Your “We Done Did It Again” FSU Open Thread

The University of Miami is a good basketball team.

The University of Miami is a good basketball team.

The University of Miami is a good basketball team.

The University of Miami is a good basketball team.

The University of Miami is a good basketball team.

The University of Miami is a good basketba…….

SimpsonsHailSatan

 

Seriously folks.  That’s twice this year we’ve made daU look like a REALLY good team. The sad part is that we looked pretty good in spurts as well. But when crunch time crunched….

Dennis Smith Jr. Still Getting His

Well would you lookit THAT?  Up to number two this week.  I bet that’ll bode well for our future of landing 5* one and doners into the program.

No?

Yeah, probably right.  Still though, at this point this season is shot.  I’m pulling for DSJ to pour it on and go #1 overall (won’t happen) and make this season look like even a bigger waste than it already did.

Ho hum, another Freshman of the Week award….

In two games last week, NC State’s Smith averaged 22 points, 12 assists, 6.5 rebounds and two steals. He opened the week by registering his second triple-double of the season with 13 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds in NC State’s overtime loss to Syracuse. Smith became the first player in ACC history to record two triple-doubles in league play in the same year. He is the fourth player in ACC history to record two triple-doubles in a single season, and the first since Clemson’s Sharone Wright in 1992-93. Smith is also the first ACC freshman to record two triple-doubles in the same season since Virginia’s Ralph Sampson 1979-80.

The Gap Widens

The gap that is, between “them” and us…..

But hey, at least we’re not BC…..right?  Nope, we’re not.  We’ve only managed to go 1-5 vs #51-100 (read that again….yikes), while they’ve gone 5-2 (reminder….we’re one of their 5 wins in that slot).

So no….we are not BC.

NC State @ Florida State

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the ‘Noles (20-4, 8-3 ACC) are good.  And I don’t just mean kinda good.

I see them as a legitimate Final Four threat.  They’re big, strong, fast and poised.  Up until two weeks ago they were a top 5 team, then they hit the road to GT and ‘Cuse and dropped both.  ACC road games….AMIRITE?????  So now they’re under the radar again to some degree.  But no less dangerous.

They then bounced back with a road win at Miami, then absolutely destroyed Clemson at home.

Now, the bruised and battered Pack (14-10, 3-8 ACC) is heading for the gauntlet.  Think it was bad at home vs Miami?

Tipoff: Wednesday, February 8th, 7pm

Coverage: ESPN2

FSU’s Hamilton: NC State ‘is a team that we have a tremendous amount of respect for’ (NewsObserver.com)

N.C. State has been far from good this season.

The Wolfpack (14-10, 3-8 ACC) ranks 13th out of 15 teams in the ACC and has lost three straight conference games.

But despite the Pack’s struggles, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said he has no plans to look past his opponents. N.C. State will play at No. 14 Florida State (20-4, 8-3 ACC) Wednesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.

“I think that the new players, sometimes it takes a little time to adjust,” Hamilton said. “When you go back and watch their games, they are extremely dangerous. You saw what they did at Cameron (vs. Duke), and they led Miami for about the entire game.”

There is no doubt N.C. State is a dangerous team. The Wolfpack averages 81.4 points per game, which is ranked No. 32 in the country, and five players average double-digit points. N.C. State blew out Virginia Tech 104-78 at home and stunned Duke 84-82 at Cameron Indoor Stadium earlier this season.

“This is a team that we have a tremendous amount of respect for,” Hamilton said. “There’s no doubt we definitely realize that we need to be at our best, because this is a team that can get hot and do a lot of damage.”

Pack Hits Road to Face #14 Florida State (GoPack.com)

Pack Tracks
– NC State fell to Miami, 84-79, Saturday afternoon at PNC Arena. Dennis Smith, Jr., led the Pack with 31 points (10-15 FGs, 5-8 3-pt FGs) and added nine assists. Terry Henderson contributed 21 points after hitting 5-of-6 three-pointers in the game.
– Dennis Smith, Jr., was named ACC Freshman of the Week for the third time this season on Monday. Smith opened the week with his second triple-double of the season, scoring 13 points, passing out 15 assists and grabbing 11 rebounds vs. Syracuse. He is just the fourth player in ACC history to record two triple-doubles in a single-season and is the first player in ACC history to register both triple-doubles against an ACC opponent.
– Dennis Smith, Jr., is averaging 19.2 points per game and 6.96 assists per game. His points per game average would be the highest for an ACC freshman since Maryland’s Joe Smith averaged 19.4 ppg., in the 1993-94 season. His assists per game average would be the highest for an ACC freshman since Georgia Tech’s Kenny Anderson averaged 8.1 apg., in the 1990-91 season.
– In the last five games, junior forward Abdul-Malik Abu is averaging 16.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest. He is shooting 61.4 percent from the field (35-of-57) and has shot at least 60 percent from the field in four of the five games.

