#7 NC STATE vs #2 SYRACUSE Preview (ACC Tournament Edition)

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  • #46378
    TheAliasTroll
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    best player on the floor VS best team on the floor along with their coach of the year blowing folks out every turn of the season… yeah I’m not as confident as you are.

    We have a better chance of taking out Duke than taking out Clemson and then UVA.

    #46379
    hpack
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    If we somehow find our way to the finals, we’ll win!

    #46382
    Wulfpack
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    I don’t have much confidence in taking out Duke. We’ll see tomorrow, it looks.

    #46384
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    Upon further review of the Yakety Sax vid, Grant did State a favor by trying to make a statement on the follow dunk. That was very makeable, then they are down 1 with 18 seconds to go. But I’ll take the banked 3 and the botched dunk followed by 5 wild threes. Credit to State for the good defense and not fouling on that sequence, credit to the refs for not “seeing” a foul.

    Big ups to the Vandwagon, he played huge today. Only 1 block was credited but he altered more than that.

    #46386
    Texpack
    Participant

    Vandy made TWO non-dunk field goals!

    #46396
    JeremyH
    Participant

    Lunardi has us as “next 4 out”. I have to think that gives us *some* chance with no additional wins

    #46397
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I’m cool with MG in a tourney setting. This is 3 ACCT semifinals in 3 tries, yes? Our guys’ body language is good. We have turned our maybe 2-3% chance of dancing into maybe 15-20%. That’s pretty good work.

    Yes, a win over Duke gets us in. The difference between us and the MAXIMUM 7-10 (I think we are “last 4 out” personally) bubble denizens “in front” is paper thin. Beating Duke sets us apart (4th Top 50 win, 2nd Top 25), nobody else but Providence has even a shot at doing something comparable.

    If we lose, we can argue about whether we are a 1 or 2 seed in the NIT.

    #46401
    JeremyH
    Participant

    So who gets to guard Parker? : )
    Why is Duke always in our way? Its typically us trying to get in and them jockeying for seeding, with them having more rest. (By them I’m lumping UNC and Duke together : ) Its unfortunate this last one isn’t quite enough yet.

    #46402
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I think we have to put Le Nard on Parker, and play him heavy minutes.

    #46403
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    So who gets to guard Parker?

    ^I’d honestly stick Des on him and immediately double any of his post-ups.

    Limit their transition, limit their easy looks, rebound the ball, make them execute half court offense and hit contested jumpers that are not in flow of the offense. Easier said than done, for sure.

    It’d be nice to be able to attack them in transition and get some foul calls, but who am I kidding with that? When’s the last time anyone won a ref battle with Duke? 🙂

    #46404
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    We could also just have KH eat him during pregame warmups.

    Vandy has had his two best games of 2014 back-to-back. Never would have believed it, just an astounding turn around. Like the switch Hipster Cat flips after halftime of late…

    #46405
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    I think we have to put Le Nard on Parker, and play him heavy minutes.

    This, too. My thinking with Des is to limit his perimeter looks and mitigate drives, then contain him in the post.

    #46406
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    ^^Barber has been sensational the last four games.

    #46408
    JeremyH
    Participant

    ^ I seem to only remember the ball handling gaffes that drive me crazy. But yes he is good on D.

    #46409
    JeremyH
    Participant

    I feel like we need to find a way to rest Warren in the first half. This is where it can start catching up with him.

    #46420
    Fastback68
    Participant

    TJ Warren is like a piece of iron. 40 minutes and keep on going.

    #46429
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Hipster Cat had one sloppy sequence when he was tired. Otherwise, he was fantastic in the second half.

    I am 99% sure that the play with 40 seconds left was called during the timeout. It was a good idea, we expected them to be surprised and commit a foul, at bare minimum.

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