N.C. State @ Virginia, 7pm

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N.C. State Wolfpack (11-4, 2-0) @ Virginia Cavaliers (13-0, 1-0) – 7pm @ John Paul Jones Arena | TV: Espn2

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The Wolfpack head to Charlottesville tonight, looking to improve to 3-0 in ACC play while facing a highly ranked foe. N.C. State got a nice bounce back victory over Pitt their last time out, capitalizing on an active and stingy defensive effort to pull away from the Panthers in the 2nd half. The Pack will need more of the same tonight in their first ACC road contest as they take on the AP #3 ranked Virginia Cavaliers.

Virginia enters tonight’s contest with a chance to improve to 14-0 for the first time since Ralph Sampson’s 1980-’81 UVa squad started out 23-0. This season’s edition of the Cavaliers has thus far built on the successes that last season’s squad were able to accomplish. The 2013-’14 season was a banner season for UVa – they captured both the ACC regular season and tournament titles, made the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, and head coach Tony Bennett garnered the ACC Coach of the Year selection.

The Cavaliers have shown no signs of taking any steps backwards this season, as they’re currently rated third in the RPI and their 13-0 mark includes wins over Maryland, VCU, and a ridiculous 49 point thrashing of Harvard that saw the Crimson score a total of 27 points. Virginia’s toughest contests have come in their last two games – versus Davidson and a two overtime contest at Miami. Both the Wildcats and the Hurricanes used efficient, high movement and ball screen (pick and roll) offenses to push UVa.

The hallmark of Tony Bennett’s Virginia teams is the ‘pack line defense‘. The Wolfpack will need some crisp and efficient offensive execution tonight, as well as solid rebounding and a continuation of the defensive effort seen on Saturday to try and steal a victory.

The pack line defense in action. Travelling, duh.

The pack line defense in action. Travelling … duh.

Other links of interest: Viewer’s guide w/ Pack-Hoos snippet| ACC Conference reset

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  • 01/07/2015 at 10:12 AM #68309
    wufpup76
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    N.C. State Wolfpack (11-4, 2-0) @ Virginia Cavaliers (13-0, 1-0) – 7pm @ John Paul Jones Arena | TV: Espn2 Virginia team page | GoPack game preview Th
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    01/07/2015 at 10:39 AM #68311
    redisgood
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    Virginia has the #1 rated defense in the country, and also are the number one field goal shooting percentage team in the country. We are going to beat them how?

    Never mind, my mistake. I went and re-checked my facts, and they are #2 defensively, and #20 in FG%. We’ve got this one.

    01/07/2015 at 11:01 AM #68314
    Fastback68
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    State was 11-4 at the same juncture last year and simply got destroyed by UVA 31 pt loss and by Duke 35 pt loss. The team was 11-7, the fan base was screaming and State then beat Maryland (without TJ), GT (OT) and FSU. The with merit “those teams suck” versus with merit “State showed a certain toughness against three programs that have given us fits in the past” argument began.

    Last year, I thought TJ ironman Warren would pick the team up and carry them on his back and he did. I don’t know what happens this year. Lacey has shown flashes of that demeanor and the ability to answer. There are 13 games after this 3 game stretch and then the ACCT. It boils down to toughness.

    I think if I were Gott I would make the team watch those two beatdowns and ask “What Say You in 2014”.

    01/07/2015 at 11:22 AM #68316
    bill.onthebeach
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    ^Toughness …

    Well… on that level… it’s really a battle of “Wills”…

    The ‘Hoos are going to try to make us do things we don’t want to do…
    and we, hopefully, will be doing the same right back at ’em…

    Best Man/Team wins…

    ——————

    Then there’s the Coach’s Bag of Tricks…

    I’m looking at ours…

    and…

    I’m going to have to call you back in a little while ’bout that…

    For now.. lemme just say… we’re going to need to get and make (two different things) more than our share of good breaks…

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    01/07/2015 at 11:23 AM #68317
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I swear, I still look at UVA and don’t understand how they are any good. I accept that they ARE, and that they will likely beat us like the proverbial red-headed stepchild. The numbers, and recent history, don’t lie.

    They will get a 1 or 2 seed, the numbers will back it up, everyone will admit they deserve it. And they will get long odds to win the title, which nobody will take, and they won’t make the Final Four, and nobody will be surprised.

    01/07/2015 at 11:49 AM #68318
    Timbo
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    It is my belief that we will win right up until the point where it appears we wont. outside the fact its on the road and against a very good team that is undefeated, this may be offset by the law of averages and the fact that Virginia is not going to finish the season undefeated, may be just the cosmic edge we need to defeat them at their house. while I believe the odds are astronomical, I still believe in an occasional faith based surprise especially after the look on the faces of the UNX fans after their recent letdown.

    So they are good on defense and yes they are a very good offensive team compared to shots taken and points scored. I believe that we can win because this is the ACC and you had better bring it every night or the law of averages will catch up with you.

    So as a fan that has seen David Thompson play in real life and very rarely misses a game, I believe this team can win.

