Pack/Canes Game Thread

As was the Wake contest last weekend, this will be a “treadmill game” for me. I will join you in the comments for the second half, but hopefully my first half running will provide similar good luck.

NC State is in a three game “house money” stretch. Well, sort of. Going 0-for-3 wouldn’t be good – but one win is all we really need to hold serve and be well on track for a winning record in ACC play – which is the sensible goal for the 2011-12 Wolfpack.

CJ Williams will apparently give it a go today, which is huge for us. Hard to beat anybody with just a 6-man playable rotation. I like today being a test case for him – if he can’t play much or is exceptionally sore afterwards, I expect him to be held out until next Saturday’s pivotal contest against UVA. But that is just my opinion, and I’m sure tons of people will bitch about it some more. Free country and whatnot.

About BJD95

1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.

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234 Responses to Pack/Canes Game Thread

  1. coach13 01/22/2012 at 2:06 PM #

    That we are winning. Their comments indicate they are genuinely surprised we can beat Miami. They sound dumbfounded.

  2. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:07 PM #

    “On the bright side they have 6 team fouls to our 2. Hopefully we will get into the bonus soon.”

    Johnson just got his 4th.

    When the fouls are that one sided you will generally see them even up.

  3. ancsu87 01/22/2012 at 2:08 PM #

    “This has been a lot like the BC game. Take control with a big mid-late first half run, then sort of sleepwalk through the second half, holding serve.”

    With the exception of it being a road ACC game against a better team.

  4. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:08 PM #

    What a great cut by Howell.

  5. ancsu87 01/22/2012 at 2:09 PM #

    “When the fouls are that one sided you will generally see them even up.”

    I have to disagree. That typically happens in the ACC usually when NC State plays or UNC/Duke is the team with 2 fouls (it is like the ref wake up and go “oh shit” we are calling a fair game)

  6. BJD95 01/22/2012 at 2:10 PM #

    Yes. I’m impressed we are able to give a better team the BC treatment on the road. Very impressed.

  7. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:10 PM #

    Brown makes an occasional mistake but he sure leads the team exceptionally well

  8. MrPlywood 01/22/2012 at 2:11 PM #

    Let’s go Pack, this isn’t over yet.

  9. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:12 PM #

    This is danger time. We need to clamp down on D and work the clock.

  10. GAWolf 01/22/2012 at 2:12 PM #

    We. Need to nail this one down soon.

  11. Rochester 01/22/2012 at 2:12 PM #

    We need to finish. We’ve let them show a little spark here, though they haven’t closed the lead much. It’s definitely not over. Early in the year we’d blow this. Let’s see how far we’ve come.

  12. Wulfpack 01/22/2012 at 2:13 PM #

    Love Gott’s in game coaching. As for Wood in the NBA, he would get torched defensively. And his height advantage would no longer exist, so I think he’d find it much harder to get shots off.

    Finish strong, Pack.

  13. Texpack 01/22/2012 at 2:13 PM #

    Danger time. I would have liked for us to run some clock on a couple of those possessions with the kind of foul trouble we have right now.

  14. NCStatePride 01/22/2012 at 2:13 PM #

    I’ve determined any road win is a good win, especially after watching ‘Cuse get ****slapped last night by Notre Dame on the road. They are two FT’s (and some) away from closing this double-digit lead up, so I hope we can hang on.

  15. choppack1 01/22/2012 at 2:13 PM #

    Dangerous time right now. Miami is playing better offensively and we have made some unforced errors

  16. GAWolf 01/22/2012 at 2:13 PM #

    BJD get out a chicken.

  17. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:13 PM #

    Need a nice run to finish this game here and not let them back in this thing.

  18. ancsu87 01/22/2012 at 2:14 PM #

    LOL – I think a lot of people are dumbfounded that a “reject” from a “busted” coaching search can actually coach! At least many Heels “things” I know are amazed and starting to worry based on next year’s incoming class.

  19. GAWolf 01/22/2012 at 2:14 PM #

    Now, son. You said 30. Fix this, please.

  20. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:14 PM #

    Howell and Calvin both have 4 fouls.

  21. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:14 PM #

    Oh crap need a time out.

  22. redcanine 01/22/2012 at 2:15 PM #

    Please remove head from arse, guys. Damn.

  23. WeAreCured 01/22/2012 at 2:15 PM #

    Get on the treadmill, BJD!

  24. BJD95 01/22/2012 at 2:15 PM #

    On second thought…they might be too good for the BC cakewalk second half.

    Tight whistles are bad for us. I will take the BC crew every night of the week.

  25. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:15 PM #

    Big three by Wood

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