Basketball in Blacksburg

OK, perhaps that title is a logical absurdity.  But the fact remains that the Pack travels to VT today to kick off its ACC schedule.

It never really feels like winter to me until the conference portion of the schedule gets underway.  This year, there was also that little issue of it being warmer at Christmas time than Satan’s underpants.  But today we get the conference basketball, and seasonable temps.  Hello winter.

I would also be remiss if I didn’t point out that the statistical awesomeness of VaWolf82 has also been dusted off and rebooted for your 2016 pleasure.  If you haven’t read it already, you should.  It will explain why many of us are sweating March already, and why in any case, the Wolfpack has some work to do in the next two and a half months.

Speaking of which, it’s difficult to call a Jan 2 game at VT a must win….but with home dates vs ‘Ville and FSU, and road trips to Winston Salem and Chapel Hill in the next couple weeks, this one is about as important as any game against a VT Basketball team ever is.  State needs W’s, and there’s one there for the taking today.

Tip time is 2pm.

TV is the RSNs/ESPN3. (FoxSportsSouth locally)

Time for the Bad Kitteh to go to work

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Go Pack!!!!

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  • #95634
    Wufpacker
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    OK, perhaps that title is a logical absurdity.  But the fact remains that the Pack travels to VT today to kick off its ACC schedule. It never really f
    [See the full post at: Basketball in Blacksburg]

    #95636
    VaWolf82
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    I’ve seen a comment in one of the forum threads predicting that ACC teams will go to a box and 1 to stop Cat. I would think that a zone would be more likely. We pretty much know what Gott has, so let’s see what Buzz rolls out….

    #95637
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Needless to say…MUST WIN GAME.

    #95642
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Agreed Va. I’d 3-2 the hell out us until our bigs could prove otherwise.

    #95643
    Wulfpack
    Participant

    Yea, gotta win this won with what we have coming up.

    #95646
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Northeastern is MUCH better than VPI. Play like we did that game, and we should roll this afternoon. The castrated turkeys just lost their best guard to a broken foot, too.

    #95647
    Texpack
    Participant

    I’ve seen a comment in one of the forum threads predicting that ACC teams will go to a box and 1 to stop Cat. I would think that a zone would be more likely. We pretty much know what Gott has, so let’s see what Buzz rolls out….

    Guilty. You may be right about the zones, but perhaps GFK and Twin A can make teams hgthat zone pay.

    We have no shot to win games where Cat doesn’t score 20+ so that will be the absolute focus of the defenses we encounter.

    #95648
    PapaJohn
    Participant

    They aren’t shooting well from outside, we aren’t guarding well from outside. Given Pack luck, sounds like a formula for VT to fill it up.

    Pomeroy is picking them by 1, but that probably doesn’t consider the loss of Clarke. You’d have to think we are favored, even though it is a road game.

    Big Questions for me:
    Can Cat keep up the number of minutes without being less effective?
    Can Mav handle teams game planning for him?
    Can the bigs limit the fouls enough to be effective in league play?
    Can the bigs score enough to take some of the pressure off the perimeter?
    Are we EVER going to start using our athleticism to play defense?

    #95649
    TheAliasTroll
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    I didn’t even realize we played today until just now. Just happened to check the schedule to see when our next game was and apparently it’s in 2 minutes. Nice! Go Pack!

    For those curious, we are favored by 2.5

    #95650
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    ^ Timing is everything. Well done, Sir.

    #95651
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Take the Pack and the points. Feelin’ frisky!

    #95652
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Fastest turnover ever?

    #95653
    Texpack
    Participant

    The joys of ESPN3! Lost the sound

    #95654
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Good help so far. Active Hippo is a good NC State.

    #95655
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Does Buzz have less neck than usual today?

    #95656
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Scoring is slow to start.
    Ugly game so far.
    Agreed it is a must win.

    #95657
    Texpack
    Participant

    Doubling Abu? Must not have access to any game video on us.

    #95658
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Does Buzz have less neck than usual today?

    Hard to get less than none

    #95659
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Scar
    Scared to take against anya

    #95660
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Twin A with a little Buckets action. Interesting.

    #95661
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Cat looks good early

    #95662
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Holy shit, KH is in full-on BEAST MODE today. VPI is scared shitless of him. Changed the game completely.

    #95663
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Anyone pay attention to KH’s footwork those opening 6 minutes? Dunno if he specifically worked on that as part of his weight loss program (maybe he did tai-chi or boxing?) but man, were his feet QUICK.

    #95664
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Oh dear lord…I knew our bigs weren’t good from close in, but Abu just airballed a two footer, and it wasn’t even close to drawing iron. I mean….wtf?

    #95665
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Serious, I think Abu needs to see the eye doctor.

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