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Katz has been on point in the past, but he’s clearly a puppet in this interview. I guess the story is that we “ambushed” Villanova, and this is to help Wright save face? lolz.
Handled very well by Gottfried. Tip your hat, just more motivation.
WP76, I saw the same exact interview. It was a complete hatchet job. You could tell Gott was pissed. Katz is such moron.
I think Cat’s best chance at taking his game to the NBA is by staying all four years. I loved Zo and Leslie, but imagine what might have happened if they stayed for their senior years? With Warren firing on ALL cylinders and the guard tandem of Lewis and Cat (he may have been improved with more offensive threats to pass to), we may have made the Sweet 16. And you can argue that the draft class with Wiggins and Parker was stacked, but neither Kansas nor Duke did exceptionally well in those tourneys if I remember and a deep run in the NCAA can definitely help draft stock. I think Cat needs his junior year to let us know that Cat 2.0 is here to stay and then his senior year to take us to the mountain top. Final Four or NC.
For any of you who wonder if stuff written here or elsewhere is read by the players or otherwise gets back to them:
Trevor Lacey was just on Adam & Joe’s radio show. They discussed a lot of things, and motivation came up … I didn’t hear or see this over the weekend, but the players knew of and apparently referenced the VUhoops blog post that referred to State as a “mere speed bump” after the game.
Just something to consider for everyone when they’re writing about 17-22 year old kids, the team, program, etc.
Unfortunate or not, they’re very aware.
The more Greenberg watches the tape of the first game, the more he thinks Louisville will win.
Wait, WHAT?
Dickhole.
Seth Greenberg just reversed course during halftime of the Miami-Richmond Nit game and is now picking Louisville. Says that Pitino will find a way to neutralize Barber and Louisville will win. The narrative has shifted to ‘Pitino can’t be beat with a week to prepare’.
Excellent.
The more Greenberg watches the tape of the first game, the more he thinks Louisville will win.
That’s not a bad choice, in his position I might choose Louisville too.
He must have watched that stretch after the 9 minute mark in the first half of the LSU game, where our offense sputtered and LSU got run outs. Martin had a missed shot, turned over, Lacey had a forced missed shot, Turner missed, Cat turned over. So yeah, we do tend to get jumper happy, no bigs touched the ball in that stretch. There was probably a stretch like that in the Dean Dome but we were probably stronger on the defensive end to stem the tide.
He was talking about the first State/Ville game. There are plenty of reasons to think Ville might win, but THAT particular game tape ain’t one of ’em.
State is a different team now, the jumper happy times are fewer and father between.
re: “For any of you who wonder if stuff written here or elsewhere is read by the players or otherwise gets back to them”
Cat 1.0 might care, PolitiCat 2.0 laughs and says “WTF SFN?”
Cat 1.0 might care, PolitiCat 2.0 laughs and says “WTF SFN?”
Haha, this came up during the Lacey interview as well. Apparently Barber e-mailed the President, a former Chief of Staff who’s a State guy made sure Obama saw the message. Obama apparently responded – no big deal.
Thankfully, anyone with a shred of common sense acknowledges that it was blown entirely out of proportion by the Internet Gestapo.
L’ville MIGHT win.
Look, it’s Tuesday and I know damned well that Pitino has no plan to play man-man like he did in game one. He feared our perimeter just enough to abandon the match-up zone, and,and…3/4 court presses.
He will deploy the zone that he used RELIGIOUSLY since 2012, with the traps, and everything that goes with it.
Big deal. The paint will be open just like Duke2 game. Only this time, our boys know WTF to do with the ball in the paint.
Gottfreid is playing that Duke ACCT tape to the boys for the evening movie hour.
Perhaps Cat can get a summer internship with the State Department, go on a “the f-ck wrong with you?” tour of the Middle East. India and Pakistan, while he’s at it.
Mr. Dog…
You think our BIGS can get inside Harrel’s head again like they did in Louisville?
Now that was fun to watch…#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Louisville’s best hope is for a REALLY tight whistle that sends Harrell to the FT line like 20 times. Otherwise, I don’t see how they crack our defense.
Yeah, it felt weird typing that sentence about NC State. Like, super duper weird.
Perhaps Cat can get a summer internship with the State Department, go on a “the f-ck wrong with you?” tour of the Middle East. India and Pakistan, while he’s at it.
I just choked on my grilled cheese.
Perhaps Cat can get a summer internship with the State Department, go on a “the f-ck wrong with you?” tour of the Middle East. India and Pakistan, while he’s at it.
I’m extremely tired and misread that and thought, what the hell did I do?
In the best of things, Harrell has to go 1 on 4.
Obviously, not in the moment, but over the game span.
Sh#t. I’m stoked. RP is an awesome coach, but…if I can get my guys to execute, he can’t beat me with who I got.
This is a pretty fair assessment of the game:
EAST REGION
NC State WolfpackReasons the Wolfpack advance: The NCAA tournament usually comes down to guard play, and Anthony “Cat” Barber, Trevor Lacey and Ralston Turner are as good a tandem as any three guards in the remaining field. Barber might just be the fastest player in the nation with the ball in his hands. NC State improved collectively once he learned the nuances of when to dial it back and when to go al- out. At 6-foot-3, 208 pounds, Lacey is a physical guard who can finish despite contact in the lane. Turner doesn’t need much separation from a defender in order to get his shot off. And when they’re all making shots, they become a headache to defend.
Reasons the Wolfpack go home: The Pack have been capable of pulling upsets all season, like their wins over Duke, at North Carolina and at Louisville. Their shooting tends to be streaky; that’s why they’ve also proved to be capable of letdowns like against Wofford, at Wake Forest and at Boston College. The NCAA tournament is a not-so-forgiving place for a letdown, and their inconsistent nature could lead to their elimination.
Louisville Cardinals
Reasons the Cardinals advance: The top two seeds in the region are gone, and coach Rick Pitino is at the helm. His only loss in the Sweet 16 (11-1) came last year to Kentucky. Give him a week to prepare and basically give him a Sharpie to write Louisville into the Elite Eight. Guard Terry Rozier has been responsible for 54 percent of the Cardinals’ offense in the NCAA tournament, which is the most among any player, according to ESPN Stats & Info. The experience of having been there before helps, too, as Louisville makes its fourth straight appearance in the Sweet 16. Senior Wayne Blackshear has been to two Final Fours and has never known a first-weekend exit in the NCAA tournament. He showed that experience matters with a game-tying shot against UC Irvine.
Reasons the Cardinals go home: Because of Chris Jones’ dismissal, the Cardinals had to thrust freshman Quentin Snider into the starting lineup. Snider has been solid but is still very much learning on the job, especially when it comes to shot selection, given a game’s time and situation. Then there are the scoring droughts. They’re untimely, but they come like clockwork, way more often than Pitino would like. Louisville is limited offensively, and a well-played zone defense could end up being its kryptonite.
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