NC STATE at PITTSBURGH Preview

Time: 9:00
TV: ESPNU
Announcers: Mike Patrick, LaPhonso Ellis

Hello again fellow Wolfpackers, in case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven’t, the Pack have managed to lose a few here and there, and are threatening to climb back into the Wednesday ACCT games.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.

ADVANTAGE

“That’s all we got, one damn player?”
“You can’t say damn on the internet.”
“Don’t worry, nobody is looking anyway.”

PREDICTOR
KenPom thinks the Panthers win by 12.

About 1.21 Jigawatts

Class of '98, Mechanical Engineer, State fan since arriving on campus and it's been a painful ride ever since. I live by the Law of NC State Fandom, "For every Elation there is an equal and opposite Frustration."

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  • #44310
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Our favorite Frenchman Le Nard was really crucial tonight. Wasn’t only Buckets (how does he keep finding extra gears???) and Hipster Cat stepping up tonight.

    #44311
    JohnGalt78
    Participant

    They should look points per min in POY consideration….that would take a bit of the control away for the officials.

    #44312
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    Don’t leave me Buckets!crying

    #44313
    bsly
    Participant

    he pretty much has to go in the draft. I guess it depends on where he is projected to go. he does have room to work on his handle and his outside shot.

    #44314
    JeremyH
    Participant

    someone that’s that good in the lane, off the dribble, being as good as he was tonight from 3, well, its just not fair.

    #44315
    hpack
    Participant

    No way TJ should stay. First NCSU baller in a long time I thought was really ready

    #44316
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Buckets is just really good at basketball.

    #44317
    hpack
    Participant

    maybe we could call Fats and get him a car.

    #44318
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    ^Freeman was outstanding tonight

    Anya, Washington, Freeman, Barber – I’m really excited about the future believe it or not.

    #44319
    JeremyH
    Participant

    yea to whomever said it, maybe we should have showcased him more last year, all egos and promises aside.

    #44320
    bsly
    Participant

    cat didn’t manage to turn the ball over late in the game. that’s a plus. this team has lots of upside next year. If we could ever learn to play defense on every possession this team and next years team can be very dangerous…don’t get me wrong I like offense but defense is where it’s at in college basketball.

    #44322
    JeremyH
    Participant

    this was a positive step for Cat. no reason he should think about leaving.

    #44323
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    Freeman scored the last 6 points of the 1st half to get State within 5. He also had 5 rebounds in that span of 2:25. Huge contribution there.

    #44325
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    You could see Hipster Cat start to go a bit out of control late…but then his brain kicked in and he calmed the f-ck down. THAT is what he needs to do, slow the game down and use his head. His BBIQ is really quite good, he just gets overexcited sometimes.

    Yo, gotta be the ponytail, money.

    #44326
    redcanine
    Participant

    TJ was walking HARD tonight. Did anyone by chance see that poster of John C. Reilly in a Pack uniform? Sweet.

    #44327
    pakfanistan
    Participant

    Warren is getting a lot of much deserved love on twitter at the moment.

    Several sports commentators talking about him not being POW, and if he should be POY.

    That numbnuts Goodman basically said his bar for Warren to be POY is if we make the NCAAs, which is completely retarded.

    #44328
    JeremyH
    Participant

    let the healing begin

    #44329
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    The case for TJ is that he’s just about the only reliable offensive option for State, and he’s been able to do what he’s done with every D keying on him. Patrick pointed that out tonight. IMHO that counts for a lot.

    #44330
    vtpackfan
    Participant

    Nice to play strong in the second half. Obviously Buckets was unstoppable, but it wouldn’t have been enough if not for the play of Frenchie and Cat.

    #44331
    hpack
    Participant

    On most teams Warren is POY. 1st in scoring, 8th in FG%, 9th in reb, 4th in steals. Other teams key on him every game…

    #44332
    redcanine
    Participant

    Mr. French is the guy who says who you can and who you cannot hit. Go get him a cranberry juice.

    #44333
    Adventuroo
    Participant

    WOW….what a game. It looked for a while that the Zeb’s were calling fouls if your touched the floor with your sneaks.

    Despite that, we figured out HOW to win. Cat Barber was sensational. He seemed to grow up a little. He was fairly calm and we did not throw up any desperation shots.

    TJW….wow….there are not superlatives to describe the game.

    I actually was a little down right before the half and did some “helper” thing for DW….like unloading the dishwasher and cleaning up her “I cooked” mess. Got off some nervous energy.

    Now, it should have been closer….Gott wore his UNC shirt. I forgot to swap undies into a pair of red briefs….so that should really have jinxed up.

    So much for that theory.

    GO PACK….we actually WON a game with Jamie Luckie officiating….guess he did NOT get Swoff’s memo

    #44341
    Rick
    Keymaster

    i think the staff talked to him about picking up silly fouls, and I think it worked.

    Not sure serious…

    I am assuming Luckie was not reffing as TJ averages 4 plus fouls per game when he refs. Other than that he averages just over 2. At least last time I checked it was that.

    Outside of the Luckie factor, if we play Duke or UNC he will have foul trouble.

    #44342
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Glad to hear we won. Too bad it doesn’t matter now.

    All though we might have just crushed Pitt’s NCAA hopes with that win.

    #44344
    Fastback68
    Participant

    Gott “Thanks for the 41 points TJ but I know you can score more.” Job well done. Go Pack!

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