from gopack

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"RALEIGH -- The NC State men’s and women’s basketball teams will play a rare double-header Friday night at the RBC Center. The Wolfpack women (2-1) begin the night’s action with a 6 p.m. tipoff against UNC Wilmington. Kay Yow’s team will attempt to bounce back from Wednesday night’s loss in the semifinals of the Women’s Preseason NIT at Purdue. The Wolfpack men (1-0) will look to build on last week’s season-opening win against Wofford in an 8 p.m. contest against Delaware State. It’s first meeting between these two schools in men’s basketball. The Hornets (1-1) return all five starters from a team that was 21-14 overall and 16-2 in the MEAC last season. New men’s coach Sidney Lowe says he likes the opportunity to showcase both Wolfpack basketball programs in a double header. “I think it is great that our fans will have the opportunity to see both ball clubs,” Lowe said. “We have had a chance to see a couple of [the women’s games] already this year. I think this is a good chance for our fans to be able to see us both in the same location.”"

the other threads were about tickets and had misspelled Delaware

11/17/2006 4:36:06 PM

WHAT DID DELAWARE?

I DUNNO, ALASKA!

11/17/2006 4:37:10 PM

please win. these fools aint bad.

11/17/2006 4:37:12 PM

Delaware St. is in the MEAC? Surprised me.

11/17/2006 4:38:20 PM

they return all 5 starters that made it to the tourney (plus a transfer from cincy)

they like to shoot the 3-ball, half their shot attempts were from behind the arc last game

Individual Leaders
PPG McCauley 26.0
REB Fells 6.0
AST Atsur 5.0
FG% Horner 100.0
FT% Horner 100.0
3PT% Atsur 57.1
BLK McCauley 1.0
STL Fells 4.0

from sectionsix.blogspot.com

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"Expected Starters Against NC State: Darrin Shine (5-9, 170) -- Second team all-conference selection, Shine had a 1.6:1 assist:turnover ratio last season while turning the ball over on 27% of his possessions. A little high, that turnover rate, but bearable. Judging by his Assist Rate and %Shots (see scouting report), he is a pass-first point guard. Jahsha Bluntt (6-6, 220) -- The reigning conference player of the year. He's deadly from behind the arc (180-451 (.399) over the last two seasons) and that's where most of his shots will come from. He won't get to the line much, nor is he anything special as a rebounder, thanks to that tendency to shoot from outside. Roy Bright (6-6, 225) -- A bit of an unknown since he didn't play much at Cincinnati. Scored 25 points in the opener against St. Paul's College (Div-II) but was limited to two points in 27 minutes by Pittsburgh. Troy Roundtree (6-5, 225) -- Shouldn't be too big of a factor in DSU's offense; he only took 14% of the team's shots while on the court last season and his usage was the lowest of the regulars. He's turnover prone, and though he gets to the line at a good rate, he is not a good free throw shooter. Not a perimeter threat. Aaron Fleetwood (6-9, 210) -- He only took the occasional three last season--which was good because his 3FG% was lousy--but he attempted eight threes against Pittsburgh (making two). Perhaps he thinks he's added range to his jumper, or, perhaps more likely, he was frustrated by the presence of Aaron Gray in the post. He's a totally unremarkable rebounder but will block some shots. Expect him to be the third option behind Bluntt and Bright. Bench: Elyon Bush (6-7, 175) and Charlie Bell (measurables unknown; thanks, DSU athletics website!) will come off the bench. Joe Dickens (6-7, 195) is the fifth returning starter from a year ago, but he's academically ineligible for the first semester. Assorted others will grab a few minutes here and there. Delaware State's interior defense was extremely weak last season. DSU allowed opponents to shoot 52% from inside the arc, good enough to rank the Hornets 292nd in the nation in that category. Making matters worse, they allowed their opponents to grab a lot of offensive rebounds. It's pretty clear what the Pack's gameplan is, then, isn't it? Pound it, pound it, pound it. This is a small team and it is a thin team. We will get good looks by going inside and we can force them to go deeper into the bench than they want to by drawing fouls. The keys: 1.) Pound it, as mentioned. Feed Big Ben til his stomach hurts, then feed him some more. Easier said than done if the Hornets play a lot of zone. 2.) Put someone in Jahsha Bluntt's back pocket. He's one of those guys who can have a 6-8 night from beyond the arc and single-handedly drive the Hornets to an upset. Our perimeter defense must be better. 3.) Protect the ball. Fewer turnovers means more shots against DSU's bad FG% defense. "

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 4:41 PM. Reason : stats]

11/17/2006 4:38:21 PM

pretty sure they lost in their conference tournament(hampton?) and didnt make the ncaa tourney

the cincy player is roy bright...i remember him from durham, think he was a top 100 player

11/17/2006 4:43:23 PM

horner has never missed anything in his college career!

11/17/2006 4:44:14 PM

i got this from the n&blow

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"You'll recall the Hornets gave Duke everything it wanted in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament in Charlotte. The Hornets, which employ somewhat of a Princetonian philosophy, are picked to win the MEAC and return to the NCAA Tournament."

