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I'd still trade Jontel for Devon Hall and London Perrantes. In a heartbeat.

Jontel is one of those players that part of me says what the @$($ is he doing and then within minutes say nice play or great defense.. He is very frustrating at times but I still believe he is a leader..to be continued...

I thought Jontel and Akil cost us this game. How can you have a point guard who can't even pull up at the free throw line? His shot is worse than bad and it really hinders us on offense when his defender can sag off of him. I'm with wackyhoo, wish TB would give Justin or Joe the ball at end of shot clock. At least those guys can hit foul shots. I know that JE plays good D and held Larkin for stretches, but we really need an ACC level pg.

As for Akil, I've been very impressed with his growth and you can tell he works on his game. Tonight, however, he was made to look like he was playing out of position. After getting his shot blocked, which wouldn't have happened if he'd made a strong bball move, he was useless on offense.

I'm excited to see what this team can look like with proper pg play and bodies to throw down low.

Don't understand why some keep bashing Jontel. He is what he is--strong defender, leader on and off the court, knows and can execute TBs system, not a great shooter. His injury this year really set him back--he's just getting back to where he ended up last year.

He could have bolted when TB was brought on board. He didn't. I think he's probably done everything the coaching staff has asked him to do. Is he the best point guard in the ACC--not by a long shot. Is he our best point guard at the moment--no question.

I continue to support him and the rest of this team.

I love Jontel but once we are down 4-5 points in the final 30 seconds or so teams basically don't guard him and double Harris. Even if he wants a free layup they will give it to him. This can't happen.

Jontel missed a few lay ups taht he needs to hit, since he is not a factor with his jump shot. Also, Akil missed some critical ones as well. Granted, on one reverse Gamble simply pushed him to the ground, but it wasn't called. All in all, we acquitted ourselves quite well. The fact that there was an 11 to 3 foul discrepancy in the 2nd half didn't help us either. You can't tell me that wasn't dubious. Regardless, we lost because we didn't score well enough. Miami is a really good team, and they are BIG in the front court.

The offense we run a true lead guard will kill it. I stopped counting at a dozen last night the opportunities a true lead guard had to hit a wide open 12-15 jump shot. Playing four on five on the offensive end is not very fun. With that being said we make the tourney and if I am coaching another team I would not want to see us their bracket. I really think we can do some damage.