ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
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Maryland schedule to date: vs UNCW W 71-62 vs #15 Alabama L 62-42 vs Colorado W 78-71 vs Iona L 89-63 Florida Gulf Coast W 73-67 Illinois L 71-62 Notre Dame W 78-71 Mount St. Mary's W 77-74 Florida International W 65-61 Radford W 65-60 Albany W 83-72 Samford W 75-63 Cornell W 70-62
GO STATE! 1/5/2012 7:47:03 PM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
BIG W!
State 77 Terps 71 1/5/2012 7:52:55 PM
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Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
If we want even a slim chance at making the tourney this is already a must win. 1/5/2012 7:54:47 PM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
The old pack fan in me has me thinking "heartbreaking loss" for every game that should be a W. 1/5/2012 7:56:47 PM
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hypaone All American 11084 Posts user info edit post |
iop1
plz2win
Go Pack! 1/5/2012 7:57:55 PM
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ncstatetke All American 41128 Posts user info edit post |
i'm very worried about this game 1/5/2012 7:58:20 PM
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AC Slater All American 9276 Posts user info edit post |
iop1
plz2win
Go Pack! 1/5/2012 7:59:02 PM
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Elwood All American 4057 Posts user info edit post |
The road to the NIT starts Sunday!!!
go pack!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1/5/2012 8:06:02 PM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i'm very worried about this game" |
To me MD looks decent, can't figure out why everyone says they are awful 1/5/2012 8:09:35 PM
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Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "can't figure out why everyone says they are awful" |
Quote : | "Maryland schedule to date: vs UNCW W 71-62 vs #15 Alabama L 62-42 vs Colorado W 78-71 vs Iona L 89-63 Florida Gulf Coast W 73-67 Illinois L 71-62 Notre Dame W 78-71 Mount St. Mary's W 77-74 Florida International W 65-61 Radford W 65-60 Albany W 83-72 Samford W 75-63 Cornell W 70-62" |
1/5/2012 8:24:31 PM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Well in terms of RPI Iona and Illinois are top 35. And they have a lethal scoring threat in stoglin that can light it up from behind the arc, plus a productive big man that just became eligible. Not saying that we are in for the L, but just that this is not the easy W that people are claiming in the press.
[Edited on January 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM. Reason : df] 1/5/2012 8:38:04 PM
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GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
Plz2win for Debbie ![](images/spin.gif) 1/5/2012 8:39:34 PM
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wilso All American 14657 Posts user info edit post |
Points per game (National Rank) NC State - 77.3 (34) Maryland - 69.4 (157)
FG% (National Rank) NC State - 48.1% (32) Maryland - 44.4% (145)
FT% (National Rank) NC State - 75.2% (22) [Best in ACC] Maryland - 64.9% (268)
Turnovers per game NC State - 13.4 Maryland - 13.2
Steals per game NC State - 6.4 Maryland - 3.8 [Worst in ACC]
Offensive rebounds per game NC State - 12.8 Maryland - 13.2
Defensive rebounds per game NC State - 25.8 Maryland - 23.8
Assists per game (National Rank) NC State - 17.8 (7) [Second-best in ACC] Maryland - 11.2 (284) [Worst in ACC]
Stoglin accounts for about 30% of Maryland's scoring, while most of our points are spread fairly evenly through our starting 5 1/5/2012 8:57:49 PM
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Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Well in terms of RPI Iona and Illinois are top 35" |
RPI is dumb 1/5/2012 9:02:08 PM
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wilso All American 14657 Posts user info edit post |
RPI only matters when it favors us anyway 1/5/2012 9:05:22 PM
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face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
Illinois and Iona are both on our level. Those aren't bad losses.
It's their plethora of close wins vs horrible teams that is more concerning.
We have a history of letting one man teams destroy us though. That's one thing we've been very consistent at for over a decade whether it's Eddie House, Reggie Jackson, etc.
However, this isn't exactly a one man team. This Len kid has played well, Padgett is a beast, and Mosley is steady.
