plus it was a timeout to get horner and degand out of the game and give them some recognition on sr. day

3/7/2010 4:40:13 PM

Quote :

"we were locked into 11th before this game because Miami lost yesterday."

Officially and according to the ACC, we finished in a tie for 9th...The tie breakers only come into effect for tourney seeding. Like how Maryland and Duke tied for the regular season championship, but duke gets the 1 seed b/c of tie breakers.

3/7/2010 4:41:38 PM

And Lee Fowler says..."after todays win there will be EXTENSIONS FOR EVERYONE"

3/7/2010 4:50:18 PM

season expectations, as predicted by the "experts", were exceeded!

3/7/2010 4:52:14 PM

Short thread means we won!

3/7/2010 4:53:45 PM

maybe horner needs to get busted in the eye every game

i nominate myself for the honors

3/7/2010 5:00:59 PM

^^ LOL

As soon as I saw it was only 4 pages I knew we had won.

3/7/2010 5:03:03 PM

that was perhaps the most fun i've had at a game during Sid's tenure

gg, Pack!

3/7/2010 5:04:46 PM

We played very un-NC State-like, especially in the second half:

-Zero turnovers in the final 20 minutes (after 10 in first half)
-We made our last eight shots
-Our defense was great at pressuring the ball all day
-We made clutch plays -- especially the two 3's by Horner

I said if we'd won this game, I'd be satisfied with this season. Well, I definitely am, but I can only imagine what our record would be if CJ had been playing like this all year.

3/7/2010 5:05:22 PM

good to see Johnny play well, on defense at least

he and CJW need to get all of Wood's minutes from here on out. Wood is a liability on both ends

3/7/2010 5:07:51 PM

^stupid comment

3/7/2010 5:08:21 PM

Wood was an experiment gone awry. thanks for the performance against FSU, but enjoy the rest of your career as a role player off the bench

3/7/2010 5:15:18 PM

Wood is definitely not a liability. Him being a threat to shoot frees things up on the inside. Plus, he's got great instincts for a freshman. Rarely will you see him make a mistake.

That said, I wouldn't mind him coming off the bench in the tournament. He can be that instant-offense guy off the bench. Either bring him off the bench, or start CJW at SG over Farnold. Either way CJW needs to play more (so long as he keeps playing like this).

3/7/2010 5:16:19 PM

Let CJ put in a few more good games before we put him in the starting lineup. You guys sure jump on the bandwagon fast.

3/7/2010 5:18:08 PM

This is CJ's first game he has played this well. Wood, though he as struggled with his shot, makes the offesne work. He is smart and isn't selfish. Plus if they set him some good screans he could hit his set shot. He is a set shooter hence the double screen worked to perfection today. Also, he is good on D. He isn't quick but used great angles and is awesome at help defense.

3/7/2010 5:18:31 PM

^^He's had four good games in a row (admittedly not this good). What could it hurt?

^Wood is actually a lot quicker than most give him credit for, and he is a good defender so long as he's not guarding an ox

[Edited on March 7, 2010 at 5:19 PM. Reason : ]

3/7/2010 5:18:36 PM

seriously.

how many times did i read "cj should sit the rest of the season" on this board?

3/7/2010 5:20:11 PM

bingo! i support him as a spark off the bench. but it's no coincidence that his minutes have been cut big time since Sid finally realized what we knew all along -- that Wood can't play defense for shit

Thomas looked great on D and he was a rebound machine...and when CJ gets minutes, he scores

seems simple to me. Thomas or Williams in the starting lineup, Wood off the bench

3/7/2010 5:22:04 PM

CJ played ridiculously well today. When he's confident he can score, but he just hasn't been very confident all season. It was great to see Hodge getting up and helping to keep that "We want CJ" chant going when Leslie got up and acknowledged everyone. I'd love to see Hodge at more games.

Never forget the D-HORN. We were all witnesses.

3/7/2010 5:24:49 PM

^^he got minutes at the beginning of the season and didnt do shit

3/7/2010 5:25:55 PM

yep, short thread = win

3/7/2010 5:28:13 PM

Quote :

"This is CJ's first game he has played this well."

I guess his performance against ranked Wake Forest was shit

Quote :

"Wood, though he as struggled with his shot, makes the offesne work."

if by making the offense work, you mean standing there with his thumb up his ass, then yes, yes he does

Quote :

"He is smart and isn't selfish. Plus if they set him some good screans he could hit his set shot. He is a set shooter hence the double screen worked to perfection today."

hence he needs to be the 3 point specialist off the bench. every team needs one and he could be ours.

Quote :

"Also, he is good on D."

we're still talking about Scott Wood, right?

3/7/2010 5:28:48 PM

Quote :

"bingo! i support him as a spark off the bench. but it's no coincidence that his minutes have been cut big time since Sid finally realized what we knew all along -- that Wood can't play defense for shit Thomas looked great on D and he was a rebound machine...and when CJ gets minutes, he scores seems simple to me. Thomas or Williams in the starting lineup, Wood off the bench"

Someone needs to take the time to go through your posts and find the one where you stated that CJ should never see the floor again. Scott Wood is a more viable 3pt shooter than CJ and is not a defensive liability. He plays consistent defense and has had some pretty amazing blocks (some were incorrectly called fouls) helping off of his man this year. You really must not even watch the game if you think wood is a defensive liability...

