I had to work.

What is the deal with the recruited walk-on Clayton Beard?

11/1/2007 8:57:37 PM

Barton had some small but scrappy little fuckers on their team. Their fans are very supportive. Hell, I think they were louder than the rest of the RBC center even when their team was walking off.

11/1/2007 9:09:35 PM

i like what i saw from degand. is the job pretty much his now? (assuming from the # of minutes he played...)

11/1/2007 9:18:53 PM

till Javi gets back, yes.

11/1/2007 9:21:46 PM

pretty decent turnout i guess

there were a lot of barton fans there

i'd say total attendance was ~13k maybe?

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 9:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/1/2007 9:35:57 PM

oh noes 666

11/1/2007 9:43:53 PM

Yeah Barton fans didn't seem to notice the score, they cheered just as loud as the beginning when their guys made a good play, even when they were down 40....

I saw mostly good things from the team, a little sloppy and poor defensive stands occasionally though, Hickson seemed worn out all the time even though he had huge rests, though he still produced when he needed too.

And it looks like we're using the same intro as last season, which all of the fans seem still not to be able to keep the tempo to.................I mean just clap with the bouncing ball, everybody rushes like crazy and goes way too fast

11/1/2007 9:44:34 PM

Attendance: 8431
per gopack.com

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 9:46 PM. Reason : ]

11/1/2007 9:46:01 PM

Quote :

"And it looks like we're using the same intro as last season, which all of the fans seem still not to be able to keep the tempo to.................I mean just clap with the bouncing ball, everybody rushes like crazy and goes way too fast"

that's just because they don't want to show a new one for a preseason game, adds a little extra to opening night i guess.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ^that seems a little low for some reason, but i guess pretty good anyway]

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 9:47 PM. Reason : anyone hear that duke score? it was like 134-56]

11/1/2007 9:47:07 PM

yeah 134-55 but their opponent was Shaw.

Quote :

"The Bears, picked to finish last in its division of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, are coached by Robert Brickey, the captain of the 1990 Duke team that lost to UNLV in the national championship game."

11/1/2007 9:49:28 PM

haven't seen it mentioned, and I haven't gone to PP to check for an answer yet, but does anyone know why Simon Harris only played 4 minutes? I figured he would play more

11/1/2007 9:58:29 PM

^ probably has something to do w/ him being a walk on 6'5" forward.

11/1/2007 10:05:46 PM

^^ it seemed like lowe was using the first game action for this team to play with different lineups and rotations. no offense to the kid, but harris probably won't be part of the regular rotation once we hit full swing in the season. gotta get the main 7-8 guy rotation ready first.

that said, trevor ferguson still looks like he hasn't picked up a basketball in 3 years.

11/1/2007 10:08:46 PM

As skokian, ncsumeb, and some others mentioned...we have some stuff to work on.

I wasn't too pleased with our teams effort, but I'd have a hard time getting into dominating a team that I was beating handily without trying.

I attribute a lot of the slack rebounding and bull fighting defense to just not really caring about playing Barton.

Gavin and Degand looked into it nearly the whole game, which is good that our leaders weren't slacking. I don't think Degand is necessarily going to have that certain "...." that Engin had, but his speed getting up the floor is definitely better and should give us some addition fast break options that we didn't have before.

Hickson looked uninterested, but when he did get the rock near the basket he showed that he is strong as hell. It's been since Damon Thorton that I remember someone being that strong, and Hickson looks a lot more controlled with the ball.

11/1/2007 10:13:46 PM

Anyone with PackPass that might possibly put the game up somewhere for us cheap bastards to possibly download?

11/1/2007 10:14:02 PM

i would post the link of the game but looks like they've complicated that process a bit, i might be able to get it for you tomorrow though

11/1/2007 10:21:47 PM

we are a good team. don't get discouraged by the 40pt win we had tonight...

11/1/2007 10:40:28 PM

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

11/1/2007 10:47:28 PM

cj leslie ('10 commitment) and john wall (5* senior PG) were sitting behind the bench. two black guys with the white t's and diamond ear rings. wall is a stud... we need to get the commitment from him soon.

im glad barton had a bunch of fans there. this was their biggest game of the year... and it didnt even count. good fan support though.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 10:58 PM. Reason : 1]

11/1/2007 10:56:33 PM

Quote :

" What is the deal with the recruited walk-on Clayton Beard?"

Someone on PP said that he had some family issue or emergency to deal with.

11/1/2007 11:02:46 PM

anyone know what the hell the loudspeakers played after we made free throws?

11/1/2007 11:18:42 PM

i think they were saying, "WET"

11/1/2007 11:21:48 PM

How was the crowd? Had more work to do but obviously it was on 101.5 I can't wait until the regular season!

