It's funny because he's fat

10/5/2016 3:08:38 PM

10/5/2016 3:45:39 PM

"Is that a donut??"



This one my fav^ Lots of meme potential


[Edited on October 13, 2016 at 11:44 AM. Reason : n]

10/13/2016 11:42:31 AM

this remains one of my favorite gifs.

10/16/2016 2:32:23 PM

I don't get it

10/16/2016 2:43:38 PM

sad because we lost to clemson. but then basketball season is on the horizon.

10/16/2016 2:55:21 PM

^he gets it

[Edited on October 16, 2016 at 3:09 PM. Reason : a]

10/16/2016 3:09:01 PM

^ yeah because he wrote it you dipshit.

10/16/2016 3:09:24 PM

Huh

10/16/2016 4:18:57 PM

I lold

10/16/2016 6:02:28 PM

10/16/2016 6:31:02 PM

i doubt we will come that close to winning in cameron

10/16/2016 10:32:01 PM

Yeah, I doubt Duke shits the bed at home.

10/16/2016 11:40:00 PM

If everyone is eligible, im starting to doubt we lose a game this year

10/17/2016 1:09:13 AM

Dude LSU is gonna lose a ton of games this year.

10/17/2016 9:46:57 AM

Last year I watched one of my schools fail miserably with the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft.

Can you imagine the complex I have now with DSJ being projected as #1 overall. Im gonna have a meltdown if the same shit happens again

10/17/2016 1:08:12 PM

as a long-time State fan I just expect the worst but hope for the best. I'm numb to it all now.

10/17/2016 1:25:47 PM

I doubt that he will stay as the number one pick throughout the whole season. I will be happy if he finishes as a top 5 projected pick.

10/17/2016 1:30:52 PM

Quote :

"Matt Norlander ?@MattNorlander 3h3 hours ago Matt Norlander Retweeted Evan Daniels I’m hearing he’ll miss some games but should ultimately be ruled eligible. NC State is a top-35 team with him on the floor.Matt Norlander added, Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels NC State is still waiting word form NCAA on Omer Yurtseven's eligibility. Yurtseven/Smith would be one of best guard/post tandems in college "

10/18/2016 3:13:58 PM

Obviously #sources, but I read some UK posters discussing Yurtseven after one of their connected people said he would be ruled eligible in the coming days. They were whining because Kanter had the exact same situation and didn't make it through the clearing house.

[Edited on October 18, 2016 at 3:21 PM. Reason : also top 35 team sounds like a backhanded compliment]

10/18/2016 3:18:23 PM

i certainly hope that info is accurate. i only question it because the NCAA isn't gonna leak any information about a decision. they just don't really do that. so any #sources would be coming from the NC State side - and maybe our coaches and compliance office are optimistic and have done all their research, but that's not really anything new or breaking until there's actually an announcement, right? maybe i'm just being too skeptical.

also, with yurt7 i think we are better than "top 35". think we could be top 20 or better.

10/18/2016 3:23:14 PM

I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that UK higher ups have their finger on CBB's pulse. They've got plenty of friends in the NCAA office.

10/18/2016 3:27:42 PM

i'm more worried about kapita.

yurtseven/his family protected his interests as best they could in regards to his college eligibility. kapita on the other hand, has not.

10/18/2016 4:19:36 PM

I'd be happy to just get Yurt, but Kapita is definitely icing on the cake if he's eligible too.

10/18/2016 5:26:14 PM

I think all along it was a given that Yurtseven would be cleared before Kapita, the whole Kapita situation is just a bit odd and no telling how it will go.

I just don't see how the guy says we're "top 35" with everyone cleared. I'm all for people ranking us preseason lower because we haven't gotten word on a couple of our key players, but if we're assuming everyone is cleared, just from a talent standpoint you'd be hard pressed to find 25 teams with more talent.

Not saying we should be ranked if everyone is cleared because freshmen can take a while to acclimate, but talent-wise(which is what preseason rankings SHOULD be based on), we're easily top 25.

10/19/2016 9:11:16 AM

This^ What was LSU preseason rank last year with just one player.

WE are easily better than that team with the current roster IMO

[Edited on October 19, 2016 at 9:57 AM. Reason : s]

10/19/2016 9:57:42 AM

But is our coach any better? Probably, but then I am also a better coach than Johnny Jones.

10/19/2016 10:01:47 AM

It wasnt just 1 player. Antonio Blankeney was a projected late first rounder that came in as a freshman (so dennis: ben simmons :: yurt7 : blakeney) and tim quarterman was a projected late second rounder.

But blakeney was pretty terrible all year, quarterman was just ok, the best 3pt shooter and senior leader got hurt, and they had no post presence inside (plus johnny jones is an awful, awful coach). So they sucked and only Simmons got drafted.

This team has way more depth and balance at all positions than that team though assuming they get cleared, so it should definitely be ranked if LSU was, so I do agree with your overall point.

HOWEVA, I will say this. I think it was CBS or someone who had a ranking of all like 200 teams in the preseason and they had LSU like 40th. So need to keep an eye out on those, probably not out yet.

eta:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/cbs-sports-2015-16-ranking-of-every-college-basketball-team-from-1-351/

Found it!. LSU 38th, NC State 32nd lolololol

So give them some credit for not buying into the hype, but not too much credit.

