ACC Tournament Live Blog (First Round – Afternoon Session)

I’m giving this a shot to see if I can bring some positive mojo to the Pack by undertaking the Live Blog duties today. If the Pack loses I promise to stay away from blogging any important games ever again. I’ll miss most of the first half of the BC/GT game but if no one watches a game does it make a sound?

Thursday’s Schedule:
No. 8 Boston College vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, noon (Ga. Tech -2 vs. BC)
No. 5 N.C. State vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech, 2:30 p.m. (NC State -11 vs. Va. Tech)
No. 7 Maryland vs. No. 10 Wake Forest, 7 p.m. (Maryland -5.5 vs. Wake Forest)
No. 6 Florida State vs. No. 11 Clemson, 9:30 p.m. (FSU -2.5 vs. Clemson)

Game 1: GT/BC

Refs: Roger Ayers, Mike Eades, and Gary Maxwell.

1st Half

15:15 – 14-0 GT.

11:41 – 20-11 GT.

07:42 – 26-13 GT.

03:38 – 31-28 GT.

After spotting GT 15 points BC has been on a tear and they are led by the ACC ROTY Olivier Hanlan who has 21pts on 7-11 FG, 4-6 3FG.

Rebounding is an issue for both teams but more so for BC. They start grabbing more defensive rebounds and cut down on the turnovers and it’ll be a total blowout.

2nd Half

15:30 – 49-37 BC

11:46 – 56-43 BC

07:27 – 66-48 BC. BC 11-20 3FG (55%). Hanlan with 35pts 12-16 FG, 7-9 3FG & 4 Rbs.

03:14 – 77-57 BC. BC 13-23 3FG (56.5%). Hanlan has 38pts. Just 2pts shy of tying the ACCT Freshman scoring record.

Final 84-64 Boston College. Faces Miami tomorrow at Noon.

Hanlan finishes with 41pts and 5 rebounds. Breaks the ACC Tournament freshmen scoring record previously held by Harrison Barnes who had 40.

Only thing BC did wrong this game was defensive rebounding. When you win by 20 does anyone really care?

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Game 2: NC State/VT (tip off approximately 2:28pm)

Refs: Kersey, Nestor, Heater

Pregame Note: Brown still has his thumb taped up.

1st Half

14:04 – 14-13 VT

10:52 – 20-19 Pack

07:36 – 24-23 Pack

03:09 – 34-27 Pack

Halftime – 38-32 Pack

Both teams are shooting well with low to moderate turnovers. The Pack is dominating the glass and that’s really helping. Don’t get me started on all the fouls that haven’t been called on VT, if they had been then we could have missed even more FT’s (Pack 7-12 FT).

Leading scorers:

VT:
Jarell Eddie 10pts
Erick Green 9pts

NCSU:
Richard Howell 14pts/3rbs
CJ Leslie 9pts/5rbs/3TO

2nd Half

15:55 – 46-38 Pack

11:09 – 59-47 Pack

VT:
Eddie: 17pts
Green: 11pts/4TO

Pack:
Howell: 20pts/6rbs
CJ/TJ: 11pts each
Wood: 10pts
Brown: 9 assists

07:26 – 63-49 Pack

03:50 – 72-55 Pack

Final 80-63

VT:
Eddie: 21pts (9-14 FG)
Green: 15pts (5-19 FG)

NCSU:
Howell: 22pts (11-13 fg), 12rbs
Leslie: 15pts, 7rbs
Wood: 13pts
Warren: 13pts
Brown: 9pts, 7rbs, 12ast, 2to

The Pack had and executed a great defensive gameplan on Green. VT just didn’t have enough without Green, who still got 15pts. Need to get rest and beat the Hoos tomorrow.

About 1.21 Jigawatts

Class of '98, Mechanical Engineer, State fan since arriving on campus and it's been a painful ride ever since. I live by the Law of NC State Fandom, "For every Elation there is an equal and opposite Frustration."

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296 Responses to ACC Tournament Live Blog (First Round – Afternoon Session)

  1. vtpackfan 03/14/2013 at 2:48 PM #

    Reset CJ. Reset. Plz. Wood seems to me the guy on D who looks a little lost out there. Atleast get your hands up and look like you might be a presence. Still think a 2-3 look could get VT out of there current confident offensive sets.

  2. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 2:49 PM #

    CJ is napping out there on D.

  3. Rick 03/14/2013 at 2:49 PM #

    Expect a bunch ogf fouls called on both teams in order to “clean up” teh game

  4. vtpackfan 03/14/2013 at 2:50 PM #

    Go back inside to Howell!

  5. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 2:50 PM #

    Howell with 12pts on 6-7fg

  6. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 2:50 PM #

    Howell playing beautifully …

  7. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 2:51 PM #

    Take over Big Rich!

  8. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 2:51 PM #

    9:10 24-21 Pack

  9. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 2:51 PM #

    Quit being a wuss, Eddie…

  10. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 2:52 PM #

    Oh, Purv…

  11. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 2:52 PM #

    How many travels is that by the pack now?

  12. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 2:52 PM #

    Nice aggression Purvis, but a little more under control please …

  13. Rick 03/14/2013 at 2:52 PM #

    We are doubling Green on every pick. Will they figure that out and start cutting to the basket?

  14. JohnGalt78 03/14/2013 at 2:52 PM #

    Purvis going lone wolf

  15. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 2:53 PM #

    When you have the ball in transition and the D is back, don’t force it. Please.

  16. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 2:53 PM #

    A hold is called!!!111

  17. Rick 03/14/2013 at 2:53 PM #

    fouls are 6-2. they will even out.

  18. vtpackfan 03/14/2013 at 2:55 PM #

    Purvis out, TL in anytime Gott.

  19. JohnGalt78 03/14/2013 at 2:55 PM #

    we’ve stopped moving

  20. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 2:55 PM #

    Don’t look very good against this zone the last couple of possessions.

  21. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 2:55 PM #

    I hate it when the other team goes cold, then State follows suit with a cold streak of their own, instead of blowing the game open.

    I guess that’s better than going cold and getting blown out, as was the case in years past.

    Not quite there yet, though.

  22. Texpack 03/14/2013 at 2:55 PM #

    Classic sequence where VT holds Howell down with a hand in his back and Warren gets called for a ticky tac foul

  23. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 2:55 PM #

    Kid N Play with the no call foul as he held Howell with one arm on te rebound and then Warren called for fouling Kid when he mysteriously falls on the floor with the ball.

  24. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 2:56 PM #

    7:36 24-23 Pack

  25. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 2:57 PM #

    Does ESPN have some sort of financial involvement in Christian Mingle? That song haunts my dreams.

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