Apparently Cat helped Staats draw the tattoos



[Edited on November 1, 2013 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ]

11/1/2013 2:20:20 PM

Staats likes dressing up as his teammates for Halloween.

11/1/2013 2:44:34 PM

that's how bitches at the halloween parties know he's on the basketball team.

11/1/2013 3:13:43 PM

I thought he was justin bieber

11/1/2013 3:21:45 PM

Nah Cat's tattoos are much better than Beiber's.

11/1/2013 3:42:44 PM

Can we talk about the fact that we only beat UNC Pembroke by 11 and how much of an awful omen that is?

Cus I am fucking concerned.

11/1/2013 4:32:35 PM

like the omen when Miami lost an exhibition game to Florida Gulf Coast last year and went on to win the ACC championship?

11/1/2013 4:36:59 PM

That team went to the 2nd round of the NCAA tourney and lost to Florida by 12....

http://www.fgcuathletics.com/mbasketball/schedule/2012-13/





[Edited on November 1, 2013 at 4:43 PM. Reason : UNC P = FGC this year?]

11/1/2013 4:41:09 PM

FGCU got swept by Lipscomb last year

11/1/2013 4:45:57 PM

Quote :

"InsideCarolina @InsideCarolina The UNC lead down to 7 - 57-50. 9:20 to play"

Playing UNCP. Makes me feel a little better about our game, or at least that Carolina isn't that great.

11/1/2013 8:56:31 PM

Quote :

"Can we talk about the fact that we only beat UNC Pembroke by 11 and how much of an awful omen that is? Cus I am fucking concerned."

We lost 4 starters. It was the first game of the season. It was an exhibition game. Chill the fuck out.

11/1/2013 9:04:17 PM

^^ not that it matters, but I think UNC is without Hairston, McDonald and maybe another player.

11/1/2013 9:09:42 PM

it was a division 2 school. i don't care if we lost the whole team and just came back from death penalty.

11/1/2013 9:10:24 PM

We're a team of freshmen, sophomores, transfers and Vandenberg. We're projected in the bottom half of a strong ACC. We have some talent but there are going to be a lot of low points. Young teams are erratic. I think the ceiling for this team this year is probably sneaking into the NCAA tournament. More than likely, it's NIT.

The goal for this year is developing some young talent (avoid defections), hopefully convincing TJ to forgo the 2014 draft and come back for his junior year and be competitive enough this year to set the stage for hopefully a run in 2014-15 with a more experienced and deeper team of Gott's players.

11/1/2013 9:16:58 PM

I hope you don't expect us to take you seriously Earl/the daire/Howard/wethebest

11/1/2013 9:18:15 PM

We lost Vandenburg the heart and soul of this team. he's the on the floor coach, the leader we haven't had since Hodge.

I'm surprised we even won. gonna be a tough 4-6 weeks

11/1/2013 9:32:16 PM

Somebody should send this thread to vandy. Im sure he would be ecstatic someone noticed.

11/1/2013 10:10:46 PM

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24171309/nc-state-big-man-vandenberg-out-for-at-least-a-month-with-bad-ankle


lol

11/1/2013 11:00:26 PM

damn. curse is so strong we can't even keep our shitty big man.

11/1/2013 11:18:59 PM

bttt because it's better than talking about football I guess

11/4/2013 9:19:38 AM

goPack says the App State game is on ESPN3!

I am definitely fearing that game at Cincinnati on the 12th, though.

11/4/2013 12:36:46 PM

How is there not a thread for the Cincy game yet?

11/11/2013 11:57:00 AM

WHOA I DON'T KNOW

11/11/2013 12:21:13 PM

haha just realized that App State, Cincinnati, Campbell, NC Central, and State are playing each other in the "Global Sports Shootout"

somehow missed this. also "Global".

11/11/2013 4:52:17 PM

NC State Wolfpack: GLOBAL CHAMPIONS

11/11/2013 6:36:15 PM

Hopefully we can do what the 'Canes can't... win a shootout.

11/11/2013 6:49:13 PM

^

11/11/2013 6:52:37 PM

Finally watched the game on ESPN3 today...guarded optimism about the season.

We know what we've got in Warren and Lewis. Warren is probably going to give us 20 and 8 and Lewis will be good for 16 and 8 all year. I think Barber is going to be pretty consistent as well. I don't know if we can count on him to match Lewis' numbers, but we know he's going to be a suffocating perimeter defender, he's going to push the tempo in transition, and he'll be a guy that can break down the defense and get to the basket if we need him to. We don't need Lee and Turner to produce every game, but I think we'll get good numbers from at least one of them on a nightly basis. They also have good size and athleticism on the defensive end.

This season will go as far as our young frontcourt will take us. I'm not as down on Anya after watching the App State game as I was preseason. I don't think we can count on him for any significant contributions this year...but there's a chance if he drops another 15 or 20 pounds. He's not unathletic and you can't teach his length and size. I love Freeman...he's strong and has a high motor. He also finishes strong...no pussyfooting around. He's either going to slam it down or get fouled. Washington was all over the place, but I think he'll get better with experience. If he can improve before conference play and Vandy comes back strong from the injury...I think we can make a good run at the tourney.

11/11/2013 7:16:45 PM

So why the early start time for tomorrow's game? Is there another "Global Sports Shootout" game on right afterward? Might as well start at noon

[Edited on November 11, 2013 at 7:25 PM. Reason : .]

