Eastern Kentucky (6-1)
	vs
	NC State (3-2)
	Saturday, November 30th, 8:00pm TV: ESPN3

Eastern Kentucky schedule to date:
Florida International University W 83-61
@ Kennesaw State University W 68-60
Youngstown State University L 67-75
Warren Wilson College W 114-45
High Point University W 74-67
Alabama A&M University W 82-68
Brescia University W 95-56

For face's sake, Kenpom has us at 103 and them at 142. Vegas has us as 10 point favorites.

11/30/2013 12:08:53 AM

Quote :

"The NC State men's basketball team will play the fourth of seven straight home games Saturday night when it hosts Eastern Kentucky at PNC Arena at 8 p.m. State has won seven of eight home contests dating back to last season. The Wolfpack (3-2) is coming off perhaps its best performance of the season, an 82-62 victory over 2013 NCAA Sweet 16 program Florida Gulf Coast. T.J. Warren scored 30 points and the Pack also received a lift with the return of 7-1 senior center Jordan Vandenberg. The fifth-year senior missed four games due to injury, but his seven points, 10 rebounds and inside defensive presence allowed NC State to post season bests in points allowed (62) and opponent shooting percentage (.345). EKU, one of the favorites to contend in the Ohio Valley Conference, is 6-1 this season with a pair of wins against non-Division I teams. The Colonels won 25 games last season and earned a berth into the CIT. NC State leads the all-time series with Eastern Kentucky 9-1, but the entire series was played during the Everett Case era. Following Saturday night's contest, NC State will host Northwestern Wednesday, Dec. 4 in the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The contest vs. Northwestern will be televised on ESPNU. The Starting 5 - The top 5 storylines for this game 1. NEW PACK 5 Head coach Mark Gottfried rolled out a new starting unit on Tuesday vs. Florida Gulf Coast, with Cat Barber and Jordan Vandenberg starting with T.J. Warren, Lennard Freeman and Desmond Lee. The group helped build a 15-point halftime lead en route to an 82-62 Wolfpack victory. It was the first career start for Barber and the first action of the season for the previously-injured Vandenberg. Gottfried said after the game that the size and experience of Vandenberg and the defensive speed of Barber made an impact in the NC State win. 2. AUSSIE RETURNS After losing 40 pounds in the offseason, fifth-year senior Jordan Vandenberg was in a position to have the best season of his college career. Unfortunately, the 7-1 Vandenberg suffered a Grade 3 high ankle sprain during the team's exhibition vs. UNC Pembroke on Oct. 30. The Australia native made his return vs. Florida Gulf Coast, scoring seven points and pulling in 10 rebounds in one of the best performances of his career. Vandenberg's reverse alley-oop dunk he caught from Cat Barber was No. 9 on the Sportscenter Top 10 for Nov. 26. 3. #TonyBuckets T.J. Warren stands fourth in the ACC with 21.2 points per game. The 6-8 sophomore poured in 30 points vs. Florida Gulf Coast, one shy of his career high he set last season against Florida State. Warren leads NC State in minutes (33.8), scoring (21.2), rebounding (6.6) and steals (2.0). In the season opener vs. Appalachian State, he shot 13-for-20 from the floor to score 27 points with eight rebounds. At Cincinnati, Warren posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, his third career double-double. Warren then scored 23 points on 10-for-20 shooting vs. Campbell on Nov. 16. 4. BALL CONTROL One area where NC State has thrived this season has been in the turnover department. The Wolfpack has not committed more turnovers than its opponent in any game this season, posting a season average of +3.8 in turnover margin. Guards Tyler Lewis and Cat Barber have combined for 38 assists against just 16 turnovers. Currently, the Pack stands third in the ACC in turnover margin. 5. THE 11TH MONTH AT HOME NC State is 16-3 in home nonconference games in the month of November dating back to November 2008. Gottfried started 4-1 in November nonleague games at home during his first year at NC State and then went 2-0 last year. Overall, NC State is 57-13 (.814) during the month of November since 1999. "

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112913aaa.html

11/30/2013 12:10:26 AM

the torch has been passed

11/30/2013 12:11:55 AM

F that, I'm just filling in while ncsuftw1 is passed out on that Tryptophan.

11/30/2013 12:15:14 AM

welp. hockey gamedays are killer. was just about to post it.

who's sitting where tomorrow?

11/30/2013 12:21:00 AM

Its worth mentioning that vandenberg sending anya/washington and barber sending lewis to the bench does make us a significantly better team.

If we run with Barber, Lee, Warren, Freeman, Vandy. With Turner/Lewis in support roles qe actually have an okay team. Probably not .500 in acc play or bubble worthy but we could perhaps go .500 overall and qualify for the NIT.

