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"JP All American 15151 Posts user info edit post 5-3 record the rest of the way should clinch a bid 2/1/2015 9:27:44 AM "

Well Uva and UNC are guaranteed losses...so 5-1 in the other games. Don't see it happening.

2/1/2015 12:38:28 PM

well since this season basically mirrors all our others, i expect another acct run to the semi's. The duke win is still a gold star on our resume.

2/1/2015 12:48:32 PM

I don't think any of the games we have left to play are guaranteed losses. Particularly the Virginia game at home with how well we played against them earlier this season.

2/1/2015 1:03:12 PM

^ yep, we also have a week to prepare

2/1/2015 2:12:09 PM

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"Pack Pride ?@PackPride 2m2 minutes ago Gottfried on Cat Barber: My message with Cat is to cut it loose. I think he's played somewhat close to the vest... a little conservative."

insert not sure it image...

2/2/2015 12:06:34 PM

I actually agree. When Cat was confident in his game, he played well, hit difficult shots, and was a difference maker. When he gets cold feet and goes conservative on offense, we don't see the athleticism he displayed last season. Seems a bit gun shy right now (with the exception of the G-Tech game).

2/2/2015 12:11:45 PM

Here's to not laying a turd tomorrow night

2/2/2015 12:34:42 PM

I think it'll be a closer game than we want. Wake's not an easy away game, even on bad years.

2/2/2015 1:02:32 PM

Given our struggles with getting to the line since ACC play has started ( ) I'd like to see Cat driving to the rim more against the likes of Wake, VT, etc. I think he got a bit gunshy after getting beaten up by Cincy and WV but it's time to sack up

2/2/2015 3:27:13 PM

anyone ever seen us play at Wake? What's the experience like? I'd kinda like to go but it would be tough to get to Winston on a work night for an 8pm game.

2/2/2015 3:49:31 PM

just be prepared to hear Kernkraft 400 during every stoppage of play.

2/2/2015 4:07:19 PM

and tie-dies everywhere

2/2/2015 4:19:50 PM

If you sit near the student section, they'll taunt you by chanting "state school"

Other than that, it's a pretty tame crowd. And it's pretty easy to move seats.

2/2/2015 4:27:32 PM

Went to a game at Wake maybe 10 years ago. We of course lost the game, so they busted out some "If you can't go to college go to State" chant as well as something about tractors I think. Basically a tamer UNC crowd.

2/2/2015 4:39:00 PM

Was at a Wake game earlier this year, actually. Nice but quiet venue. Was about 3/4 full. It was an ACC game. They don't play Zombie Nation as much any more, at least not on this night.

I've only been to college games at State, UNC, Duke, Wake, VT, the Verizon Center (Georgetown), Greensboro Coliseum (ACC Tournament 1st and 2nd rounds), Carolina Coliseum (old USC venue), and the 2nd Charlotte Coliseum (the original Hive). LJVM is behind all of those as far as crowd noise.

[Edited on February 2, 2015 at 5:58 PM. Reason : x]

2/2/2015 5:57:20 PM

Wake plays up to us the way we play to Duke.

However, Wake doesn't have to reach as far.

2/2/2015 7:18:42 PM

I've seen more State games at WF than i have at PNC in the last few years.

2/3/2015 8:25:20 AM

^Me too. If you live in Winston, you almost always know at least one person who can get you free tickets. Lots of Wake employees in this town.

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" Other than that, it's a pretty tame crowd. And it's pretty easy to move seats."

It can actually get really loud when Wake doesn't suck. Back in the Chris Paul days, it was shocking how loud that place got in the lower level. Agree about the moving-seats part . I started in the upper deck last year and ended up on the 4th or 5th row (mid-court) by halftime.

[Edited on February 3, 2015 at 8:42 AM. Reason : ]

2/3/2015 8:42:19 AM

RIP Don Shea

2/3/2015 9:49:30 AM

Let's go!!! Stay on the BUBBLE!!!!

2/3/2015 5:12:24 PM

I would say we have to be out of the tournament after tonight.

2/3/2015 10:41:20 PM

Team has a lot of raw talent but those skills haven't been developed. The defense is still porous but the bigs are BAD on both ends of the floor. We still don't have a true post player and bigs STILL can't set screens properly.

2/4/2015 9:47:19 AM

There is no excuse for us now to beat Virginia

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM. Reason : ]

2/4/2015 10:00:30 AM

we won't make it past the first round of the NIT, if we get invited

2/4/2015 10:12:56 AM

It ain't over until it's over. Squeaking in is what Gott does.

(and yeah, clemson and wf game sucked, but this is the same team beat duke and played virginia and unc close.)

2/4/2015 11:24:46 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if we beat Virginia and still miss the Tournament

2/4/2015 11:35:06 AM

Optimistically, 2-4.
Realistically,1-5.
Pessimistically, 0-6.

2/4/2015 12:23:38 PM

a buzzer beater away from going 0-3 in a stretch in which we had to go 3-0

2/4/2015 12:28:42 PM

^ugh

2/4/2015 12:41:51 PM

our resume looked worse last year

2/4/2015 1:02:22 PM

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"our resume looked worse last year"

Lets see, last year we got blown out by Duke/Virginia, lost UNC 2X, lost to Syracuse in a buzzer beater if memory serves correct and split 1/1 with Miami, Wake, & Pitt. I agree with your statement thus far, at least we had one signature win when last year we had zero at this point.

