South Florida Prepares To Meet Its Boom...Er, Doom
by Akula Wolf on Mar 15, 2010 12:40 AM EDT
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Finally South Florida can avenge that football game they lost that they forgot they lost.
After winning five of the last seven games and reaching the ACC Tournament semifinals, the NC State men’s basketball team was selected to play in the 2010 NIT. The Pack will be traveling to Tampa, Fla., and face South Florida of the Big East on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. on ESPNU.
"We are very excited to keep our season going," said head coach Sidney Lowe. "This is a great reward for our team for their play at the end of the season. We have been playing some of our best basketball of the season, and we look forward to continuing to work hard and keep our season alive."
State will take on the Bulls on Tuesday in front of tens of people. Remember the name Dominique Jones. You are going to hear it a lot.
Full preview on the way. Some quick notes:
-- The Bulls are very one-dimensional. They don't take a lot of threes and they rank 338th in 3FG%. Their primary outside shooters are hitting 32.1% and 28.4%, respectively, from beyond the arc.
-- They have no bench.
-- They don't force turnovers and their defensive rebounding is not good. On the whole, this is not a good defensive ball club.
-- I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited about making the NIT. We get more booms.
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NIT Selection Show, 9 PM, ESPNU
It's gonna be close...
Georgia Tech 57, NC State 54
by Akula Wolf on Mar 13, 2010 8:55 PM EST
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| Four Factors | NC State | Ga Tech |
| eFG% | 35.5 | 46.3 |
| Turnover Rate | 9.3 | 24.8 |
| Off Reb Rate | 27.1 | 23.3 |
| FT Rate | 30.6 | 78.0 |
| Pts | Poss | OFF_EFF | DEF_EFF | |
| GT | 57 | 64.6 | 88.2 | 83.6 |
| NCSU | 54 | 64.6 | 83.6 | 88.2 |
When Javi hit a three to pull us even with 14:44 to go, after such a terrible first half, it felt like our day. "In control" would be the wrong phrase, but from then on, it seemed at least manageable, which was a refreshing change from the first half. They never did seize it, and that's the story.
God, the opportunities. All those missed, wide open three-pointers. The occasions where we'd force a turnover with the press and then give it right back with a dumb shot or a rushed play that resulted in a reciprocal turnover. It was there. It was so, so there.
The main thing we needed to do today, we did: Tech finished -10 in the turnover category. We also rebounded the ball a lot better in the second half. The damned shots just did not fall.
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NC State 58, Florida State 52
by Akula Wolf on Mar 13, 2010 11:21 AM EST
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| Four Factors | NC State | Florida St. |
| eFG% | 52.3 | 41.4 |
| Turnover Rate | 25.4 | 31.7 |
| Off Reb Rate | 20.7 | 50.0 |
| FT Rate | 46.5 | 32.7 |
| Pts | Poss | OFF_EFF | DEF_EFF | |
| FSU | 52 | 63 | 82.5 | 92.0 |
| NCSU | 58 | 63 | 92.0 | 82.5 |
I figured our run would end here, because with the way FSU defends the paint, I thought we'd need a repeat three-point explosion from Scott Wood...and what were the odds of that happening again? Not bad, apparently. Florida State must be wondering what it is about them that Wood likes so much. He's made 13 threes against the Noles and 22 against the rest of the ACC.
NC State made just 42.9% of its twos against the Noles' tough interior defense, and FSU controlled the glass at both ends. Florida State couldn't hit anything from outside, though, and they turned the ball over in bunches, which is typical of them but maybe a bit surprising coming as it did against a relatively weak defense.
Javi led the defensive charge with five steals, none bigger than the one that came with about 2 minutes to go and led to a Macrowave slam that pushed the lead to six. Great effort by Javi on a bum ankle.
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NC State 59, Clemson 57
by Akula Wolf on Mar 12, 2010 10:46 AM EST
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| Four Factors | NC State | Clemson |
| eFG% | 55.7 | 46.1 |
| Turnover Rate | 30.7 | 24.3 |
| Off Reb Rate | 41.7 | 31.4 |
| FT Rate | 34.1 | 35.3 |
| Pts | Poss | OFF_EFF | DEF_EFF | |
| BC | 57 | 62 | 92.2 | 95.4 |
| NCSU | 59 | 62 | 95.4 | 92.2 |
NC State shot 67% and grabbed two-thirds of its missed shots in the second half, two things that proved just enough to overcome a bunch of turnovers and some interesting officiating.
Still livin'!
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Let The Madness Begin
by Akula Wolf on Mar 11, 2010 10:31 AM EST
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Here's how the Predict-O-Meter sees Thursday:
BC 64, Virginia 63
Wake 72, Miami 67
Georgia Tech 75, UNC 70
Clemson 70, NC State 63
No Landesberg for UVA, probably no Dwayne Collins for Miami. Boston College and Wake Forest are probably the safest bets today, but who the hell knows.
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Beer Summit I: Talking ACC Tournament
by Akula Wolf on Mar 11, 2010 9:56 AM EST
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Wolfpack Beer Summit from James Curle on Vimeo.
James, Derek, and I got together at Players' Retreat last night to talk about the ACC tournament. Then we were viciously attacked by territorial dart leaguers. Just kidding. But seriously, we're joining that league and we are going to crush those guys.
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| Duke Blue Devils | 13 | 3 | 29 | 5 |
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Maryland Terrapins
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13 | 3 | 23 | 8 |
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Virginia Tech Hokies
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10 | 6 | 23 | 8 |
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Florida St. Seminoles
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10 | 6 | 22 | 9 |
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Clemson Tigers
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9 | 7 | 21 | 10 |
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons
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9 | 7 | 19 | 10 |
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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7 | 9 | 22 | 12 |
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Boston College Eagles
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6 | 10 | 15 | 16 |
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N.C. State Wolfpack
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5 | 11 | 19 | 15 |
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North Carolina Tar Heels
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5 | 11 | 16 | 16 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 5 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
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Miami Hurricanes
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4 | 12 | 20 | 13 |
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