll score inside with higher percentage shots. To counter, we must gain a significant edge in overall shooting opportunities, create turnovers. -1 shot for them and +1 shot for us is 2 opportunities, 4 to 6 points each time, the points they didn't score plus the ones we did.