NC State 79, Georgia Tech 74

by Akula Wolf on Feb 27, 2011 2:07 PM EST

Four Factors	NCSU	Ga Tech
eFG%	55.4	52.6
Turnover Rate	15.1	21.1
Off Reb Rate	37.5	40.6
FT Rate	44.6	31.6

	Pts	Poss	OFF_EFF	DEF_EFF
GT	74	66.2	111.8	119.3
NCSU	79	66.2	119.3	111.8

Box Score

Tracy Smith and Scott Wood were outstanding, scoring a combined 38 points in 15-20 shooting, and those efforts helped NC State overcome a disaster of an afternoon for CJ Leslie and another less-than-stellar second half defensive performance.

Georgia Tech rebounded nearly half of their missed shots in the second half, which allowed them to keep pace despite going cold from the field. State, meanwhile, put together one of its more consistent offensive performances, at least in terms of shooting. They had little trouble victimizing the Georgia Tech defense and shot well over 50% in both halves. In the first half, it was State's 5-10 three-point shooting; in the second, State hit 12-of-19 twos as the outside shooting faltered.

Jordan Vandenberg played well off the bench for the second consecutive game, scoring eight points in the easiest way possible--four dunks. Georgia Tech either didn't respect him or forgot about him, and he made them pay for it every time. Ryan Harrow had a quiet day from the field but helped the team salt it away with some late free throws. Lorenzo Brown was a huge part of the Pack's first half effort.

The win guarantees that State will finish no lower than tenth in the ACC, but please, hold your applause until the end of the season.

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is shooting 66.7% on the year.

by projectwentynine on Feb 27, 2011 2:55 PM EST reply actions

unstoppable force of dunks

Backing The Pack

by Akula Wolf on Feb 27, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

how many times has

State finished 10th under Lowe’s coaching? further, has State finished higher than 10th under Lowe’s coaching?
what if State wins their last two games to finish 7-9, and wins a few in the tournament. should Lowe then get to coach the last year of his contract? while i have been a big critic of Lowe and have expressed desires for his firing, i would vote for one more year at this point. I Love to be miserable.
on the baseball side, State is up 12-1 on number 18 Coastal Carolina. its the bottom of the 6th with Coastal batting. looks good, but State’s pitching can lose a game like this.
on the women’s basketball team, they lost to Wake in overtime to finish 4 and 10. one good thing is i think (i repeat-i think) it puts them out of Duke’s bracket, but may require them to beat BC Thursday. will be hard to do despite the big win on Thursday over BC. State was up 78-75 when Wake hit a three with one second left. all Wake in the OT.
State up on Coastal 12-2 after 6.

by sbas2 on Feb 27, 2011 5:11 PM EST reply actions

No way in Hell

I would say at this point nothing short of a 6-game post-season win streak that puts us in the Sweet 16 should let Lowe stay. Everyone knows he’s a dead-man walking – there would be absolutely no long-term recruiting groundwork being laid down. Right now, assuming no one other than CJL leaves, we are actually in a really good spot for a new coach – we could survive a fairly lean first year recruiting if it came to that.
I wouldn’t even accept a win-everything-the-next two weeks, go into the NCAA’s as an 11-seed, and lose in the second round to a #3. This team has enough talent there is no way they should be playing on the the first day of the ACC tourney, not as bad as the league is, and no way they should be an 11-seed in the NCAA. Lowe does not get a pass on facing a tough row over the next few weeks, when doing a better job over the last three months would have avoided that.

by acc_10k on Feb 27, 2011 5:25 PM EST up reply actions

sbas

I am going to have to whack you in the nose with a newspaper if you suggest that Lowe gets to keep his job with those mediocre results. Bad sbas, bad!

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Mar 1, 2011 8:32 AM EST up reply actions

more on the women's game against Wake.

White had 33 while Holston who was fabulous against BC Thursday night scoring 28 on 13 of 19 shooting had only 6 with 2 of 7 shooting. Buke had 18 making up somewhat for Holston’s bad game. for State to win, Holston cannot play that way.

by sbas2 on Feb 27, 2011 5:22 PM EST reply actions

State baseball beats Coastal 12-3!

by sbas2 on Feb 27, 2011 5:58 PM EST reply actions

state women have the no 10 seed-the 6 p.m. game thurs.

but. whom do they play. there exist a three way tie for 7th-all 5-9; BC; Wake, Uva. Wake beat BC; BC beat UVa; UVa beat Wake.
now i need to find the tie breaker.
if Duke beats UNC, and it looks that way, Duke will be the number 1 seed and Miami the no. 2. if State wins Thursday, they can beat Miami-a one woman team like UVA of last year. lost to Miami down there, but somewhat close game. the downside for State is a freshman point guard. first time tournament tough on freshman.

by sbas2 on Feb 27, 2011 6:48 PM EST reply actions

it looks like its procedure 4-a coin flip.

1 – When two teams are tied in the standings, regular season head-to-head results are used as the tiebreaker.
2 – If the two tied teams split their regular season games, the tie is broken by comparing each team’s records against the team occupying the highest position in the standings, and then continuing down until one team gains an advantage.
3 – If three or more teams are tied, the combined record of each team against the other two teams involved is used to break the tie. After this procedure, if two teams remain tied, procedure (2) is followed.
4 – If procedures (2) and/or (3) fail to establish an advantage, a coin flip to break the tie will be conducted by the Commissioner following the final regular season game.
5 – If there is more than one tie in the standings, and when utilizing the tie breaking procedures there are a pair of teams tied, a team’s record against the combined tied team is used, rather than performance against the individual tied teams.
6 – If a coin flip is required, the procedure takes place immediately following the conclusion of the last regular season game prior to the Conference Championship. The procedure is administered by the Commissioner or a designated assistant. This session is open to the media and to athletic department representatives from the tied teams.

by sbas2 on Feb 27, 2011 7:00 PM EST reply actions