They are a flat out horrible defensive team so I expect us to have our way with them. We're hard enough to stop from scoring efficiently as it is, I can't imagine we don't hang ~80 on them and they don't score like that.
We seem to have hit our stride since the St. Bonaventure miracle with 3 of our last 4 games being big wins. We have a chance to make the tournament still but these next four games are all virtually must wins. 1/5/2012 11:06:37 PM
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ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
I agree with face 1/5/2012 11:42:16 PM
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aph319 All American 8570 Posts user info edit post |
1/5/2012 11:47:09 PM
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Lokken All American 13361 Posts user info edit post |
I would feel much better about this if our fans didn't suck so much ![](images/frown.gif) 1/5/2012 11:55:48 PM
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tower All American 12280 Posts user info edit post |
those maryland stats remind me a lot of sidney lowe teams. they dont flat out blow but they do nothing well. and the concept of forcing turnovers on defense is foreign to them 1/6/2012 12:03:42 AM
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ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
^^#trollhard
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 2:30 AM. Reason : ] 1/6/2012 2:30:53 AM
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Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Illinois and Iona are both on our level. Those aren't bad losses. " |
I know you're just comparing Pomeroy ratings, but any time you lose by 26, it's a bad loss. 1/6/2012 7:39:46 AM
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BigT716 All American 3458 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "They are a flat out horrible defensive team so I expect us to have our way with them. We're hard enough to stop from scoring efficiently as it is, I can't imagine we don't hang ~80 on them and they don't score like that." |
Let's be real here. Our big men have problems against any defense with some height. Unless something has changed in the past few games, we might not put up as many as you think.
Then again, Brown is more and more willing to drive, and that helps the bigs quite a bit.
please2w 1/6/2012 7:50:43 AM
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jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "That's one thing we've been very consistent at for over a decade whether it's Eddie House, Reggie Jackson, etc." |
Pretty sure we beat the Eddie House-led Sun Devils both times that year...even with him going off. 1/6/2012 8:07:46 AM
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MORR1799 All American 3051 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ agreed. 26 points is
FWIW, it was a neutral site game in Puerto Rico, and they played without both Pe'Shon Howard and Alex Len, who are now starting. They are getting a late start on figuring out who their team is and what they can do.
In their last game against a bad Cornell team at home, Maryland jumped out to a 30-8 lead in the first 10 mins. Then in the 2nd half, it wasn't until the 8:30 mark that they scored a field goal. They let Cornell climb all the way back, and it was a 2-point game with 2:00 left. 1/6/2012 8:27:43 AM
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dswillia Q(o.oQ) 2190 Posts user info edit post |
to me looks like a dancing W to me 1/6/2012 10:21:09 AM
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ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
Supposedly Gottfried has told the team they have to win 11 games to make the tournament. At least he doesn't sugar coat anything. 1/6/2012 10:30:05 AM
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timbo All American 1003 Posts user info edit post |
Not only does MD have a new coach and a young squad, but they started with a soft schedule and have played ZERO road games. We will take them to downtown pound town. At least a 10+ pt victory. 1/6/2012 10:54:02 AM
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jdennis86 All American 3004 Posts user info edit post |
Is downtown pound town more hardcore than just pound town? 1/6/2012 11:06:10 AM
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aaronburro Sup, B 52786 Posts user info edit post |
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1/6/2012 11:07:36 AM
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justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27562 Posts user info edit post |
Waltzing L 1/6/2012 11:10:22 AM
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Bullet All American 28165 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Is downtown pound town more hardcore than just pound town?" |
it's certainly much more hardcore than uptown pound town 1/6/2012 11:20:23 AM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
I hope that there is no football going on in texas so that I can find a bar around here to watch the game. Because when any football is on, and it doesn't matter if people are actively watching it or not, they often times ignore your request to put on college bball. 1/6/2012 11:35:28 AM
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justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27562 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " it's certainly much more hardcore than uptown pound town" |
Unless you're in charlotte, then they are the same thing. 1/6/2012 11:38:29 AM
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ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
^^ steelers/broncos will be going on at the same time. maybe it'll be a blowout by 6:00 though, so there's some hope 1/6/2012 11:45:39 AM
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MrLuvaLuva85 All American 4265 Posts user info edit post |
c'mon boys...1-0 in the ACC
also, from PP, Calvin Leslie:
Quote : | ""It's like this. The open guy gets the ball, the open guy takes the shot. If you see a guy open, just give him the ball. It doesn't matter who scores." " |
The fact that Leslie of all people is talking like this means so much...he's buying into the team...i love it
http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/1146166.html
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM. Reason : asf] 1/6/2012 2:20:50 PM
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simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
it also means that in his mind if he has an open look, he's taking it, which is an attitude that he's more than demonstrated.
