that he was not

6

3/20/2012 11:43:36 AM

consecutive wins for ncaat title

3/20/2012 12:13:17 PM

reinstate Face until we lose.

3/20/2012 12:21:15 PM

Kansas lives off points inside the arc. I expect they get those against us.

They shoot some threes. That's our main weakness defensively.

Defensively they are solid.

They are hopelessly athletic and have much depth.

I like NC State vs the spread. This has all the makings of a 3+ point game that might only be a 1.5 point spread.

3/20/2012 12:24:35 PM

Bring face back, it's bad mojo

3/20/2012 12:27:35 PM

nevermind

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 12:29 PM. Reason : fuck it let's win]

3/20/2012 12:28:41 PM

need face's poignant game preview.

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 12:32 PM. Reason : This has all the makings of a 30+ point game that might only be a 15 point spread.]

3/20/2012 12:31:53 PM

me thinks suspending face was a bad move

3/20/2012 12:39:17 PM

i think it's settled, we all want face back

3/20/2012 12:41:04 PM

create 2 free face threads. ncsuftw1 will make a note to lock one tomorrow

3/20/2012 12:42:20 PM

here is a vote to keep face suspended

3/20/2012 12:44:23 PM

me thinks there ain't such a thing as karma, and face's suspension won't have any effect on the game.

but why was he suspended? something in chit-chat or soapbox or whatever. he's pretty funny when you recognize that he's a troll who takes it very seriously and puts a lot of time into it.

3/20/2012 12:44:46 PM

i kinda think we need to free face until we lose as well.

3/20/2012 12:45:14 PM

here is a vote to keep face suspended

3/20/2012 12:47:46 PM

Quote :

"he's pretty funnypathetic when you recognize that he's a troll who takes it very seriously and puts a lot of time into it."

3/20/2012 12:48:33 PM

The entire fate of NCSU basketball depends on the status of face's tdub account. How could you guys let the power go to your head like this!

3/20/2012 12:56:15 PM

Kansas is just as good as Georgetown was defensively (#5 overall), but they are better offensively (#16). Practically every player on their team is efficient on offense.

They play at a medium pace and specialize in fg% and fg% defense. They are above average at rebounding on both ends, though not particularly good at limiting or forcing turnovers.

They are one of the best in the country at scoring inside and limiting inside scoring. Their weakness is hitting threes and guarding the perimeter.

As you might imagine, they have a lot of size. Their wings in particular are big, similar to UNC who always gives us trouble. However, as I noted before this hasn't helped them defend the 3 (unlike UNC).

For the most part they play the same 4 guys the entire game and Withey/Teahen play about half the game each. Very few minutes for anyone else.

Thomas Robinson is an elite rebounder and it will be interesting to see if Howell can hold his own on the glass. Jeff Withey is the best shot blocker in the country not named Anthony Davis, so it'll be key that we can still score relatively efficiently down low particularly with CJ Leslie. Tyshawn Taylor is a total scoring machine and both he and Elijah Johnson are their playmakers.

Robinson, Taylor, and Withey all draw a ton of fouls, so it will be key for us not to commit lazy fouls as they will draw plenty on their own.

We're 7.5 point underdogs and slightly more than 3:1 underdogs to win the game outright. This is going to be REALLY tough. It sucks that Purdue blew it against them as we are a lot closer to their level.

We're playing better lately and Kansas looked shaky against Purdue. This is more of a matter of how Kansas plays really. If they play their A game, we can't hang. But if they play their B game and we play well we've got a chance to make our first elite 8 visit since 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appottomax.

Little known fact: Lee and Ulysses S. Grant shared a beer while watching a slight tape delay of NC State defeat Louisburg college on grainy video that was only slightly better quality than the JVC camcorder footage of CJ Leslie hitting the game winning shot in 2011 against St. Bonaventure.

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 12:58 PM. Reason : a]

3/20/2012 12:57:33 PM

hahaha oh he back

3/20/2012 12:58:04 PM

Quote :

"me thinks there ain't such a thing as karma, and face's suspension won't have any effect on the game, you unscientific fucks"

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM. Reason : whatever]

3/20/2012 12:58:47 PM

Quote :

"14. North Carolina State: The team a lot of people think didn't deserve to be in the tournament "

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2012/story/_/id/7712968/ncaa-tournament-2012-sweet-16-power-rankings

I'm not crying about media bias, but was there anyone anywhere arguing that we shouldn't be in?

