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.

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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. ancsu87 01/22/2012 at 2:30 PM #

    Miami was shooting 29% FG at half. They are up to 44% for the game which means they have been shooting it lights out in the second half.

  2. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:31 PM #

    Fatigue on painters part. He’s not coached to foul out there of course Howell does this at least once a game.

  3. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:32 PM #

    Fouls were 6-2 and now are 9-7. I told you the refs would even it up

  4. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:33 PM #

    Leslie needs to hit these

  5. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:33 PM #

    Make this ft Leslie!

  6. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:34 PM #

    Counts as a to basically.

  7. redcanine 01/22/2012 at 2:34 PM #

    …with a red bow around it…

  8. WeAreCured 01/22/2012 at 2:34 PM #

    Calvin can be such a moron.

  9. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:34 PM #

    Boy did we dodge a slew of bullets there

  10. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:35 PM #

    Get the ball in Scott woods hands please.

  11. Wulfpack 01/22/2012 at 2:35 PM #

    Calvin is a nitwit. Jeeez. We just may escape but it wasn’t for sound play.

  12. ancsu87 01/22/2012 at 2:35 PM #

    By your own admission we committed a boatload of stupid fouls in the last minutes and they just called a foul on Miami. Not sure how 6-2 to 10-7 is evening it up.

    I was just pointing out that we had a chance to get into the bonus and ,with us shooting 87% at FT line, could extend the lead possibly this way. We missed that chance.

  13. GAWolf 01/22/2012 at 2:36 PM #

    Fried chicken dinners at BJd’s house after the game.

  14. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:36 PM #

    “By your own admission we committed a boatload of stupid fouls in the last minutes and they just called a foul on Miami. Not sure how 6-2 to 10-7 is evening it up”

    OOOOOOKKKKK

  15. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:37 PM #

    Woo Hooo
    We tried to blow it but looks like we pulled it out.

  16. Gene 01/22/2012 at 2:37 PM #

    Miami (FL) 1-18 from 3 pt. land. If they hit at their usual percentage, we wouldn’t have won today. They missed a lot of open looks.

  17. Rick 01/22/2012 at 2:37 PM #

    Does Wood have enough FTs to actually lead the nation now?

  18. redcanine 01/22/2012 at 2:37 PM #

    THANK YOU!!!

  19. redcanine 01/22/2012 at 2:37 PM #

    THANK YOU!!!

  20. Wulfpack 01/22/2012 at 2:37 PM #

    Some silly play down the stretch but we survived. Gotta clean some of that up if we want to beat the big boys. We’re going to get our chance real soon.

  21. WeAreCured 01/22/2012 at 2:38 PM #

    Big thank you’s to BJD for his first half cardio, and even bigger thanks to DeShawn Painter. A fine game on his part. This could have easily been a loss.

  22. ncsu4life1 01/22/2012 at 2:39 PM #

    A win is a win especially on the road this is a big one!

  23. MrPlywood 01/22/2012 at 2:40 PM #

    whew… road W, with work to do. I’ll take it all day.

  24. GAWolf 01/22/2012 at 2:40 PM #

    These announcers aren’t really giving us any love. Larkin is a baller. bJD better buy more chickens. Tied for 1st!

  25. packalum44 01/22/2012 at 2:41 PM #

    Nice win!!!!

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