NC State 88, Florida State 81

i am sitting here feasting on “this team is more likely to lose all sixteen conference games than bounce back due to its resilience”. i made this comment at this site after the loss to uva. i am gladly eating those words.
comcast sports in their t.v. listings indicated that a replay of the game is to be aired at 12 noon today. truthfully, i was planning to look at it win or lose-i being that type of a state fan. now i am really looking forward to the game to see if Coach made an adjustment to his offense to give Wood more looks. did he run a more up tempo Sendek Princeton offense-just kidding?
i have Clemson tickets and while i was looking forward to going to the game am now doing so moreso.

He also did not hesitate to pull the trigger like he has in some games.

Of course, what is an NC State game without crazy crap happening. I loved how in the last minute FSU (more specifically Singleton) could not miss. I had visions of florida in my head.

I loved Vandenberg’s play. He went toe-to-toe with Alambi(sp?). Howell also did a very good job rebounding and taking care of the ball, even if he made the latter a little exciting. For thoughs that did not see the game, Howell was in for at least the last 4-5 minutes (I think) of the game instead of Horner.

I was also glad that the universe did not collapse in upon itself when Mays and CJ were in the backcourt at the same time. Mays actually did a great job hitting free throws and taking care of the ball. I don’t see him ever being a facilitator of our offense, but he handled himself well. CJ also seemed a little more aggressive coming off the bench, but was still pretty much a non-factor.

Props to Degand and Tracy for hitting thoughs free throws. The only bad thing Wood did all night was miss 2 FTs in crunchtime.

would call more intentional fouls in end of game scenarios like that, especially when the trailing team is fouling prior to the inbound pass.

Can the staff just tell Vandenberg to spend every practice shooting jump hooks with his left and right hands? I am liking that the refs don’t automatically blow their whistles when he blocks someone, although that will change against duke and unc.

Do we have any room for Jerry Wainwright on the staff? I’ve always had a high opinion of him. (I know we don’t, just wishful thinking)

Liveblog flashback:
Tuesday January 12, 2010 7:10 Steven @ BTP: yes
Tuesday January 12, 2010 7:10 Steven @ BTP: i need about 6 more of those from wood

You know, Steven, if you can just make things happen by saying them, I’d really appreciate it if you would stick to positive statements in the first minute of the game, and leave out the sarcastic negative predictions in the closing seconds.
But yeah, keep doing this.