NC State 90, Wake Forest 69
by Akula Wolf on Jan 8, 2011 5:41 PM EST
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Print| Four Factors | NC State | Wake |
| eFG% | 55.3 | 44.9 |
| Turnover Rate | 15.1 |
10.6 |
| Off Reb Rate | 58.8 | 22.9 |
| FT Rate | 28.8 | 32.2 |
| Pts | Poss | OFF_EFF | DEF_EFF | |
| WFU | 69 | 66 | 104.5 | 136.3 |
| NCSU | 90 | 66 | 136.3 | 104.5 |
Tracy Smith led a dominant frontcourt effort with 23 points and 11 rebounds, C.J. Williams put together what may have been the best performance of his career, and NC State cruised to an easy victory over the league's worst team.
The Pack had a couple of tough stretches--a string of turnovers in the first half helped the Deacs get back into the game, while a slow start to the second half further postponed the inevitable. State's offense responded decisively in both cases and played very, very well overall. When Tracy Smith's tip-in pushed the lead to 11 about four minutes into the second half, the slow start was forgotten and the Deacs were finished.
State shot 61% and grabbed 62.5% of its missed shots in the second half. That is nuts.
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I had to leave when we were up just a few. The rest was academic.
Sounds like we destroyed them on the glass… hoping to watch a dvr version later to catch highlights.
Key stats from the box score alone
Obviously the rebounding margin.
6 assists / 2 TO’s for Harrow
17/19 FT shooting
cj (the lesser) was 7-for-8???
Goose-egg stat line for Havi, minus a lone assist, in 15 minutes
I was surprised to see Javi’s line. I thought he played well, did a good job distributing and running the offense (sure seemed like he had more assists).
I thought the opposite about Javi.
Leaving the game today, I commented to my wife that I was disappointed in Javi’s play today. It seemed to me that he was doing a lot of standing and dribbling and never threatened the Wake defense. I was hoping he could be a good compliment to Wood as outside threat #2 for the team.
I cannot recall State dominating the boards like that against anyone during the Lowe era. It was nice to see. I do not understand coaches, like Bzdelik, that espouse the philosophy of abandoning offensive rebounds for the sake of getting back on defense. I don’t believe the two are mutually exclusive.
It was a good effort by the team today. The guys played hard the whole game and really seemed to put a concerted effort into attacking the glass. Good to see Leslie have a good ACC debut and amusing to watch underclassmen get Macrowaved. CJ Williams always brings a good attitude to the court, nice to see him have a career game.
Wake is a bad bad team. Is it because the Top 10 recruiting class was overrated, they just don’t fit into Bzdelik’s system, or Bzdelik is in over his head?
I do not understand coaches, like Bzdelik, that espouse the philosophy of abandoning offensive rebounds for the sake of getting back on defense. I don’t believe the two are mutually exclusive.
Yeah, I mean as long as you aren’t crashing with four guys it doesn’t have to kill your transition defense. Seems like Wake could find a middle ground. They could really use more second chances.
He had at least one
After watching, he had a nice drive/dish to CJL for a layup – no question it was an assist – didn’t make the box score for some reason.
by wolfonthehill on Jan 9, 2011 8:18 AM EST up reply actions
that's a great start to the conference slate...
let’s keep it going Pack. An all around team effort today that was sure fun to watch from about the 2 minute mark of the first half to the end of the game. Macrowave: unstoppable. Leslie: human pogo stick. Harrow played a solid game. CJ Williams was Vinnie Johnson microwaveish today with his offensive efficiency. Great to see that from him. The only negative from today was the continued cheap fouls/quick whistle from officials towards Scott Wood. Didn’t allow for him to get into the flow of the game but he didn’t force it. Loved his unselfishness at the end of the game with the Williams behind the back pass for the dunk. I noticed Javy played to the first official timeout of each half and actually played to the 12 minute mark of the second half…but Harrow finished after that. It seems Lowe has determined how the pg minutes are going to be allocated, and it looks like both Gonzalez and Harrow have responded by knowing their roles. On to BC which I think will be a truer barometer of what kind of team we have…
Good point about Wood.
He really needs to cut down on slapping at the ball. Even if he doesn’t actually foul the ballhandler, the refs are going to call it every time. Usually, there is a huge drop off when he has to go out of the game and CJ Williams comes in. Tonight was definitely the exception to that rule. Would be nice to see CJ build on this to become a regular contributor.
