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ACC Basketball
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RealestCFB
Train hard, fight easy
Syracuse is gonna win out and go all the way, and Jim Boehiem is going down as the greatest Corch of all time. 
mongoose
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I watched the end of that one on my phone and it was brutal. Terrible way to lose. Cj fair is easily acc poy
Wuf
Desensitized and Willing
That shit blew, obviously. Officiating was extremely questionable and I'm getting real fucking sick of it. But State also lost it, because Desmond Lee and Cat Barber are complete dipshits.
The only time I actually felt State could win wasn't until Cat drew that charge with 14 seconds to give State the ball back. I was like "oh shit, the Gods are shining!'. Of course the next play happens. Valvano's ghost smites me for my brief optimism to crush my spirit once more. That guinea bastard.
The only time I actually felt State could win wasn't until Cat drew that charge with 14 seconds to give State the ball back. I was like "oh shit, the Gods are shining!'. Of course the next play happens. Valvano's ghost smites me for my brief optimism to crush my spirit once more. That guinea bastard.
RealestCFB
Train hard, fight easy
Go Duke!
Carolina Blue
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Beautiful.
mongoose
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Can't wait to teabag James Michael brickadoo in the tourney
Lookin forward to the season. We lost TJ Warren to the NBA, Tyler Lewis to transfer and Jordan Vandenburg to Vegemite Sandwich-ville. Everyone else comes back and we add Trevor Lacey, Abdul Malik Abu and two twins ranked in the Top 100. Plenty of talent, just wondering how its all gonna fit together. Starting lineup will prolly look like this:
PG - Cat Barber
SG - Trevor Lacey
SF - Ralston Turner
PF - Abdul Malik Abu
C - Kyle Washington
Reserves:
SG - Dez Lee
C - Beejay Anya
PF - Lennard Freeman
SF - Caleb Martin
SF - Cody Martin
First team at NC State that i've seen in many a year that could go a legit 10 deep. Two things i'm worried about:
1. Where are the points going to come from? TJ Warren was a scoring machine and carried this team at times last year where they couldn't score.
2. Backup PG. With Tyler Lewis transferring, Cat Barber is the only PG on the squad. Luckily, Trevor Lacey played point at Alabama before transferring so I believe he could step in for a few minutes when Cat gets a breather. This is most definitely Cat's squad now though after he shared the starting PG role with Tyler Lewis last year.
PG - Cat Barber
SG - Trevor Lacey
SF - Ralston Turner
PF - Abdul Malik Abu
C - Kyle Washington
Reserves:
SG - Dez Lee
C - Beejay Anya
PF - Lennard Freeman
SF - Caleb Martin
SF - Cody Martin
First team at NC State that i've seen in many a year that could go a legit 10 deep. Two things i'm worried about:
1. Where are the points going to come from? TJ Warren was a scoring machine and carried this team at times last year where they couldn't score.
2. Backup PG. With Tyler Lewis transferring, Cat Barber is the only PG on the squad. Luckily, Trevor Lacey played point at Alabama before transferring so I believe he could step in for a few minutes when Cat gets a breather. This is most definitely Cat's squad now though after he shared the starting PG role with Tyler Lewis last year.
Wuf
Desensitized and Willing
Vandenburg played out of his mind during the ACC tournament. Definitely was not par for the course.
No one is going to be TJ Warren, but I think there's plenty of players on the roster that could develop into solid scoring options. Beejay is one brutal summer away from being a dominant ACC post defender, and if Cat Barber can hit a jumper consistently and make smarter decisions he can be a first round pick. I'm cautiously optimistic because State is notorious for wasting talent, which is why I don't pay too much attention to recruiting anymore. But everything I've read is giving me the impression that Abu is an immediate contributor.
Nard Dog is going to be a solid 4 year rotation player.
No one is going to be TJ Warren, but I think there's plenty of players on the roster that could develop into solid scoring options. Beejay is one brutal summer away from being a dominant ACC post defender, and if Cat Barber can hit a jumper consistently and make smarter decisions he can be a first round pick. I'm cautiously optimistic because State is notorious for wasting talent, which is why I don't pay too much attention to recruiting anymore. But everything I've read is giving me the impression that Abu is an immediate contributor.
Nard Dog is going to be a solid 4 year rotation player.
CJ_24
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I was directed to a quote from an article on Dean Smith. I'm sure it's a story (more accurately, a post about a story, so take that for what it's worth) that's been told a million times, but I thought it was cool.
http://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBask...h_carolina_head_coach_dean_smith_dead/coezpoi
http://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBask...h_carolina_head_coach_dean_smith_dead/coezpoi
mongoose
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Defense is elite. Offense is struggling without Anderson. They're vulnerable to teams getting hot from 3 (see Duke) but you can say that about any team. I think they will lose one more acc game (@syr) then make a run to the ACC finals with a 75% Anderson. Ncaa tourney is always a toss up.
Craig7835
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What happened to him?
mongoose
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He had surgery on the 8th for the broken finger and the recovery timeline is 4-6 weeks. So best case scenario, back in time for the ACC tourney, worst case would be S16
Wuf
Desensitized and Willing
I wore a State shirt yesterday out and about and a guy stopped me, asking me if I was from North Carolina. I told him, well, yeah. Surprise surprise, he's a Carolina fan who has never even stepped foot in the state. He tried to chum it up with me about Duke-Carolina and how he needed our support for the game tomorrow. I told him I hoped Cameron caved in an earthquake. He laughed. I didn't. That was the end of the conversation.
Carolina Blue
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Wuf
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I rep the Neers too
mongoose
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I have an app state shirt that I'll wear when it's HOT HOT HOT outside
NC State back to even in the ACC after beating VT. I think the best they can do over the last 4 is 3-1 which would get them to 19-12 (10-8) goin into the ACC Tournament. I think the worst they could do is 1-3 putting them at 17-14 (8-10). Honestly, 2-2 is more likely which would have them 18-13 (9-9). I think they would need a win or two in the ACC TOurnament to make the Dance with that record. 10-8 in the ACC gets them in with no doubt in my mind. 9-9 is questionable. 8-10 and they're gonna need to win the whole damn thing.