Virginia Tech 71, NC State 59

by Akula Wolf on Mar 3, 2010 11:53 PM EST

Four Factors	NC State	Virginia Tech
eFG%	44.0	48.1
Turnover Rate	29.8	14.9
Off Reb Rate	36.7	29.4
FT Rate	38.0	52.8

	Pts	Poss	OFF_EFF	DEF_EFF
VT	71	67.2	105.7	87.8
NCSU	59	67.2	87.8	105.7

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Tonight was Javi in a nutshell. He's important, no doubt; he can affect a game in a huge way. When he's on, it feels like everything's working exactly as it should be, that there's nothing in the way of State's offense. Problem is, he's only on for a handful of possessions here and there. I appreciate and adore those spurts. Too often there are long stretches of nothing or WTF. Like the first fifteen minutes of the game tonight. How can you look so lost and then turn around and make plays left and right?

Give Tech credit--they survived an early bout with the bricks, gladly accepted the possessions we handed them, and answered our runs at every turn. Their interior defense was outstanding, and Tracy Smith, nowhere near his best, received little support. Little support aside from the occasionally streaking Javier Gonzalez, that is.

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i didn't pay the ten bucks

to watch the game, but i did listen to it on the radio. sounds like Lowe ran his micro-managed slow tempo inside-out game especially during that second half drought-which this offense always seems to produce. the questions are: when Harrow and Brown arrive will Lowe continue to sub in players who hardly should play at all, or will he shorten his bench; and will State run the dribble drive offense instead of his micro-managed offense? nuff of that!
the women have the last game of the opening round in the ACC tournament. its against Clemson. State while tied for 5th, got the 6th seed-lucky for them as they are out of Duke’s bracket-i think. i also think State is in the NCAA’s but a win over Clemson wouldn’t hurt especially if UNC gets on a roll which they might as they have surely underachieved this year. with regard to the State team, Kastanek is freshman of the year, but one wonders how she will perform in her first tournament game. a good game from White, Gartrel and Holston would help. in my post i have failed to mention how well Strachan has been playing. against Ga Tech she hit a big three that sealed the win. she is an outstanding three point shooter whose all around play is improving.

by sbas2 on Mar 4, 2010 6:13 AM EST reply actions