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 1:17 PM. Reason : ...]

2/4/2015 1:14:48 PM

11 games into the ACC last year we were 16-8 (6-5).

We went 3-4 down the stretch, losses to Clemson, Syracuse, UNC, and Mia. Then won the Thurs and Friday ACC games (Mia and Syracuse). Syracuse ended up being our signature win, even though they started slipping late in the year.


Now we are 14-10 (5-6)
I'd say it's possible for us to go 4-3 down the stretch and end up a 9-9 again. We have the signature Duke win in hand, but that was so long ago I'm sure it matters as much as us beating Syracuse in the tournament last year. I think we need another ranked win and a weekend weekend appearance at the ACC tournament again.

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 1:59 PM. Reason : .]

2/4/2015 1:57:09 PM

4-3 finish would put us in the same spot where ACCT heroics probably gets us into the mark gottfried invitational

3-4 and we'd probably need to make the final. actually that may not even be enough. 15 losses is a fuckload. i dont think any team has ever gotten an at large bid with more than 14

2/4/2015 2:12:30 PM

just wanted to bring back this bdmazur quote from the cincinnati thread

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""We'll go somewhere around 9-8 the rest of the way, finish 19-12 with 10 ACC wins. Should put us around #6 in the ACC and should be good enough to make the tourney.""

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

2/4/2015 7:22:52 PM

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"WEEKEND WEEKEND APPEARANCE"

2/4/2015 7:26:21 PM

also, lol @ any of you fuckers entertaining the idea of archie miller coming here. do you know who the nc state basketball coaching job is attractive to? no one. do you know who it's REALLY not attractive to? someone who fucking PLAYED here and knows what our delusional fan base is like from experience.

2/4/2015 7:34:10 PM

Nobody wants to go back to the place where their hot-shot teammate deep-dicked his wife. The ghost of Adam Harrington haunts Archie.

2/4/2015 7:59:25 PM

Also when did Archie become John Wooden? I know we're a "what have you done for me lately" society and he made the Elite 8 last year, but he also had double digit losses every year he's been there. He also recently lost to UMass, who has a lower Kenpom rating than Wake. Yet he is the key ingredient for taking us to the promised land? Sure he managed to go on a nice run in the tourney last year with less talent than us, but he also got gifted some matchups like a terrible Syracuse team. He's a good coach, but people act like he's Coach K or something.

2/4/2015 8:13:09 PM

^5 he may not end up being that far off.

Currently we are 8th at 5-6, behind Clemson (6-4) and Syracuse (6-3) post season ban. 19 wins may be a stretch, but we should have 17.

2/5/2015 8:16:31 AM

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"also, lol @ any of you fuckers entertaining the idea of archie miller coming here. do you know who the nc state basketball coaching job is attractive to? no one. do you know who it's REALLY not attractive to? someone who fucking PLAYED here and knows what our delusional fan base is like from experience."

also, lol @ any of you fuckers entertaining the idea of firing gottfried now

2/5/2015 8:19:03 AM

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" but we should have 17."

NC State: where red should means go won't.

2/5/2015 8:19:56 AM

If we'd have held on to that 18 point lead against ND, our WLWLWLWLWL streak would still be going strong

2/5/2015 10:52:40 AM

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"Also when did Archie become John Wooden? I know we're a "what have you done for me lately" society and he made the Elite 8 last year, but he also had double digit losses every year he's been there. He also recently lost to UMass, who has a lower Kenpom rating than Wake. Yet he is the key ingredient for taking us to the promised land? Sure he managed to go on a nice run in the tourney last year with less talent than us, but he also got gifted some matchups like a terrible Syracuse team. He's a good coach, but people act like he's Coach K or something."

+1

2/5/2015 11:21:07 AM

For what it's worth, we're only one win down from #6. We have to get ahead of Clemson and Syracuse, and we play them the last 2 games of the season.

2/5/2015 1:37:41 PM

Good news is that Boise St. is currently a top 50 RPI win, so now we have two!

2/5/2015 4:21:31 PM

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"For what it's worth, we're only one win down from #6. We have to get ahead of Clemson and Syracuse, and we play them the last 2 games of the season."

have you looked at all the games we're probably going to lose leading up to clemson?

2/5/2015 7:09:29 PM

The bubble teams just keep on losing, all of them...

2/5/2015 8:14:44 PM

Which bubble teams could get hot in march: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/02/05/college-basketball-caucus-which-bubble-team-could-get-hot-in-march/22884103/

2/7/2015 8:44:58 PM

no bad losses??? wtf is Wake Forest and Clemson?

2/7/2015 8:54:13 PM

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"Also when did Archie become John Wooden? I know we're a "what have you done for me lately" society and he made the Elite 8 last year, but he also had double digit losses every year he's been there. He also recently lost to UMass, who has a lower Kenpom rating than Wake. Yet he is the key ingredient for taking us to the promised land? Sure he managed to go on a nice run in the tourney last year with less talent than us, but he also got gifted some matchups like a terrible Syracuse team. He's a good coach, but people act like he's Coach K or something."

LOL. He has Dayton making Elite Eights and in much better shape than NC State.....keep trolling.

He booted both centers off the team. He has a team 17-5 with nobody over 6-6. Any State fan should want to take the risk and hire him. We know what Gott brings. Compare the talent rankings between the Dayton roster and ours. Then get back to us.

People said Sean would not pan out either.

2/7/2015 10:32:35 PM