#7 NC STATE vs #3 DUKE Preview (ACC Tournament Edition)

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Time: 3:30-ish
TV: ACCN, ESPN

Recap of Last Night

Review
January 18th, 2014 (Durham, NC)
Duke 95
NC State 60

Nothing went right. I mean absolutely nothing. Even Buckets was just Average. It’s pretty simple, everything the Pack did in the first game, do the opposite.

ADVANTAGES

PREDICTION
KenPom likes Duke by 9, Vegas opened at Duke -10.

TJ is going to get tired today from carrying the heavy workload. I also think it’ll be a 5-on-8 game if it’s even close. The Pack used up all it’s magic on the final 6 shots last night and the run comes to an end today. Yes I’m being negative, it’s worked for the Pack so far.

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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  • 03/15/2014 at 4:16 PM #46628
    ILPackfan
    Participant

    The guys are shooting around 65% and we’re down one point at the half. This is why I hate Duke.

    03/15/2014 at 4:16 PM #46629
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Figure we are going to lose by 10-12. But what a brave half of basketball that was. Very proud of our kids.

    03/15/2014 at 4:17 PM #46630
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    That was the best basketball we’ve played all year and we’re still losing by 1.

    03/15/2014 at 4:17 PM #46631
    JaxPackMan
    Participant

    Shoot 68% for the half & still down by 1. The difference is Duke’s 3’s. Somehow State has to counter the 3. You have to figure the shooting % will come down too.

    JaxPackMan
    NCSU class of '76
    Jacksonville, FL

    03/15/2014 at 4:18 PM #46632
    BJD95
    Keymaster
    1.21 Jigawatts wrote:

    That was the best basketball we’ve played all year and we’re still losing by 1.

    100% co-signed.

    03/15/2014 at 4:18 PM #46633
    redcanine
    Participant

    Duke fouls: Thornton-3, Hood-2, Plumlee-2, Parker-1

    State fouls: nothing to worry about

    03/15/2014 at 4:19 PM #46634
    ILPackfan
    Participant

    Considering they were down 13 at halftime the last time these two played, I’ll take a one-point differential. Hopefully they’ve got another good 20 minutes of basketball in them.

    03/15/2014 at 4:20 PM #46635
    Texpack
    Participant

    It really is hard to find anything to complain about in our performance.

    03/15/2014 at 4:23 PM #46636
    GolenbockHater
    Participant

    anybody agree that if Woo was here this year, we’d be top 3?

    03/15/2014 at 4:23 PM #46637
    WolfWiz11
    Participant

    We’re doing solid, just have to shore up our defensive rebounding. Duke had too many second chances at three. Other than that, Buckets has to re-emerge and stay out of foul trouble. Loving the contributions from Vandy, Freeman, and Cat so far, gotta keep it up. I’d like to see Anya have an imprint on this game defensively.

    03/15/2014 at 4:24 PM #46638
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster
    redcanine wrote:

    Duke fouls: Thornton-3, Hood-2, Plumlee-2, Parker-1

    State fouls: nothing to worry about

    The whistle’s will fly and quickly against the Pack after halftime.

    03/15/2014 at 4:25 PM #46639
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster
    GolenbockHater wrote:

    anybody agree that if Woo was here this year, we’d be top 3?

    Uhhh, No.

    Now if we had Howell for another year then yes because he could rebound on defense.

    03/15/2014 at 4:28 PM #46641
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    At the half…

    Key stats…

    16 points from our BENCH!
    rest of our offense has yet to show up…
    Dez amd Tyler have not taken a shot…

    Fouls:
    Pack — 5
    Hood – 2 fouls
    Thornton – 3 fouls

    Rebounds:
    Pack – 10
    Dook – 13

    Dook has made 5 three pointers…

    Shooting percentages will regress to the mean.
    But ours are coming from in the paint.

    K’s going to tell his kids to play better…
    but they can’t… play any better… what you see is as good as they get
    unless we fold up…

    We just GOTT to give our best for twenty minutes
    and not give them any room to break out…

    Zebras are going to let ’em play ball …
    That email went out from Grandover to everybody after FIFTY EIGHT yesterday…

    and that should make all the Holes real happy….

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    03/15/2014 at 4:30 PM #46642
    BJD95
    Keymaster
    1.21 Jigawatts wrote:
    GolenbockHater wrote:

    anybody agree that if Woo was here this year, we’d be top 3?

    Uhhh, No.

    Now if we had Howell for another year then yes because he could rebound on defense.

    100% agree again.

    03/15/2014 at 4:32 PM #46643
    graywolf
    Participant

    Full 8 on 5 basketball in the second half and Duke will roll……we end up losing by 15 and then on to the NIT even though we deserve NCAA bid.

    03/15/2014 at 4:33 PM #46644
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    I’m beginning to wonder if Buckets is some sort of alien hybrid creature.

    03/15/2014 at 4:34 PM #46645
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Well, there goes out shooting % reverting to the mean. FFS.

    03/15/2014 at 4:35 PM #46646
    Wufpacker
    Participant
    BJD95 wrote:

    Well, there goes out shooting % reverting to the mean. FFS.

    Hey, at least we got a few offensive boards there.

    03/15/2014 at 4:35 PM #46647
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    ^yep.. it’s all good though…

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    03/15/2014 at 4:36 PM #46648
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    BSW just doesn’t have it today. Shocker

    03/15/2014 at 4:37 PM #46649
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    We need BSW to make that one.

    03/15/2014 at 4:37 PM #46650
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    Well the drought has begun

    03/15/2014 at 4:37 PM #46651
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Timeout, put the quick guys in. NOW

    03/15/2014 at 4:39 PM #46652
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    Maybe if I keep talking crap about BSW he’ll prove me wrong all the way to a Victory.

    03/15/2014 at 4:39 PM #46653
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Switching to Raycom feed. Muted.

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