11/1/2007 11:46:04 PM

i was content with the crowd. lower level sidelines were packed, a lot of people in the club seats, and a decent spattering of people throughout the end zones. as far as noise goes, we were quiet as mice, but it was an exhibition so that's understandable.

a lot of barton fans. they were rowdy though.

i think someone said gopack reported 8k or so. i definitely would have guess several thousand more though 11-13k at least.

11/1/2007 11:51:15 PM

and there were more than the lower level sidelines.. i would probably guess minus the people in the 200's that the lower level was completely filled minus the amount of seats in the 100's student section, give or take a few

[Edited on November 2, 2007 at 12:07 AM. Reason : a little less than that, not much though]

11/2/2007 12:07:36 AM

yeah my bad. i meant the entire lower level section running the length of the court was packed.

11/2/2007 12:31:12 AM

Props to the Barton fans. Damn near the whole town of Wilson was there for their team being loud as hell the whole game.

#33 for Barton was scrappy as hell on the boards. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Degand is the shit, but Hickson needs to get his wind up. He also could stand to play straight-up D instead of going for the block every time.

Is anyone else digging that 87.5% freethrow shooting for NCSU? Keep that up, and we're winning the close games.

Sloppy passing, but I think that will work itself out. Fergie may not see much time this year once Javi gets into the mix.

We are a damn tall team that can shoot outside and run the court. That's going to cause all sorts of matchup difficulties for others.

I haven't been this excited about NCSU hoops in at least 10 years. Syd's the shit, and it's obvious that the team loves the guy.

11/2/2007 7:31:03 AM

Quote :

"anyone know what the hell the loudspeakers played after we made free throws? "

sounded to me like "wolf"

like they were starting the "wolfpack in the house thing," and cut it short

whoever was operating the stats board is retarded. what was it kids night in the a/v room???

11/2/2007 7:49:25 AM

VISITORS: Barton College
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
02 MAMMEL, Greg........ *  3-6    2-5    0-0    0  1  1   4   8  1  4  0  1  29
20 DALCE, Jeff......... *  0-2    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   2   0  2  2  0  1  13
30 DUNN, L.J........... *  3-6    0-1    0-0    2  2  4   3   6  0  1  1  0  15
31 FRAILS, ERROL....... *  0-6    0-3    1-2    1  0  1   1   1  2  0  0  0  23
33 LEGGETT, Brian...... *  7-13   0-0    3-3    4  4  8   0  17  1  2  0  0  27
01 FLOWERS, Mike.......    1-3    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   2   2  2  0  0  0  11
03 BUFFALOE, Bobby.....    0-5    0-2    0-0    1  0  1   0   0  1  2  0  0  14
05 POUNDS, Sam.........    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  1  2  0  0   6
12 RAFFEL, Brandon.....    1-2    1-2    0-0    0  0  0   1   3  0  2  0  2  13
23 KERSHAW, Eddie......    6-10   2-2    0-0    2  2  4   4  14  0  4  0  3  25
34 GAMBLE, Charles.....    1-1    1-1    0-0    0  0  0   2   3  0  0  0  0   5
41 PETCU, Mihai........    0-3    0-1    1-2    0  0  0   1   1  0  0  0  0   6
44 KING, David.........    1-3    0-0    0-2    3  1  4   2   2  0  1  2  1  13
   TEAM................                         2     2
   Totals..............   23-61   6-19   5-9   16 14 30  22  57 10 20  3  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-33 33.3%   2nd Half: 12-28 42.9%   Game: 37.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-8  37.5%   2nd Half:  3-11 27.3%   Game: 31.6%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half:  3-4  75.0%   Game: 55.6%    3


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HOME TEAM: NC State
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 FELLS, Courtney..... *  5-9    2-4    4-4    0  7  7   1  16  2  1  2  3  31
11 GRANT, Gavin........ *  5-8    0-2    4-4    1  3  4   2  14  5  3  2  4  33
12 DEGAND, Farnold..... *  1-3    0-1    6-6    1  1  2   2   8  6  2  2  1  28
33 COSTNER, Brandon.... *  7-14   3-6    5-6    3  3  6   1  22  3  3  2  0  25
34 MCCAULEY, Ben....... *  3-3    0-0    0-0    2  2  4   1   6  5  1  0  1  21
01 HICKSON, J.J........    5-10   0-0    1-2    2  3  5   0  11  0  1  0  3  17
02 HARRIS, Simon.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
15 FERGUSON, Trevor....    1-2    0-1    0-0    1  0  1   0   2  2  1  1  0  16
23 SMITH, Tracy........    5-6    0-0    1-2    1  0  1   1  11  0  1  0  0  11
25 WILLIAMS, Chad......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
31 HORNER, Dennis......    2-3    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   4  3  0  1  1  13
   TEAM................                         2  3  5
   Totals..............   34-58   5-14  21-24  13 23 36   9  94 26 13 10 13 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-33 51.5%   2nd Half: 17-25 68.0%   Game: 58.6%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-9  33.3%   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   Game: 35.7%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9%   2nd Half: 11-11 100 %   Game: 87.5%    0