    01/07/2015 at 11:54 AM #68319
    PapaJohn
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    I think UVA really shows how an excellent coach can take a ‘good’ team, and make them a ‘great’ team. Other than Anderson, they really haven’t got a remarkable cast that you’d expect to jump to the NBA anytime soon. But there are a lot of good players.
    I just can’t see how we can beat these guys without shooting 70%. Defensively, they will make us uncomfortable and reactive at best – and turn it over a ton, at worst. Offensively, they just keep scoring. They score on a high percentage of their possessions.
    I don’t see how we can keep up with them.
    This is going to be rough to watch.

    01/07/2015 at 12:51 PM #68320
    Khan
    Participant

    I’d short NC State stock here. Bear market of a 3-4 game schedule coming up.

    01/07/2015 at 1:16 PM #68321
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Hoos’ have more than their share of 3 and 4 year guys …
    That’s enough to make a ‘difference’ right there… before going any further…

    Getting “Senior Leadership” in the era of “one and done” and “transfer to play”…
    is every coaches headache… including Tony Bennett.

    Nevertheless…
    I like the way ^Timbo thinks!!

    There is a Full Moon tonight.

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    01/07/2015 at 1:56 PM #68324
    redisgood
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    Khan wrote:

    I’d short NC State stock here. Bear market of a 3-4 game schedule coming up.

    Khan, you’re shorting penny stocks now? Just kidding, but there will definitely be a buy low opportunity after tonight’s game.

    01/07/2015 at 2:02 PM #68326
    rthomas44
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    If state will not jump out to a crazy l
    ead and just hang close they have a chance

    01/07/2015 at 2:06 PM #68327
    SaccoV
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    Tonight, the Pack turns the ‘John Paul Jones’ Arena into the “Number One Paul Jones” Arena as we apply the Indian Deathlock on the Virginia Cavaliers. Who’s got the belt, WVWolf?!?!?

    01/07/2015 at 2:07 PM #68328
    Texpack
    Participant

    I will operate on the principle that an optimist is never pleasantly surprised and be a pessimist for tonight.

    01/07/2015 at 2:35 PM #68329
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    George Will “The great thing about being a pessimist is that one is constantly being pleasantly surprised or proven right.”

    01/07/2015 at 2:39 PM #68331
    Khan
    Participant

    Khan, you’re shorting penny stocks now? Just kidding, but there will definitely be a buy low opportunity after tonight’s game.

    Lol! I wouldn’t buy after tonight’s game. Maybe buy after the Duke game for a potential swing trade. We’ll lose to UNC, which will likely be priced in, but maybe could get a bounce by beating FSU.

    01/07/2015 at 2:45 PM #68332
    VaWolf82
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    BJD95 wrote:

    George Will “The great thing about being a pessimist is that one is constantly being pleasantly surprised or proven right.”

    A favorite quote of mine that I posted on my office door years ago.

    Another one of my favorites that has nothing do with BB, but comes up frequently in life:

    Never attribute to malice those things easily explained by incompetence.
    Napoleon (supposedly)

    01/07/2015 at 3:10 PM #68335
    PapaJohn
    Participant

    it’s “nice” not “great”

    “The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”

    George Will

    01/07/2015 at 3:31 PM #68337
    Daniel_Simpson_Day
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    01/07/2015 at 4:18 PM #68345
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    I’m partial to “I’m often wrong but never in doubt.”

    01/07/2015 at 5:13 PM #68349
    Timbo
    Participant

    It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
    “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney

    The last thing any NCSTATE fan should ever do is doubt the possible,

    “what do we do when we fail? we pick ourselves back up” said The Butler to BATMAN.

    Is Trevor Lacy really “BATMAN” and can Ralston Turner be Robin, course we don’t have Cat woman, but we do have Cat Barber. I’m going to get drunker than a skunk and quote this stuff all night at the Bar.

    01/07/2015 at 6:11 PM #68351
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant
    Timbo wrote:

    … we don’t have Cat woman …

    Of Course we do…

    Paging DrWuffette… to the operating room, stat….

    and we got Khan too!

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    01/07/2015 at 6:27 PM #68352
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Doc Muffette, baby!

    Hey. If they can manage to find the low post tonight…

    Of course that means successfully getting the ball past the 5 second line, and the boys down low going to the hole with authority…

    Bennet was the guy I scoped years ago. Beej, put the hexxa mecca ding ding on that one.

    01/07/2015 at 6:27 PM #68353
    Wufpacker
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    VaWolf82 wrote:

    Never attribute to malice those things easily explained by incompetence.
    Napoleon (supposedly)

    That one is a favorite of mine as well.

    I’m also partial to “If you’re going through hell, just keep going”.
    -Churchill (IIRC)

    01/07/2015 at 6:51 PM #68355
    wufpup76
    Keymaster
    VaWolf82 wrote:

    Never attribute to malice those things easily explained by incompetence.

    Whenever you see a post of mine, please consider this! 🙂

    01/07/2015 at 7:02 PM #68356
    packbackr04
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    Abu and Washington get the start

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