3/7/2010 5:30:05 PM

i will wholeheartedly admit that I was a big CJW basher earlier in the season. I still think his game is garbage....so me wanting him to take all of Wood's minutes says a lot about what I think about Wood

3/7/2010 5:32:26 PM

he's just trying to get yall worked up

3/7/2010 5:32:36 PM

Seriously, I don't know where you get off saying Wood is awful at defense. He really, really isn't. Not even sort of bad.

He's going to be a great one for us the next few years, with Harrow and Brown penetrating and him spotting up for 3.

3/7/2010 5:33:42 PM

actually, i said Wood is a liability on both ends!

no only does he get burned and then resorts to the slap & grab defense, but on offense he still stands around like one of those retarded, skinny trees that you put in the corner of your living room


i made it a point to focus on Wood today, because I wanted to post about him after the game. i was on our shooting end during the first half, when he got most of his minutes. that SOB is no better than some of the guys I see playing at Carmichael

[Edited on March 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM. Reason : ,]

3/7/2010 5:34:33 PM

^^I think he must be trolling or he never actually watches a game. I expected scott wood to be a defensive liability and I was stunned when he actually ended up being a good defensive player. I think he is a better defensive player than CJW (CJ is more athletic but Wood is much more fundamentally sound).

[Edited on March 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM. Reason : adsfasd]

3/7/2010 5:35:24 PM

^^wrong and wrong, but there's no point in arguing.

3/7/2010 5:36:17 PM

i guess only time will tell. but it does say a lot that Sid's confidence in Wood has dropped significantly over the last month.

next year, Sid will have to choose between a pair of juniors, who are both athletes....or a sophomore who is a one-trick pony

3/7/2010 5:40:00 PM

statetke is a failure the only way i can deal with his comments is by coming to the conclusion he knows nothing about basketball

3/7/2010 5:42:00 PM

^^ Or he will continue his "horrible substitution pattern" of playing the player who is performing best...

3/7/2010 5:43:19 PM

ncstatetke....are you retarded?


and did you just call julius mays an athlete????? HAHAHA

plus...scott wood is the ONLY player on the team to play and start in every single game this season. even though he only averages like 7 points. I think that shows a lot of confidence in wood from sidney. his defense is very good. sid has said that he understands the defense better than anybody else on the team. he is one of the only people who can always get tracy the ball. you are incompetent.

[Edited on March 7, 2010 at 5:46 PM. Reason : tbdv]

3/7/2010 5:44:29 PM

what's wood's one trick, getting steals, or blocking shots?

I liked the double screen we ran for him earlier in the game where he came off and drained a 3...don't know why we haven't been doing this more often since he's a damn good shooter when he can catch and shoot with an open look...need to run some triple screens like the Hornets used to do with David Wesley

3/7/2010 5:44:53 PM

like I said, only time will tell.

which of the three 3-star options will Sid choose? you better fucking believe i'll quote my post next March, right or wrong

[Edited on March 7, 2010 at 5:46 PM. Reason : his 0.5 blocks per game and 0.6 steals per game are certainly impressive stats! gg]

3/7/2010 5:45:26 PM

im just hopin you don't post till next march

3/7/2010 5:46:36 PM

Quote :

"his 0.5 blocks per game and 0.6 steals per game are certainly impressive stats!"

nobody said he was one of the top shot blockers or steal guys in the conference...but you act like getting a block and steal every other game is a bad thing

the 3 point shot revolutionized how basketball is played...you can be down by 10 points and depressed, then hit a couple 3's and all of a sudden you're right back in the game...when Wood has space, he can shoot it with the best of them

I dunno, maybe I'm just not one to be pessimistic after a good win, especially when we've won 3 of our last 4 conference games

3/7/2010 5:47:46 PM

you're saying exactly what I'm saying. he should be our version of Steve Kerr, late in his career

instant spark on offense....off the bench

3/7/2010 5:53:04 PM

whether or not he starts or comes off the bench depends on who else is on the team, how they are playing, how Wood is playing, how we match up with another team, etc...its not just some cut and dry answer obviously

3/7/2010 5:54:05 PM

all of you are fucking retarded

3/7/2010 5:59:50 PM

i love how my rep on TWW is that of a troll. i really don't see where that came from. i'm opinionated, for sure, but I think of myself as a realist.

the reality is that Sid doesn't trust Wood right now, Wood has only scored double figures once in his last 14 games, while averaging 29 minutes per game during that stretch, and 6'7" 170 just ain't gonna cut it in the ACC

3/7/2010 6:04:08 PM

Didn't see the game b/c I'm in NYC - can you please tell me how Johnny Thomas gets 17 minutes of PT?

I mean, I like the guy, and he showed tons of potential early, but hasn't played at all this year and then last game he comes out of nowhere for 17 mins

3/7/2010 6:04:46 PM

i was a little puzzled about Johnny's 17 mins as well.

maybe that means this was his last home game?

3/7/2010 6:15:48 PM

or maybe it's the writing on Wood's wall

3/7/2010 6:21:54 PM

nah

3/7/2010 6:26:38 PM

his Facebook wall?

3/7/2010 6:27:44 PM

maybe Sid will say something about it during his show

it's the only reason I can think of...

3/7/2010 6:27:58 PM

^^Lowe likes Wood. Wood's not about to lose all his minutes next year.

3/7/2010 6:29:49 PM

JT's playing time is eerily reminiscent of Mays in the last game last year. Barely or don't at all play for like 10 games and then get twenty minutes out of nowhere with no more games to build on it. Strange...

3/7/2010 6:30:13 PM

when Thomas came in, my immediate thought was "is this his last game" with it being senior day and all and rumors of him never remaining healthy

3/7/2010 6:42:04 PM