i'd like to see less three pointers out of his chest-shot jumper thing. 1/6/2012 2:36:14 PM
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MrLuvaLuva85 All American 4265 Posts user info edit post |
^good point...but the whole interview is much better than the past CJ 1/6/2012 2:37:40 PM
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wolfpack2105 All American 12428 Posts user info edit post |
^^you do know that he hasn't taken more than 1 3 pointer in any game this season don't you? He has also hit 2 of them. I don't mind him taking one a game. For one, hes shown he CAN hit it, and for two, that puts thoughts into his defenders head that he can take that shot, making him extend his defense, opening up other options. 1/6/2012 3:24:51 PM
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Bullet All American 28165 Posts user info edit post |
I'm pretty sure he airballed (another) one against Deleware St. 1/6/2012 3:36:17 PM
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face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
Agreed Ernie, the 26 point loss to Iona is a bad loss. Just thought you were saying the RPI is dumb because it had Illinois and Iona rated highly even though that is accurate.
This early there are definitely some severely overrated/underrated teams based off the RPI for sure.
At 11-5 we'd be a lock for the NCAA tourney, at 10-6 with 1 ACC tournament win we'd be a near lock. At 9-7 with 1 ACCT win we're probably around 50-50, with 2 ACCT wins we'd be 80%+
No doubt that this is the worst ACC in decades, but people put way too much stock into how strong your conference is. If we have the credentials, we'll get in. This isn't the MAC or something...
Losing all three vs Stanford, Indiana, and Vandy is a killer right now though, we'd wouldn't be on the outside looking in by so much if we'd won one of those games. The Stanford game in particular is a killer since they're favorites to finish at the top of the Pac 12 and we had that game.
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM. Reason : a] 1/6/2012 3:52:37 PM
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dmspack oh we back 25276 Posts user info edit post |
Need a win here...go Pack! 1/6/2012 5:37:28 PM
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Bweez All American 10849 Posts user info edit post |
Need a stream please, no espn3![](images/frown.gif) 1/6/2012 6:04:39 PM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
It is ESPNU, go to a bar
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 6:06 PM. Reason : df] 1/6/2012 6:05:29 PM
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Bweez All American 10849 Posts user info edit post |
oh nevermind
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 6:22 PM. Reason : .] 1/6/2012 6:08:05 PM
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BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Oh yeah and Howell, please keep pulling in those double doubles and proving face right. 1/7/2012 3:50:48 PM
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skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "http://www.justin.tv/turgeontime Password: doubledouble" |
Guy on UMD board says he is putting up this stream 1/7/2012 4:52:31 PM
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justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27562 Posts user info edit post |
Well obviously somebody should call the cops on him, since he's a maryland fan. 1/7/2012 5:05:18 PM
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aph319 All American 8570 Posts user info edit post |
Why again is ESPN U not streamed on ESPN 3? 1/7/2012 8:37:15 PM
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ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
^I think it's still partially to push the cable ops to put it on a higher subscription tier, but I'm not really sure. Sometimes events on ESPNU are on ESPN3, I haven't really figured out the pattern yet
[Edited on January 7, 2012 at 8:54 PM. Reason : if you have TWC you can watch it at WatchESPN.com though.] 1/7/2012 8:54:24 PM
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