NC State frontcourt getting national press

While media attention is going to initially shine on the need for Trevor Lacy and Cat Barber to lead the young installment of 2014-2015 NC State Basketball, I think that the talent and depth of the young frontcourt may be overlooked by the average college basketball follower. I think we are all in for quite a treat this season as we will watch tremendous development and improvement amongst the Wolfpack’s four talented interchangeable post players.

I am particularly excited about watching Kyle Washington, and I think the talent and depth of Bee Jay Anya, Lennard Freeman & Abdul-Malik Abu is going to give NC State a much more potent punch than many are expecting in the preseason; as these guys develop during the year, this is going to be come a very dangerous team.

NBC Sports College Basketball Talk deserves some credit for taking notice of the Pack and recognizing how good this unit can become. CBT just listed NC State’s frontcourt as the 20th best unit in the country.

Like UNC, this ranking could turn out to be too low by the end of the season. BeeJay Anya’s in far better shape than he was last season, and players such as Jordan Washington, Lennard Freeman and Abdul-Malik Abu will be factors as well.

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  • #61079
    BJD95
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    From the reports inside the arena, I think we are REALLY gonna like Abu.

    #61080
    Fastback68
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    State 25-21, 3:48

    #61081
    Fastback68
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    State 27-24

    #61084
    Fastback68
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    Queens 28-27 1:30

    #61085
    bill.onthebeach
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    @68 — nope … I GOTT radio too…

    It is sloppy…
    but there are some bright spots…

    our Bigs are really aggressive “up off the floor”…
    but they need to gain some ‘judgement’ with that…

    Queens sounds like they have a decent team… too…

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #61086
    Fastback68
    Participant

    Lee dunk state 30-28

    #61087
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    ^ 14 TOs by Queens…

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #61089
    Fastback68
    Participant

    Half state 30-28

    #61090
    bill.onthebeach
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    It’s just the first half of the first exhibition game… but we might remember these….

    Caleb Martin … off the bench… 10pts including 2-3 from 3pt land…
    Offensive rebounds… State 9 – Queens 0 (with a 7ft center)
    NCS – FTA 11- FTM 8 – 72.2%

    However… It’s five long months to March…

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #61093
    Fastback68
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    State 57-32, 10 min

    #61094
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Caleb Martin with hustle and enthusiasm on both ends… and 16pts in 14 minutes … including 4 – 3ptrs plus some rebounds…
    looking like he might hard to keep on the bench… ‘enthusiasm’ is contagious… that will push his teammates…

    Brother Cody gets in the game…
    Now what happens…??

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #61095
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Ha!… that was a self answering question…
    Next play… Caleb gets the steal and the break and the assist to brother Cody for the layup…

    file that picture….

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #61098
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    off the bench…

    Corchiani with a steal…

    … brings back some memories…

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    #61099
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Corchiani amongst the trees in the paint snags a loose ball …

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    #61101
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    … and that’s the ballgame… Pack 78 – Queens 47 !

    First impressions… these guys appear to well down the road towards being a TEAM… no obvious signs of ‘It’s all about Me!’ tonight…

    We shall see…

    Pop!

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    #61122
    Gowolves
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    A tale of two halves. The defense looked average in one half and intense the other. Shot 68% from the freethrow line. Went to the stripe 25 times. Abu hit all six of his free throws. Sounds like some teams may have trouble stopping him without fouling. Obviously you can’t take much away from this game but you have to start somewhere.

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