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. BJD95 03/14/2013 at 3:04 PM #

    Zo reminds us why we love him so. Times two.

  2. TLeo 03/14/2013 at 3:05 PM #

    Fianlly some life! nice couple plays there

  3. Texpack 03/14/2013 at 3:05 PM #

    Lo Brown. The most exciting open court player in the nation.

  4. JohnGalt78 03/14/2013 at 3:05 PM #

    LO!

  5. Rick 03/14/2013 at 3:05 PM #

    Now just keep your foot on the throttle

  6. vtpackfan 03/14/2013 at 3:07 PM #

    Sick times 2. Zo runs it like no other. Unstoppable in the open court.

    Best thing about Green sucking out is that he still gets no rest. What does he do in the locker room-a Lance Armstrong approved transfusion?

  7. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 3:07 PM #

    3:09 34-27 Pack

  8. xansbro 03/14/2013 at 3:07 PM #

    Here’s what I’ve wanted to say for weeks – this team is driven not by the play of CJ Leslie but by the play of Zo Brown. When Zo comes with an aggressive mindset on BOTH ends of the floor, especially the defensive end, this team feeds off of him. When he chooses smoothness over tenacity, we look flat and unenthused. Look at the last few minutes!

  9. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 3:08 PM #

    “Now just keep your foot on the throttle”

    ^I actually think this has been our biggest bug-a-boo all season. You can wrap defense up in that because they go hand-in-hand.

  10. TLeo 03/14/2013 at 3:09 PM #

    Lets build the lead before half and get VT down and keep them down!

  11. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 3:09 PM #

    Freaking Eddie kills us …

  12. MrPlywood 03/14/2013 at 3:09 PM #

    D

  13. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 3:10 PM #

    Haha clean strip called a foul for us. Bonus!

  14. MrPlywood 03/14/2013 at 3:10 PM #

    Calvin was fouled the first time. At least they called the second one.

  15. 1.21 Jigawatts 03/14/2013 at 3:10 PM #

    Eddie is the VT career game player this game.

  16. Rick 03/14/2013 at 3:11 PM #

    See we are doubling every pick. Working for now.

  17. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 3:11 PM #

    Zo has just been amazing today.

  18. wufpup76 03/14/2013 at 3:12 PM #

    Great job Warren … Knock ’em down!

  19. Rick 03/14/2013 at 3:12 PM #

    When Buckets leans back he misses his FTs

  20. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 3:12 PM #

    Loving that every turnover is returned in kind by VT.

  21. vtpackfan 03/14/2013 at 3:12 PM #

    Green now faking fouls. That’s when you know your game is in the ditch.

  22. MrPlywood 03/14/2013 at 3:12 PM #

    Ugh. FTs.

  23. Rick 03/14/2013 at 3:14 PM #

    Dumb shot Woo. Hold it for the last shot.

    Senior ARG

  24. WeAreCured 03/14/2013 at 3:14 PM #

    Warren and Leslie need to start shooting free throws underhanded, or at least jump shoot them.

  25. xphoenix87 03/14/2013 at 3:14 PM #

    Just wanted to comment on what Debbie Antonelli said about interviewing the team.

    Scott Wood: “We’ve got a lot to prove. We’ve played well, but we can play a lot better.”

    C.J. Leslie: “We don’t have anything to prove.”

    If that’s not indicative of the problem with C.J., I don’t know what is.

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