11/17/2006 4:47:34 PM

as in the 2004-2005 season....not 2005-2006...but theyre a good opponent regardless

also, fleetwood is from raleigh

11/17/2006 4:50:54 PM

roy bright is from durham. recruited by state and wanted a wolfpack offer but his grades weren't right -- ended up at cincy. went to a juco after a year at cincy and now landed at deleware state.

11/17/2006 5:01:56 PM

what is the line on this game - this has the makings of an upset or atleast one to bet against the pack if we are 10 pt favs or something.

11/17/2006 5:24:08 PM

we probably arent favored at all

11/17/2006 6:22:04 PM

Damn, I have a ticket to this game... but my car broke today

11/17/2006 7:29:03 PM

anyone have the wolfpack sports radio link for this game?

11/17/2006 7:51:04 PM

AM 650

11/17/2006 8:13:21 PM

680 dumbass

11/17/2006 8:18:34 PM

go pack

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 8:20 PM. Reason : my bad]

11/17/2006 8:18:45 PM

has the game started? the stupid gametracker hasn't started.

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 8:21 PM. Reason : let me know when it does to see how far behind this shit is...]

11/17/2006 8:19:54 PM

hasnt started

11/17/2006 8:20:47 PM

^^what gametracker are you using?

11/17/2006 8:21:36 PM

the one linked from gopack.com.. i hate this shit, living away from the east coast.. at least the games are all over by 8pm and they don't cut in to bar time though...

11/17/2006 8:22:58 PM

"He lost sight of it for a little bit, it bounced off his forehead"
hahaha, atsur

11/17/2006 8:25:08 PM

we're up 13-4

6-7 from the floor

11/17/2006 8:30:30 PM

Costner 3/3 with no 3-point attempts.

I like this change.

11/17/2006 8:33:20 PM

not anymore

11/17/2006 8:43:14 PM

22-8, costner hits a 3 from way out

11/17/2006 8:43:21 PM

lol, this team might be the worst team in history judging by the gametracker.. we are rolling!

11/17/2006 8:43:33 PM

sounds like costner's stroke is coming around

11/17/2006 8:45:12 PM

does anyone else feel like sometimes it doesnt sound like you are listening to our basketball team playing......dunk here.....dunk there.......

11/17/2006 8:45:47 PM

nah, we get plenty of dunks against shitty teams.. damon thornton use to rack 'em..

11/17/2006 8:46:23 PM

thats a sweet memory....damon jumping over that fool

11/17/2006 8:48:02 PM

Why is a Coach K commercial on?

11/17/2006 8:53:26 PM

who is neman?

11/17/2006 8:58:37 PM

brian nieman, senior - former walkon now on scholarship wes miller style

11/17/2006 8:59:18 PM

thanks

11/17/2006 9:01:00 PM

37-22 at the half

11/17/2006 9:01:53 PM

11 assists on 14 made baskets, only 1/3 of our shots from 3-point range.

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 9:02 PM. Reason : 1]

11/17/2006 9:01:56 PM

were our last ten shots all dunks by Grant or was I hearing things????

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 9:05 PM. Reason : ]

11/17/2006 9:04:29 PM

lol. i'm loving this offense. way to step up defense too


unc was down at this point in their game last night.. lol

11/17/2006 9:05:59 PM

alahoop dunk to grant.... this is great

11/17/2006 9:21:59 PM

Timeout, 46-22. Big jam by Grant which pretty much everyone helped stuffing Del. State and getting it to Grant

11/17/2006 9:22:39 PM

this reminds me of games of the past few years.....only we were Delaware State playing a slow tempo clock control game and all other teams with more athletic, uptempo offenses ran over us

it sure feels good to be on the other shoe

11/17/2006 9:29:03 PM

"It ain't over until the fat lady commentators sings"
13:30 left, 49-26

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 9:30 PM. Reason : Atsur for 3!]

11/17/2006 9:29:33 PM

lovin' the positive vibes from this team

11/17/2006 9:36:18 PM

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"this reminds me of games of the past few years.....only we were Delaware State playing a slow tempo clock control game and all other teams with more athletic, uptempo offenses ran over us "

I'll say the same if this keeps up agaist good teams. However, how quickly people forget we scored 91 points in each of our first 2 games just last year..

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 9:41 PM. Reason : DEfense sounds great though!]

11/17/2006 9:41:17 PM

^that was with some of the best combined talent this school has seen in a decade

11/17/2006 9:48:03 PM

Bartoss!!

11/17/2006 9:55:54 PM

sux

11/17/2006 9:57:24 PM

light the bell tower red


2-0

11/17/2006 10:16:11 PM

Quote :

"this reminds me of games of the past few years.....only we were Delaware State playing a slow tempo clock control game and all other teams with more athletic, uptempo offenses ran over us it sure feels good to be on the other shoe "

agreed. i cant believe all these people saying we'll be last in the ACC...I know this single game proves nothing but I think we'll be middle of the pack this year and better then next few years.

11/17/2006 10:19:50 PM