Mark Gottfried Talks Rebounding, Supermarket Shoppers

by Akula Wolf on Feb 15, 2012 3:47 PM EST

In his Wednesday press conference, Mark Gottfried talked about defending Duke, the dynamics of his coaching staff, and a recruiting trip he once made to Durham. He also said that the team has been working on rebounding a bit more since the Georgia Tech game:

"We didn't rebound very well against Georgia Tech, that was probably the concern and that has been a lot of our emphasis in practice the last couple of days. That will be a huge factor Thursday."

He's definitely right about that. Both Plumlees are outstanding offensive rebounders (Miles is #1 in the nation in OR%), and Duke has been the second best offensive rebounding team in conference play. Another garbage effort like the one in Atlanta would probably doom State to a blowout loss considering how well Duke shoots the ball overall.

On the other side, Duke's defense ain't what she used to be, and if you caught any of the Duke-Carolina game, you might have gotten the impression that the Blue Devils have some issues on the defensive glass. Indeed, that's been a big weakness in league play. State's gonna have to take advantage of that to pull off an upset on Thursday.

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Both Plumlees are outstanding offensive rebounders…

Feels like Darryl and Darryl have been around for a good 10 years, and once they’re gone we’ll have to deal with their other brother Darryl for another 5 in Plumlee years. Is there any way we could pull in Big Reg as a contract player for this game?

by non_sequitur on Feb 15, 2012 11:33 PM EST reply actions

Sounds eerily like the unc-ch preview

Basically, as well as these guys shoot, and as well as they rebound, you have to hope they’re cold. #ncstateshit prohibits such cold shooting.

by wolfonthehill on Feb 16, 2012 6:51 AM EST reply actions

while Miami could sneak

up on Duke, so to say, that is not going to happen with State. State will get Duke’s best shot. while it will be written and said that State is not a rival of Duke, that would not be true. State is, and again will get Duke’s best shot.

by sbas2 on Feb 16, 2012 7:29 AM EST reply actions