11/11/2013 7:24:12 PM

GLOBAL SPORTS SHOOTOUT CHAMPS

11/11/2013 7:45:55 PM

^^

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111113aae.html

Quote :

"NC State Faces Road Test At Cincinnati 5 p.m. ESPN game is part of network's 24-hour hoops marathon"

11/11/2013 8:05:07 PM

Where's the dang Cincinnati thread?

11/11/2013 8:37:51 PM

This is the first time I have watched them play tis year. This team is so much more fun and satisfying to watch than last year.

11/12/2013 6:35:17 PM

looking great so far!

11/12/2013 7:12:47 PM

I feel like if Anya can just get in good enough shape to log 25-30 a game it would make a huge difference. Only real 5 we have and has shown glimpses of being a force on the boards and defensively. This could be wishful thinking.

11/12/2013 7:30:52 PM

i'm kind of excited to see this core group with our recruiting class this year...seems like we're getting a great mesh of players for next year even if TJ Warren leaves.

11/13/2013 9:29:26 AM

I don't think I realzed that Chase Cannon was awarded a scholarship

http://www.technicianonline.com/sports/article_5413cb3e-4c21-11e3-9e9d-0019bb30f31a.html

11/14/2013 2:03:08 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsnYINKFQ9o&feature=c4-overview&list=UUIyFX4xi-XpsnNfb2MU3lUQ

11/16/2013 1:25:09 AM

Did Vandy kill his twitter account?

11/19/2013 10:59:39 PM

It does look that way...makes no damn sense. That's like chopping off your big toe.

11/19/2013 11:02:21 PM

Our early schedule resembles Campbell's a bit... App St, NCCU, Cincinnati... weird. You'd think we'd want to challenge ourselves a little bit more early on.

11/20/2013 4:06:26 AM

Welcome to the thread.

11/20/2013 8:18:18 AM

facepalm

11/20/2013 8:23:12 AM

Jevoni Robinson a one-of-a-kind find for NC State basketball

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"If it all had worked out the way Jevoni Robinson wanted, he would be playing for N.C. Central against N.C State on Wednesday night, not the other way around. Robinson, a junior walk-on at N.C. State, was a student at N.C. Central for two years before he transferred last year. He didn’t play basketball for the Eagles, but he wanted to. A native of Jamaica, Robinson played soccer, rugby and ran track before his family moved to Charlotte, where he played a season of high school football at Independence. But basketball? “It’s not real popular in Jamaica,” he said. Robinson loved the game but ended up playing other sports. At 6-foot-8 and 225 pounds and with a 36-inch vertical leap, though, he had the size and skill set to play the game. It was just a matter of getting a chance. He talked with N.C. Central about a possible basketball tryout but their interest never got past the preliminary phase. “I wanted to play for them,” Robinson said. “Unfortunately, nothing ever really happened, but it worked out better for me.” It didn’t take long to get discovered at N.C. State. Travis Eaton, a team manager, saw Robinson playing pickup basketball at Carmichael Gym before practice started for the 2012-13 season. He was taller than most students on the pickup courts at the campus gym, that stood out to Eaton, but so did Robinson’s athletic ability. The way he remembers, Robinson blocked a few shots, which Eaton chalked up to his size, but then he saw him on a fastbreak. Robinson went up for a dunk and threw down a double-pump tomahawk. “I was like, ‘What is he doing?’” Eaton said. “His head was way above the rim.” Eaton told assistants Levi Watkins and Bobby Lutz about Robinson. The next day Eaton went back to Carmichael and found Robinson and brought him back for a formal tryout. It didn’t take long for coach Mark Gottfried to be impressed. “Most walk-ons are 5-9 and there are a thousand of them,” Gottfried said. “With Jevoni, we hit the jackpot.” And not just because Robinson has been an asset in practice, Gottfried said. “Everybody in our program loves him,” Gottfried said. “He’s intelligent and such a great person. Really he’s everything you could want from a person in his position.” Robinson showed glimpses of his raw athletic ability last season with the Wolfpack. He had a dunk against Norfolk State in December and then a memorable block in a home win against Boston College in February, which has since been immortalized on YouTube. Robinson’s favorite moment of last season wasn’t either the block or the dunk, but rather his first day of practice. He said he was in awe of the veterans from N.C. State’s Sweet 16 team in 2013. “I was so nervous I was trembling,” Robinson said. “It was one of those moments where you knew you were going to learn from it and become better.” Practice has gotten easier since then for Robinson, and so has the game of basketball. In his second season at N.C. State, he’s played more organized basketball in the ACC than he did in high school. He’s on track to get his finance degree in the summer but still has another season of eligibility left. Asked if he was going to come back next year, even after he gets his degree, Robinson thought about for a minute and nodded his head. “I can’t leave all this,” he said."

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/19/3388125/one-of-a-kind-find-for-nc-state.html

11/20/2013 8:33:35 AM

cool. never knew anythign about jevoni

11/20/2013 8:45:41 AM

I wish he could see the could court some..

11/20/2013 8:48:26 AM

11/20/2013 9:24:18 AM

I love that clip.

11/20/2013 9:38:28 AM

BLOCK THAT SHIT

11/20/2013 10:12:38 AM

Quote :

"You'd think we'd want to challenge ourselves a little bit more early on."

Cincy is decent and Central has the most experienced or oldest (don't remember how it was measured) roster in the NCAA. I'm fine with the level of opponents we're up against given we're currently playing two guys who played in college last year.

11/20/2013 11:04:11 AM