3/20/2012 12:59:23 PM

Charles Barkley has spent a lot of his time saying we shouldn't have made it, and we're not that good of a team.

3/20/2012 1:01:57 PM

Glad to see face was unsuspended. I like his pregame analysis.

3/20/2012 1:09:52 PM

Fuckin charles

3/20/2012 1:10:04 PM

Quote :

"But if they play their B game and we play well we've got a chance to make our first elite 8 visit since 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appottomax. "

haha! freedom never read so funny

3/20/2012 1:11:32 PM

^they said that last year about VCU and Shaka took those fools to the Final Four....

3/20/2012 1:12:05 PM

^^But did they stay at the Battleground Hotel??

3/20/2012 1:12:24 PM

What the fuck is Appottomax

3/20/2012 1:12:47 PM

You sadden me.good sir

3/20/2012 1:14:21 PM

its in Virnigia

3/20/2012 1:16:34 PM

Is Appottomax in Vrignia

3/20/2012 1:16:36 PM

^4
Xamottoppa's twin brother. He feels the pain when Appottomax get's hurt.

3/20/2012 1:17:48 PM

Quote :

"^^But did they stay at the Battleground Hotel??"

that's where i took my thought bubble.

3/20/2012 1:18:24 PM

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481&t=8823224&p=6&sto=MS_118806373

Quote :

"Shawtayie n00b Rating: 0.0/5 this site 1 posts this site Nominate | Report Posted: Today 12:18 PM Re: NC State Board NC State lives off points inside the arc. I doubt they get those against us. They don't shoot threes at all. That's our main weakness defensively. Defensively they are horrid. They are hopelessly short and have zero depth. I like us vs the spread. This has all the makings of a 30+ point game that might only be a 15 point spread. GO JAYHAWKS!!!"

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 1:20 PM. Reason : .]

3/20/2012 1:19:54 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVpL3eU58Y

3/20/2012 1:21:37 PM

jesus fucking hell it's only tuesday?

ugh.

3/20/2012 1:23:44 PM

sorry never was much of a history buff. probably should have looked up the spelling


the funny thing about that meme is that it actually kinda fits the way nc state matches up with kansas.

We dont shoot many threes and that is kansas main weakness. we dont have depth and are somewhat short compared to them. defensively we are pretty bad. and we do score most of our points inside which will be tough to do against kansas.

I doubt anyone will recognize the joke haha

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 1:28 PM. Reason : a]

3/20/2012 1:24:27 PM

Quote :

"Their weakness is hitting threes "

Quote :

"It sucks that Purdue blew it against them as we are a lot closer to their level."

Perhaps this will work in our favor since our weakness is guarding the 3 and we now avoid Hummel.

3/20/2012 1:27:03 PM

Hummel would have scored 80 on us

3/20/2012 1:53:57 PM

3/20/2012 2:00:43 PM

3/20/2012 2:50:18 PM

3/20/2012 2:54:04 PM

The last time we were in the sweet 16 in 2005 in the midwest, we had the chance to beet Wisconsin to advance to play UNC. We saw how that worked out =( Hopefully not a bad omen.

3/20/2012 2:55:49 PM

Kansas losing to Bucknell easily trumps us losing to Wisconsin.

we got this

3/20/2012 2:58:52 PM

3/20/2012 3:02:56 PM

3/20/2012 3:04:51 PM

brando said today he thinks we have the best shot of any team not named kentucky to make it to the finals

oh lawd

3/20/2012 3:06:16 PM

so we're a lock for the championship game since they're on the other side of the bracket?

3/20/2012 3:12:11 PM

Beet Kansas

3/20/2012 3:13:13 PM

Quote :

"TIM BRANDO ON BOARD"

3/20/2012 3:14:02 PM

^^Damn you for resizing this page.

[Edited on March 20, 2012 at 3:14 PM. Reason : ]

3/20/2012 3:14:09 PM