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Officials: Tim Nestor, Ray Natili, Tony Dawkins
Technical fouls: Barton College-None. NC State-None.
Attendance: 8431
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Barton College................   27   30  -   57
NC State......................   47   47  -   94

Points in the paint-BARTON 28,ST 50. Points off turnovers-BARTON 11,ST 26.
2nd chance points-BARTON 11,ST 14. Fast break points-BARTON 15,ST 22.
Bench points-BARTON 25,ST 28. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-BARTON 2nd-00:39, ST 2nd-02:04.
Largest lead-BARTON by 2 1st-19:31, ST by 40 2nd-02:04.

11/2/2007 8:04:47 AM

Quote :

"Attendance: 8431"

i thought i kept reading on here that it was sold out.

11/2/2007 8:07:37 AM

^season tickets are the reason why

11/2/2007 8:09:34 AM

it wasnt sold out, people were buying tickets right up until tip off. I had a couple of friends by some at the door

11/2/2007 11:45:11 AM

Quote :

"anyone know what the hell the loudspeakers played after we made free throws?"

its a sound like water dripping as in 'wet' or 'buckets'
kinda ghey


anyways, i talked to a few of the players today, they want to score 100 just as bad as we want them haha

but the best part...they said they are having fun this year, and that they really enjoy playin under Sid...said its just a happy atmosphere.

thats one of the BEST things to hear from a team this good...thats great.

and 10 blocks for our team

[Edited on November 2, 2007 at 11:52 AM. Reason : r]

11/2/2007 11:50:12 AM

Quote :

"Newcomer Farnold Degand impressed in his first outing, posting five assists against a sole turnover in the opening half. The quick point guard finished up with eight points, six assists, two rebounds, two blocked shots and a steal, with just two turnovers, in 28 minutes. Degand drilled all six of his free-throw attempts, in addition to showcasing impressive speed that will occasionally need to be slowed down. Coach Sidney Lowe said that Degand outran his teammates down the court at times, turning possible 4-on-1 opportunities into less-ideal one-on-one chances."

I think I just pissed myself. When's the last time you heard that about an NCSU point guard?

11/2/2007 11:50:12 AM

Quote :

"It's been since Damon Thorton that I remember someone being that strong, and Hickson looks a lot more controlled with the ball."

Let's hope Hickson doesn't get the Damon Thornton treatment from the ACC officials.



And how about your starting center getting 5 assists to 1 turnover...that's great.

11/2/2007 11:56:54 AM

Quote :

"Quote : "Attendance: 8431" i thought i kept reading on here that it was sold out. "

All of those corporate LTR's really kill the sidelines for nonconference games. It is terrible game management that they don't at least let people downstairs after 10 minutes to fill empty seats. We are one of the few places boneheaded enough to have ushers strict on that, and the result is our arena looks empty on TV when the upper deck may be full.

11/2/2007 12:12:43 PM

Quote :

"but the best part...they said they are having fun this year, and that they really enjoy playin under Sid...said its just a happy atmosphere. thats one of the BEST things to hear from a team this good...thats great."

i don't want to be that guy who thinks anything this team does is great and hilarious, but they honestly do look like they have a lot of fun out there, which is always a good thing.

11/2/2007 1:27:41 PM

tracy smith ftw

11/2/2007 5:00:29 PM

smith definitely looked good out there, got some good boards and made some good shots

11/2/2007 5:14:50 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Oyam8FLgRo

This was a great halftime show.

11/3/2007 3:23:18 PM

they were fat and ugly

[Edited on November 3, 2007 at 3:25 PM. Reason : ]

11/3/2007 3:25:07 PM

That big one swallowed one of the smaller ones whole.

11/3/2007 3:25:48 PM

they honestly looked like they were 15 years old.

11/3/2007 3:33:16 PM

yeah, they looked like they were still in high school.

11/3/2007 3:36:19 PM

Duke plays Barton at 5pm this afternoon...should be interesting to see how that game goes compared to ours

Lives stats:
http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=22726&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200#

11/3/2007 3:52:17 PM

haha yeah. Poor barton.

11/3/2007 3:53:30 PM

haha Barton up on Duke 14-9 halfway through the first half

11/3/2007 4:30:29 PM

Barton up 14-9 early, lol

11/3/2007 4:30:39 PM

hmm, getting pack pass doesnt give you access to this duke shit. i thought it was the same service

11/3/2007 4:39:08 PM

47-27 Duke at the

[Edited on November 3, 2007 at 5:07 PM. Reason : which is the exact same score at the half of our game ]

11/3/2007 5:05:02 PM