Ben McCauley Does Not Make Trip To Canada, NC State Wins By 21

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TORONTO, CANADA – Brandon Costner led four N.C. State players in double figures with a game-high 31 points, as the Pack came away with an 81-60 win at York University in the first of two exhibition games in Toronto this weekend.

Holding a 51-48 lead late in the third quarter, the State went on a 7-1 run to end the quarter thanks to six points from sophomore Tracy Smith. The Pack would then limit York to just two field goals in the final 10 minutes of play for the win.

Senior Ben McCauley did not make the trip to Toronto for conduct detrimental to the team according to Lowe.

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55 Responses to Ben McCauley Does Not Make Trip To Canada, NC State Wins By 21

  1. WolftownVA81 09/02/2008 at 11:54 AM #

    We sure need Ben and I want him to succeed on and off the court so I hope he comes out of this situation with his head on straight. This is one of those life lessons that can make a person stronger.

  2. Rick 09/02/2008 at 1:08 PM #

    If he didn’t lern it from last season he will not learn it.

  3. redfred2 09/02/2008 at 4:03 PM #

    I may have jumped a little quickly after reading sf59’s comments, but at the same time, I was also thinking back on the individual play of last season, and those thoughts are what tipped the scale for me.

    I don’t need to see ANYONE scoring 30 pts, to know they had a good or productive ballgame, not JJ Hickson, not Ben McCauley, or anyone. Somebody has to get out there and play D, fight for rebounds, loose balls, and try to clean up around the basket. That type of determination and hardnosed play is just as important, if not more, as lighting it up on the offensive end night after night. Especially when you can’t figure out that just scoring a lot of points individually, does nothing but equate to anything but more and more losses.

    Either way, I did not see that type of hardnosed play being generated by any of the supposed “leaders” on last year’s team. Those players are also the same players we are questioning right now, and I see no other excuses for them not to have tried harder than the did, except for the childish reasons that we are discussing on this thread.

    If anyone has any other ideas as to why these players, the oldest and most experienced players we had, couldn’t have fought and played harded, contributing in different ways, besides just worrying about who had the ball in their hands, then please, let me know.

  4. redfred2 09/02/2008 at 4:12 PM #

    ^Man, have they shortened the correction period or what?

    I’m in a hurry and my typing is even worse than usual, sorry.

    ^”Especially when you can’t figure out that just scoring a lot of points individually, does nothing but equate to more and more losses.”

  5. redfred2 09/02/2008 at 4:32 PM #

    In the end, all I want to see is a collective group of basketball players who may not win games in bunches for now, but who are going to stay aggressive offensively no matter what, and who will contest, to the best of their own abilities, every move that the opposition makes.

    That, I can watch every night.

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