Go Pack!!!!!

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  • #117039
    Wufpacker
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    You can’t trust someone who will blow smoke up your ass no matter the weather. We tell you the truth here, to the best of our ability.

    Has always been my viewpoint, as well.
    (But just in case, stop being negative BJD….sorry, just hedging my bets)

    #117041
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Hee hee!!

    #117045
    Greywolf
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    Also, I get that NC State football is a challenging project.

    But he’s got to have a very good season on the field and on the recruiting trail to make up for the backsliding, and convince me he’s really turned the corner and is capable of more than just minor bowl appearances.

    I think that’s completely fair.

    That is completely fair. No question about it.

    I for sure hope he/the team learned something from that trip to Greenville. I wish we played ECU early every year so that we could learn to play teams that point to our game and get fired up to play us. “This is their Super Bowl” is the worst excuse for a loss I know.

    We got out coached and out played when BC came to town. That’s going to happen sometimes. I do think it’s foolish for the team or the fans to assume any game is a sure win.
    BC has a very good defense and when you have good defense, anything can happen.

    I’m okay with salvaging a season in the last game or 2. Those last games count as much as the early games. We learned one thing about our team — they don’t roll over and play dead.

    IMNSHO When it all settles down, Doeren is going to win and be here for a long time. I wish I could say the same thing about Gottfried. Doeren is working to establish a winner where there is no real winning tradition to support the effort. Even Dick Sheridan never won a conference championship back when the ACC wasn’t the football power conference it seems to be now.

    Can’t say that about Gott. He’s got it all going for him — the PNC, practice facilities, tradition, and now special housing accommodations for the players — the whole enchilada. He’s about out of excuses.

    We rolled the dice with Case, Edwards, Holtz and Valvano and won. We rolled ’em with Kiffen, Reed, Herb, and Lowe and lost. Amato, O’Cain, TOB and while they were okay, they still couldn’t get us over the hump. Apparently we lost with Gottfried but we should have known based on his Alabama stint.

    Now we’ve rolled them again with Doeren and it appears to many that we’ve lost again although there are some who are willing to give him the full 5 years. Personally, I believe that Doeren knows what he doing as far as building a football program is concerned. He doesn’t appear to recruit particularly well yet both lines are deep and stout while the rest of the team is adequate or better with one exception.

    If we oust him now, somebody else is going to get the benefit of his 5 years as HC of a P-5 team in a very strong football conference. Gott is different in that he has been around plenty long to have learned. Had Gott used some of his money to hire some sharp young coaches and let them coach, he could have retired here with everybody talking about what a great coach he was. Alas, t’was not to be.

    #117052
    Heelh8r
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    You can really rile up the natives saying anything positive about the football team

    #117053
    mhcstatefan
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    I am in the middle of nowhere AL for work and just watched Archie and the 19-5 Dayton Flyers win a close one on ESPN 2. #BringArchieHome #GottGone

    #117055
    BJD95
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    You can really rile up the natives saying anything positive about the football team

    Yeah, everybody who defended MOC/Amato/TOB/HWSNBN/Sid/now MG to the death sure showed us negative nillies a thing or two. Just look at what great heights to which they have climbed in the college footy/basketball world since leaving the big meanies of ungrateful NC State!!

    Go ahead, you can list them. I won’t mind that you’re rubbing it in.

    #117056
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    For the record, I am QUITE supportive when it is merited, and I don’t think I am in any way unfair about how I judge coaching performance.

    And I most certainly hope Dave Doeren posts a winning record in the league, and lands a Top 30-40 (minimum) recruiting class next year. Do I think it’s likely? Given the evidence to date, no. But not out of the realm of possibility (unlike MG turning things around).

    I will give him a fair shot, and hope he learned some lessons from last season’s f-ckups. Learning from such experiences will be the differences between having a real shot to getting over the hump, vs. another log for the failure pile.

    MG sure never learned. And we are all paying the price for it now.

    #117217
    Greywolf
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    For the record, I am QUITE supportive when it is merited, and I don’t think I am in any way unfair about how I judge coaching performance.

    Just be sure I understand you: are you saying that you are QUITE supportive when a coach wins 5 or more of his conference games but not supportive when he wins less than that? (I picked 5 conference games because that seems to be the demand.)

    #117228
    McCallum
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    A firing squad is too good for any of them.

    Anyone that gives a red cent to that bunch in Raleigh is a sucker.

    McCallu,

    #117237
    wolfpack92owen
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    For the record, I am QUITE supportive when it is merited, and I don’t think I am in any way unfair about how I judge coaching performance.

    Just be sure I understand you: are you saying that you are QUITE supportive when a coach wins 5 or more of his conference games but not supportive when he wins less than that? (I picked 5 conference games because that seems to be the demand.)

    you are one odd bird

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