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""We weren't mentally prepared in practice yesterday," said Ryan Harrow. "We came in here thinking that we're playing Youngstown State and we just let up in the first half." "

Yikes

12/17/2010 3:31:48 PM

I mean, you know its the truth

Maybe yikes that he'd come right out and say it though

12/17/2010 3:38:50 PM

Yep

12/17/2010 3:42:36 PM

Just to keep things in perspective as well...Tracy didn't play last year when we were AT Arizona due to a suspension. Our top scorers for that game were Javi, CJW, and Mays. The big dandy vandy also grabbed 11 boards that game.

If those were the people producing for us, and we still only lost by 2, and they lost their top guard this year, there is no reason we shouldn't be able to pull this out. Tracy would be fucking great to have, but it's not like we're shit out of luck without him. The talent is there, it's a matter of playing 40 solid minutes of basketball.

And getting back on topic, that is my biggest gripe with Lowe...so many droughts, and the inability to end them in a timely manner.

[Edited on December 17, 2010 at 3:59 PM. Reason : -]

12/17/2010 3:58:34 PM

FWIW scoring droughts were an NCSU specialty LONG before Lowe.

12/17/2010 4:16:26 PM

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12/19/2010 6:28:19 PM

This is the last year in his contract right?

12/19/2010 6:31:33 PM

sucks that Lowe is missing all those layups out there

12/19/2010 6:35:04 PM

Well since Lowe is obviously gone after this season, let's think about who we hire next.

12/19/2010 6:37:01 PM

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"sucks that Lowe is missing all those layups out there"

yeah, because that's what this thread is about. not about the obvious lack of fundamentals, bad defense, bad spacing, poor rebounding that we're seeing on the court. or that they give up when they get down by 6 points.

12/19/2010 6:39:16 PM

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"yeah, because that's what this thread is about"

maybe not, but thats what this loss is about

12/19/2010 6:43:11 PM

This thread is about freshmen and sophomores not being fundamentally perfect

12/19/2010 6:43:14 PM

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"sucks that Lowe is missing all those layups out there"

pathetic attempt at rationalizing poor coaching

12/19/2010 6:45:00 PM

no you're right. lets blame 17 missed layups on coaching. sid probably doesn't even run layup lines in practice!

12/19/2010 6:45:40 PM

Let's blame the loss on missed layups.

12/19/2010 6:47:17 PM

^^at what point does "the coach isn't missing shots" stop being an excuse for you? Because it got old for me about 3 years ago.

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 6:48 PM. Reason : .]

12/19/2010 6:47:52 PM

he did recruit two exceptionally raw big men that have no low post moves and then played them big minutes while sitting howell on the bench

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 6:48 PM. Reason : ]

12/19/2010 6:48:01 PM

I blame it on the refs.

12/19/2010 6:48:24 PM

^^^whens the last time we missed as many easy 3 foot baskets as we did today? long enough ago where i cant even remember

12/19/2010 6:48:41 PM

I think we miss a shitload of short shots every game....


And a lot of them weren't easy. CJL got close, but he was off balance

12/19/2010 6:50:00 PM

It's like there's a guy with a killer inside game but a bad knee that's the missing piece

12/19/2010 6:50:13 PM

^^^even if that was the reason that we lost (it wasn't), he's responsible for getting them to finish.

^every team has injuries

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 6:51 PM. Reason : .]

12/19/2010 6:50:22 PM

youre going to lose some games when you shoot poorly

you have to counteract that by winning the games when other teams shoot poorly, like say the syracuse game where they went like 1-16 from 3

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 6:50 PM. Reason : games not guys]

12/19/2010 6:50:33 PM

If we had Tracy we'd be undefeated.

Tracy > Alcindor

12/19/2010 6:50:57 PM

i cant believe more people arent defending lowe right after a state loss

12/19/2010 6:51:42 PM

If we had Tracy we'd be better

You don't have to get hyperbolic

Makes you look silly

12/19/2010 6:51:46 PM

My favorite play of the game is when we grabbed the rebound and threw the ball into the back of our PG.

Followed by the play where Javi stood with the ball at the top of the key for 20 seconds while our entire team stood around with their thumbs up their asses.

12/19/2010 6:52:14 PM

I blame Javi for not scoring 10 points in 30 seconds like he did against Zona last year

12/19/2010 6:52:28 PM

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"^every team has injuries"

And every team plays worse when their best player is out

What's your point

12/19/2010 6:52:40 PM

cant wait until next season when we can blame every loss on not having tracy again

12/19/2010 6:53:28 PM

or next year when we can blame our next coach for every loss

I love being a State fan

12/19/2010 6:53:48 PM

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"cant wait until next season when we can blame every loss on not having tracy again "

Would be valid if Sid spent next summer building the offense around Tracy, like he did this past summer

I doubt that will happen because at least one of them won't be here

12/19/2010 6:54:18 PM

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"If we had Tracy we'd be better You don't have to get hyperbolic Makes you look silly "

We would, but missing Tracy is not the problem of this team.

We stand around on offense, we can't rebound, and our defense is even worse than our offense. We haven't had a good defense since Lowe got here and we haven't had a consistent offense becuase all we do is stand around.

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 6:56 PM. Reason : ]

12/19/2010 6:56:03 PM

all i hear are excuses, excuses, excuses...no matter the circumstance it's not sid's fault right?

12/19/2010 6:56:24 PM

It's not entirely Sid's fault, no

12/19/2010 6:57:43 PM

dont make me pull the race card ITT

saying we'd be undefeated with Tracy is as silly as saying we'd be undefeated with these players and a different coach

12/19/2010 6:58:12 PM

Game over man!

12/19/2010 6:59:01 PM

i mean, the coaching market is looking pretty dire this year so if you guys want to delay the inevitable another year i'm down. we gotta at least fire some assistants, though. they all suck pretty hard

12/19/2010 6:59:42 PM

supposedly dweedle maybe have some inside information about our potential next bball coach ITT, in a few minutes, possibly

12/19/2010 6:59:57 PM

come on Paul Hewitt!

12/19/2010 7:01:08 PM

We could hire a donkey as our head coach and get the same result. At least it will be cheaper.

12/19/2010 7:01:17 PM

maybe we can get roy williams when unc fires him for getting similar results to us with arguably greater talent

12/19/2010 7:01:23 PM

^^can the donkey whistle loudly? and could he lead a team to a national title in 1983 with hooves instead of hands?

12/19/2010 7:01:42 PM

^ And wear a red jacket?

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 7:02 PM. Reason : arrows]

12/19/2010 7:02:22 PM

"Hey coach should I go to the hole at a 1-3 disadvantage?"

HEEEEEE HAWWWWW

"Ok!"

12/19/2010 7:02:53 PM

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"we gotta at least fire some assistants"

Monte Towe is too old and white to connect with today's blackmericans.

12/19/2010 7:03:11 PM

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""Hey coach should I go to the hole at a 1-3 disadvantage?" HEEEEEE HAWWWWW "Ok!" "

I don't know why....but I laughed pretty hard at that



[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 7:05 PM. Reason : ]

12/19/2010 7:05:11 PM

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"saying we'd be undefeated with Tracy is as silly as saying we'd be undefeated with these players and a different coach"

Agreed. I think best case with Tracy we're a two, maybe one loss team (team fell apart against GT after we didn't have anyone who could buy a basket and the confidence was lost).

12/19/2010 7:11:07 PM

I wonder if the people defending Lowe on this page realize how dumb they sound

12/19/2010 7:14:45 PM

Stamp your hoof once for a contested 3 pointer, twice for an out of control drive to the hoop.

12/19/2010 7:16:12 PM