If roundball is your blood, this is the place to discuss the Flames as they move into the Ritchie McKay era for the 2nd time.

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By Sly Fox
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University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina



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Nick McDevitt
5th Season as UNCA Head Coach



2017-2018 Schedule/Results
  • Overall .......... 18-9
    Big South ...... 11-3
    Home ............ 12-0

  • NOV 10 - 7:50 PM - @ RHODE ISLAND ............................ L, 60-84
    NOV 13 - 7:00 PM - LEES-MCRAE ................................... W, 92-60
    NOV 17 - 8:00 PM - @ VANDERBILT ................................ L, 76-79
    NOV 19 - 3:00 PM - @ AUSTIN PEAY ............................... W, 82-79 (OT)
    NOV 22 - 7:00 PM - MONMOUTH .................................... W, 62-51
    NOV 26 - 4:30 PM - WOFFORD ........................................ W, 85-65
    NOV 29 - 7:00 PM - USC UPSTATE .................................. W, 82-70
    DEC 03 - 3:00 PM - @ CLEMSON ..................................... L, 52-83
    DEC 05 - 7:30 PM - @ FURMAN ....................................... L, 72-83
    DEC 10 - 3:30 PM - MILLIGAN ......................................... W, 97-60
    DEC 17 - 4:30 PM - WESTERN CAROLINA ......................... L, 72-76
    DEC 19 - 7:00 PM - @ UNCG ............................................ W, 67-60
    DEC 22 - 10:00 PM - @ SAINT MARY'S .............................. L, 69-95
    DEC 30 - 2:00 PM - CAMPBELL* ....................................... W, 85-79
    JAN 03 - 7:00 PM - @ HIGH POINT* ................................. L, 74-84
    JAN 06 - 4:00 PM - @ RADFORD* ..................................... L, 70-90
    JAN 09 - 7:00 PM - LONGWOOD* ..................................... W, 90-80
    JAN 12 - 7:00 PM - @ PRESBYTERIAN* ............................ W, 76-56
    JAN 15 - 7:00 PM - CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* ................ W, 83-73
    JAN 18 - 9:00 PM - @ WINTHROP* .................................. L, 58-85
    JAN 21 - 2:00 PM - @ LIBERTY* ...................................... W, 84-68
    JAN 24 - 7:00 PM - GARDNER-WEBB* .............................. W, 65-60
    JAN 27 - 4:30 PM - HIGH POINT* .................................... W, 84-77
    FEB 01 - 7:00 PM - @ CAMPBELL* ................................... W, 64-57
    FEB 03 - 4:30 PM - PRESBYTERIAN* ............................... W, 75-61
    FEB 07 - 7:00 PM - @ LONGWOOD ................................. W, 78-73
    FEB 10 - 2:00 PM - RADFORD* ....................................... W, 66-64
    FEB 15 - 7:00 PM - LIBERTY*

Key Players
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    #10 Kevin Vannatta
    6' 2" 200 lbs Senior Guard
    Thru 27 Games: Averaging 10.2 Pts, 5.4 Rebs & 2.9 Assists + 38.2% (29-of-76) on 3-Pt Attempts


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    #14 Ahmad Thomas
    6' 3" 215 lbs Senior Guard
    In 26 Games: Averaging 15.9 Pts, 6.0 Rebs & 2.7 Assists + 51.2 FG%


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    #25 MaCio Teague
    6' 3" 190 lbs Sophomore Guard
    Thru 27 Games: Averaging 16.3 Pts, 4.3 Rebs & 2.6 Assists + 40.7% (68-of-167) on 3-Pt Attempts
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By jbock13
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By ALAFlamesFan
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We come out focused and stay focused for an entire game. I am calling for us to win this game. It will take everything we've got but this team has underachieved since the calendar changed and it's time to see what we are made of.
By Old Red
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Anybody heard any updates on the Isaiah Williams suspension?
I’m assuming he won’t be playing anymore this season, but don’t know if he’ll even be coming back to the team.
By olldflame
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Old Red wrote:Anybody heard any updates on the Isaiah Williams suspension?
I’m assuming he won’t be playing anymore this season, but don’t know if he’ll even be coming back to the team.
I haven't heard anything, but this situation seems different than the Theo Johnson suspension, which ended in dismissal. The issue as stated by Ritchie is that he is "not meeting the standard to be a great teammate.". Pretty ambiguous, and I believe he still has contact with the team and is right behind the bench cheering them on at home games.
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By flameshaw
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ALAFlamesFan wrote:We come out focused and stay focused for an entire game. I am calling for us to win this game. It will take everything we've got but this team has underachieved since the calendar changed and it's time to see what we are made of.
Hope you're right, but I don't see it. We are not shooting very well from outside, our center doesn't get much help inside and we just don't play very smart at times. When we put up a shot, almost everyone releases immediately to play defense. We are still very young and don't lose much for next year. Hopefully, this will help us make a run at first place next season. We could get hot and win the tournament, but don't see much more than a 10% chance.
By ballcoach15
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If we play defense we have a shot at beating UNCA. In first game, defense did not show up for game.

I see the gurus already have UNCA in the NCAA tournament. I hope LU wins BSC tournament and the drive by media has to eat crow.
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By WinthropEagleFan
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ballcoach15 wrote: I see the gurus already have UNCA in the NCAA tournament. I hope LU wins BSC tournament and the drive by media has to eat crow.
I can't speak for all of the 'gurus', but the typical philosophy of the people that put together mock brackets is to build them as if the season ended today...and most of them use the team that is currently in first place as the automatic bid winner for each conference...so they aren't making a prediction as to who they think will win, they're just using a consistent method in who they use as the auto bid qualifier in the moment. So there's no real crow to be eaten...
By ballcoach15
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I believe there are 3or4 teams who could win BSC tournament. All it would take is one big upset early.
By CapnMac
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Isaiah Williams checked in and played for about a minute in the first half.

Flames up 33-25 at half
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By flameshaw
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Played the best ball we have played all year, for the first 10-12 minutes. We were actually trying to get the ball inside and had great ball movement. 8)
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By cruzan_flame13
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flameshaw wrote:Played the best ball we have played all year, for the first 10-12 minutes. We were actually trying to get the ball inside and had great ball movement. 8)
Then UNCA got their grove back...LU 37 UNCA 33
By ALAFlamesFan
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I am completely done with the lazy passes by our guards. Those lazy looping passes work only in high school and our guys are better players than that! /rant
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By Have_a_Gansett_2011
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The UNCA broadcasters on the BSN, ESPECIALLY the “analyst,” have been utterly insufferable. I’m all for a bit of homerism, but this is beyond bad.
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By LUminary
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Wow. Might as well win it now.
By CapnMac
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I mean its not like they're showing any hardcore bias or anything
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By cruzan_flame13
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CapnMac wrote:I mean its not like they're showing any hardcore bias or anything
True! One of commentator’s hardcore bias. Well he has nothing much to say since Liberty went all out in AOT and UNCA just died out.
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By Jonathan Carone
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Jonathan Carone wrote:
jinxy wrote:I'll set the over/under at 15...point loss.
Gotta take the over.
Glad to be wrong on that one.
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