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Arizona’s one-two punch the combo to watch this week
Allonzo Trier and Deandre Ayton will enjoy their first national spotlight of the year when the Wildcats compete in this week’s Battle 4 Atlantis, a tournament in the Bahamas that will also feature NC State, Purdue and a potential Villanova-Arizona matchup in the title game.
Trier (30.0 PPG, 10-for-17 from beyond the arc) and Ayton (18.7 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.7 BPG), the projected top-five pick in next summer’s NBA draft, are playing as well as any pair in the country.
The way I see it…
While ‘Zona only has 2 seniors and 3 juniors on the roster, they are BIG with a couple of 7 footers, including Ayton, and Trier outside at 6’5″…
Those are matchup nightmares for the PACK with or without ABU…
Now… our scoring has to come from outside and on layups that are evenly contested AND Freeman and the other PACK frontliners have to stay out of foul trouble.
First year coach Kevin Keatts will go 8-9-10 deep on his bench looking for the hot hands and the right combinations.
If we can do that, we might see a game!
From another angle, and perhaps just as interesting – especially come January – we might get a glimpse as to how the young PACK responds when looking at a double digit deficit for the first time, especially late in the game….
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Footnote:Just for the curious…. Sean Miller’s, or anyone else with the same surname, relationship, or lack thereof, with either NCSU or the FBI, IMHO is not worth mentioning except to avoid the question as to why that’s not mentioned… NOT game factors tonight….
POP!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!At the Under16 in the 1st Half…
PACK 0
Zona 0PACK comes out in good shape up 1, holding Zona to 6 after 4 minutes …
Zona appears to have jetlag…ABU is on the court!!!
Stay tuned….
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Braxton Beverly hits a 3 – so he’s officially in?
ETA: per the broadcast, he WAS granted his waiver. Nice!
Trying to restrain my enthusiasm and save it for the Football game Saturday…
BUT.. Beverly with 2 threes … PACK doubles the score on Zona!
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!At the Under12 in the 1st Half…
PACK 0.5
Zona 0This one is heating up fast!!!
I’m seeing things from the PACK, I haven’t seen often over the last few years…
like holding the #2 team in the country to 12 points in 8 minutes….
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Nice defense. Haven’t stopped em recently, though. Also, we need Yurt and Abu to be BIG tonight. Not seeing it so far. Need to get some threes.
It appears that Y7 likes playing against 7 footers!
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!At the Under8 in the 1st Half…
PACK 0.5
Zona 0let’s just watch what happens next…
PACK Defense is strong, even without L.Freeman…POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Weak foul on Y7. So far so good though. This my first time actually seeing the Pack in action. Then Y7 keeps it alive twice and ends up with a dunk. Nice.
At the Under4 in the 1st Half…
PACK 1
Zona 0Wolfpack is holding it’s own…
Let’s finish this half strong guys…
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Yurt7 needs to dunk it EVERY time. Not strong enough to try the finesse game as a big man in the states. If he can get stronger, rebound, and block shots.
HALFTIME….
Smoke IF you got ’em…
PACK 1
Zona 1and on the Big Board… game tied at 40 all…
Wow! Better than we thought!
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Azzhats with the late rush to tie the game. Overall a nice half by the Pack. Beverly has made his presence known and leads the scoring.
Checking the Box Score…
The Good…
Pack shooting 48% and evenly distributed…
Trier held to 3 pts…The Bad…
Triton, the hometown 1 and doner, with 16pts…
L.Freeman, Dorn, ABU && Y7 all with 2 fouls…Second half should be a good one IF, IF && IF, we can get thru the dreaded 3rd quarter deadzone and keep Zona from making the big run at the end…
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!For a team as disrespected as State to be tied with the #2 team in the nation at halftime is a bit of a win and a bit of reason to perhaps up your expectations for this season. Regardless of the outcome, it seems that our untimely death was reported prematurely. Go ahead and bomb away in the second half, BB. Love the enthusiasm and belief.
Officiating is calling touchy fouls against us. They don’t need any help as this is a legit NBA team with all those bigs. Tied at half is a tremendous accomplishment for Keats young career as head coach. Don’t see us winning but I like what I’m seeing.
Great first half for State.
Al Freeman is 3/10. The rest of the team is 11/20. Against a quality defense.
Al Freeman is 0/3 on 3 pointers. The rest of the team is 5/9.
Al Freeman did not earn any free throws. The rest of the team earned 10 and made 7.Not bagging on Freeman, who has looked good. More an observation of how good the rest of the team has looked so far against a quality opponent.
Long way to go.
Wolfpack gets the 4 point basket the hard way — at the free throw line…
POP!!!
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Don’t recall how many years it has been since I have seen the Pack with such excellent movement without the ball and movement of the ball on offense.
At the Under16 in the 2nd Half…
PACK 1
Zona 1We’re seeing a Big shift in game dynamics…
Markel behind the State bench getting attention from the trainers… Beverly running the show on the court….
Trier now playing PG for Zona…
Fouls for the PACK are mounting…
Next 4 minutes could be critical for either team….
POP!!!#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
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