Core, i wonder how many readers here without research know who Vinnie Johnson is.
i am assuming you are referencing the Vinnie Johnson who played for the Seattle Supersonics in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
Pistons?
I remember him from the Pistons… nickname was the “Microwave”… and was the inspiration for naming the significantly-larger Tracy Smith (who at the time was coming off the bench and provided instant offense) “Macrowave”.
by wolfonthehill on Jan 9, 2011 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
Vinnie was traded to the Pistons from Seattle in the early eighties.
Seattle came to mind (they drafted him) as i remember him from the championship games between the Bullets (now the Wizards) and the Supersonics. i also remember him from the Pistons.
well, i thought i remembered Vinnie from the Bullets/Sonics championship games, but
not so as he was drafted by Seattle after the 2nd championship meeting. the Bullets won in 1978-the Sonics in 1979. in 1979 the Sonics drafted Vinnie.
yep, he's the one...
All I remember about him, other than the cool nickname, was that he came off the bench for those bruising championship Pistons teams with Isiah, Joe Dumars, Mr Vertical Bill Laimbeer, and Spider Salley. Dude was built like a bowling ball and was perfect for that team.
Great game, just watched the replay
Random thoughts:
-BOOM
-The Sid grin and hug of CJW at the end of the game was a great moment. I see stuff like that and I really hope Sid can make it happen.
-Speaking of which, if Sid does survive this year, he’ll have his recruiting win of CJ Leslie to thank. He sort of reminds me of Antwan Jamison in college – he’s just too quick around the basket for almost anyone else to guard.
-Looking forward to BC. On the one hand, it seems like a bad matchup because we don’t have anyone to guard Jackson and they run a very patient, effective offense. On the other hand, we should be able to pound the crap out of them inside.
The Chestnut Hill experience
Principal Skinner is gone so I imagine the 4’ spacing offense has been modified a little(If a regulation court was the same size as badmintons’ than the Eagles would have surpassed UCLA for consecutive W’s by now).
by Sportin'L.A.Gear on Jan 9, 2011 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
with regard to Leslie, Jamison definitely comes to mind,
as does James Worthy. unfortunately, they are both UNC players.
And after watching on DVD...
… there are a few things that came through much more quickly than the box score indicated.
1 – CJ Williams. Period. He is the reason we kicked their asses up & down the court in the 2nd half. He was more active without the ball on offense than any Pack player in my memory… he earned EVERY SINGLE POINT by working his ass off… and our guards did the job in finding him. Happy he got his spotlight moment in the end – he deserved it.
2 – There will be some teams who can match our front line’s size & quickness & hustle… but not many. Tracy was a man among boys – he was completely in control – and with the addition of a midrange jumper, he’s gotta be terrifying for opponents. WTF do you do to stop him?
3 – It’s such a blessing to have guys who can handle the ball. Lo, Ryan, and Scott make breaking light pressure easy… and that hasn’t been the case for us in 20 years.
and Wake got rid
of Dino for this guy because they thought Dino was too harsh!
that reaction is classic...
I remember laughing when Raycom switched to him right after either Brown or Harrow had made a circus type layup with the shot clock winding down.
I only got to see
the second half. But man is it good to see the macrowave again.
According to Pomeroy, we’re in the green in every stat except for forcing turnovers and getting defensive rebounds.
I looked at the 3 games Tracy has played in and Tracy has solved the defensive rebounding problem.
Looks like we wont be forcing turnovers this season, not sure what the problem is there. With our ability to score on fast breaks, it would be nice to force more turnovers.
by Michael Sneeden on Jan 10, 2011 10:23 AM EST reply actions
i don't know what's up with the turnovers either
Hopefully we can continue to get better on the defensive glass. That’s extra crucial with the low turnover rate.
It looked like the Pack was trying to push the ball the other way after a miss. I especially noticed this when Javy was in the game. He would accept the outlet pass and immediately pass straight a head to the open guy on the wing, which looked to exploit our bigs down low running the floor. I noticed this less with Harrow, but it jumped out to me with Javy because he usually bogs down our attempt at fast breaks.
Obligatory
Those guys sure did suck, I’ve seen teams suck before, but those were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
I gotta go
my damn wiener kids are watching me.
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