10/19/2016 10:07:02 AM

^

Quote :

"Losing Trevor Lacey was a hit that wasn’t quite expected, but at 24 years old he felt it was time to start making money. It’s now Cat Barber’s show, and he’ll be helped by Abdul-Malik Abu, the Martin twins, and a newly-skinny Beejay Anya."

[Edited on October 19, 2016 at 10:27 AM. Reason : ]

10/19/2016 10:26:48 AM

How prophetic that there was no mention of Terry

10/19/2016 10:29:02 AM

Quote :

"But is our coach any better? Probably, but then I am also a better coach than Johnny Jones."

that's a super low bar but yeah Gott is definitely better than Jones. shit we're 2-0 vs them , right?

10/19/2016 11:33:06 AM

Yoooo somone send me a PM if they have an extra ticket for the Friday night festivities.

10/19/2016 1:29:09 PM

they arent basing it on talent. they are basing it on expected performance. last time we had top 5 talent and the pollsters remember how that turned out. even last year was an underperformance

10/19/2016 5:02:13 PM

Why would they expect last year's team to be the 32nd best in the country?

10/19/2016 5:13:52 PM

Prolly cuz we went to the sweet 16 and Abu looked like a potential 2016 first round pick at the end of the season.

10/19/2016 5:40:11 PM

you couldnt find 31 teams with more talent

10/19/2016 5:48:13 PM

Abu only looked like a 1st round pick to State fans

Hell, any big man that can dunk more than he dribbles it off his feet out of bounds is a hall of famer to Pack fans

Our second leading scorer was a white freshman, but only a couple dozen teams had more talent...

[Edited on October 19, 2016 at 6:38 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2016 6:33:04 PM

Quote :

"last time we had top 5 talent"

Last time we had top 5 talent was like 30+ years ago.

Hell we get to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our last conference championship this year.

10/19/2016 8:20:04 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–13_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_rankings#Preseason_polls

10/19/2016 9:00:49 PM

#neverforget

10/20/2016 8:13:27 AM

http://packinsider.com/2016/10/19/cbs-reports-yurtseven-will-likely-eligible/

Just a tweet about someone "hearing things", but positive nonetheless.

10/20/2016 8:24:03 AM

So interestingly enough, the same CBS ranking of all teams came out yesterday after I posted last years

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-kentucky-kansas-top-cbs-sports-1-351-college-basketball-rankings/

And we are ranked #32 again.

So thats wild.

Quote :

"Dennis Smith Jr. is my pick for top point guard in the country by season's end. Morris will do more at Iowa State, but Smith is the better point guard overall. He's surrounded with a lot of interesting players this season. I think NC State is way undervalued right now. Abdul-Malik Abu is a top-100 player, Omer Yurtseven should get eligible, and when he does,he'll be one of the 10 best freshmen in the ACC. Buy on the Wolfpack."

10/20/2016 11:06:33 AM

http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/basketball-men/polls/coaches-poll/2016/1/

ZERO votes for NC State

10/20/2016 11:12:14 AM

gottfried doesnt even think we should be ranked?

10/20/2016 11:26:04 AM

it doesnt matter how much talent we have the result has always been the same. the experts will do that until we prove different

10/20/2016 11:35:31 AM

The board for the 2016-17 season: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Tad Boyle, Colorado; Todd Bozeman, Morgan State; Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn; Scott Cherry, High Point; Tim Cluess, Iona; Jon Coffman, IP-Fort Wayne; Mick Cronin, Cincinnati; Keith Dambrot, Akron; Cameron Dollar, Seattle; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Bill Evans, Idaho State; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Mark Fox, Georgia; John Gallagher, Hartford; Matthew Graves, South Alabama; Mike Rhoades, Rice; George Ivory, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Dave Loos, Austin Peay; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Matt Painter, Purdue; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara; Mike Young, Wofford.

10/20/2016 11:41:18 AM

We won't receive votes until official word on Yurtseven and Kapita comes down.

10/20/2016 11:49:32 AM

Or until we can prove that we can actually win games with talent not just have it on the roster.

10/20/2016 12:04:05 PM

man y'all some negative ass nancies in here. we gon wreck shit this year

10/20/2016 12:11:04 PM

^I agree

Quote :

"Others Receiving Votes Florida State 65; Iowa State 56; California 43; Miami (Fla.) 35; Dayton 34; Oklahoma 33; Seton Hall 24; Texas A&M 22; Notre Dame 18; San Diego State 17; Virginia Tech 16; Wichita State 15; Southern California 14; Butler 14; Ohio State 12; Florida 11; Clemson 11; Colorado 11; Michigan 10; Pittsburgh 7; Georgia 6; Virginia Commonwealth 6; Yale 6; Chattanooga 5; Washington 4; Nevada 3; Kansas State 3; Arkansas 2; Davidson 2; Valparaiso 2; Southern Methodist 1; Utah 1."

5 Ranked ACC teams and then 6 more ahead of us. Coaches really have us that low in the ACC?

10/20/2016 12:20:22 PM