11/30/2013 12:34:10 AM

11/30/2013 12:44:34 AM

[Edited on November 30, 2013 at 12:45 AM. Reason : ]

11/30/2013 12:44:34 AM

Yay go basketball team!

11/30/2013 6:45:33 PM

I definitely did a double take when i saw our "team leaders" on rebounds being Vandy at 10.

The guy looked pretty motivated against FGCU. I just hope he can keep up his aggressiveness all year and he could be a valuable big man while Anya develops.

11/30/2013 6:56:22 PM

Excited to watch our Numba 2 Stunna Vandy light up the white hats or whatever EKU is

11/30/2013 7:53:56 PM

^ they are the kernels.

11/30/2013 7:56:02 PM

did I just hear our coach called mike gottfried

11/30/2013 8:01:16 PM

TBDV with a rebound

11/30/2013 8:09:17 PM

theyre hacking the hell out of us

11/30/2013 8:09:45 PM

TWW should pool money for a private box to yell derogatory comments from.

11/30/2013 8:11:52 PM

anybody got a stream link that plays pretty with macs?

11/30/2013 8:12:11 PM

you might not want to watch this...

11/30/2013 8:22:03 PM

Stream

http://firstrowus1.eu/watch/224703/1/watch-eastern-kentucky-vs-north-carolina-state.html

11/30/2013 8:22:14 PM

is EKU's zone defense better than Syracuse's?

11/30/2013 8:24:02 PM

does espn3 not work an Macs?

11/30/2013 8:24:15 PM

turner has air balled two 3s and done a richard howell power dribble special down low

clearly better than scott wood

11/30/2013 8:24:50 PM

we lookin poopy

11/30/2013 8:24:57 PM

3 point defense would be nice to have. Sometime. Someday.

Lewis is trying to carry the team. That ain't gonna work

11/30/2013 8:25:15 PM

3 air balls

11/30/2013 8:28:29 PM

3 shots for Turner and none closer than 3 feet from the rim.

11/30/2013 8:29:02 PM

Anyone got a stream that works? First Row has nothing.

11/30/2013 8:29:13 PM

the only open shots we can get are kyle washington 18 footers

11/30/2013 8:31:10 PM

can't drive, can't hit a bucket.

11/30/2013 8:31:10 PM

Not using it so no clue if it works

http://www.feed2all.eu/watch/224703/1/watch-eastern-kentucky-vs-north-carolina-state.html

11/30/2013 8:34:01 PM

patrick wallace > ralston turner

11/30/2013 8:34:03 PM

Lewis better not get too comfortable in that starting position. Cat is probably the best finisher we've had at guard in decades.

11/30/2013 8:38:21 PM

firstrow stream does work

Quote :

"Lewis better not get too comfortable in that starting position."

you're 2 games late my friend, but we're glad you made it none the less

11/30/2013 8:39:26 PM

Uh Gavin Grant hello

^I keep getting Error 522 Timed Out

[Edited on November 30, 2013 at 8:39 PM. Reason : ,]

11/30/2013 8:39:33 PM

21 point first half by our offensive genius coach

11/30/2013 8:39:45 PM

dunno i'm def watching the firstrow stream at work

11/30/2013 8:40:39 PM

This team won't sniff the tourney

11/30/2013 8:40:49 PM

I keep getting same error 522 for firstrow too

11/30/2013 8:41:37 PM

meh, haven't watched much of this abortion of a team to catch that Lewis had already been bounced. I like the kid, but Cat is clearly gonna be the man.

[Edited on November 30, 2013 at 8:45 PM. Reason : .]

11/30/2013 8:44:24 PM

Firstrow just started working for me, try again

11/30/2013 8:45:45 PM

only question is how long is cat going to stay around? I figure we're looking at 2 years

11/30/2013 8:47:30 PM

Cat'll be here for four years

11/30/2013 8:49:06 PM

Cat might learn from Cancer-J Leslie and hang around for 4

11/30/2013 8:50:22 PM

nah, i have a feeling he'll be joining TJ in Erie or Des Moines before his SR year

11/30/2013 8:51:20 PM

Cat might learn from Cancer-J Leslie and hang around for 4 leave after this year

11/30/2013 8:51:39 PM

this game is reminiscent of that St. John's spectacle during Lowe's tenure

11/30/2013 8:57:20 PM

warren needs to never leave

11/30/2013 8:57:54 PM

good start to the firstsecond half

i wonder if gott showed tj and cat their obviously racist mascot during halftime to fire them up

[Edited on November 30, 2013 at 8:58 PM. Reason : s]

11/30/2013 8:57:59 PM

I hope Cat fixes his hair soon

11/30/2013 9:09:29 PM

Warren is a beast

11/30/2013 9:10:26 PM