Duke (14-3, 1-2)
vs. NC State (11-6, 1-3)

NC State should have plenty of time to rest and prepare after having a week off after coming off one of the best performances of the season. Hopefully the RBC will be rocking on Saturday for yet another RBC double header (3:30/8:30).

11/12 Columbia W 86-43
11/13 G Southern W 72-48
11/16 UNC-Green W 75-48
11/20 Air Force W 71-56
11/21 #17 Marquette L 73-62
11/25 Davidson W 75-47
11/28 Indiana W 54-51
12/02 #23 G'town W 61-52
12/06 Holy Cross W 57-45
12/09 G Mason W 69-53
12/19 Kent St W 79-72
12/21 at #24 Gonzaga W 61-54
12/31 San Jose St W 70-51
01/02 Temple W 73-55
01/06 Va Tech L 69-67
01/10 at Ga Tech L 74-63
01/14 at Miami W 85-63
01/18 W Forest 7:00 PM

Duke Leaders:
DeMarcus Nelson 14.8 PPG
Josh McRoberts 7.9 RPG, 4.1 APG

Saturday, January 20th, 3:30 PM - RBC Center, Raleigh, NC

TV: ABC

1/15/2007 12:40:51 AM

u jinxed us. This is too early.

1/15/2007 12:50:23 AM

will Grant shut down Nelson....
will Paulus play like VT or like Miami..........
will we hit 3s..........
will McClure and/or Thomas (or another surprise bench player) drop 20 on us......
will Scheyer be JJ or Melchioni.....

1/15/2007 12:52:53 AM

^^

1/15/2007 12:53:13 AM

yeah it is kinda early but i figured someone would go ahead and make a thread early either way

1/15/2007 12:54:14 AM

So far this year against teams that shoot the three well we do very poorly, so I'd say Duke will successfully use that to their advantage. I hope not and I would love to take out another Big Four team in a nice upset though. While Duke had a shaky start this year, they pretty well dominated Miami and that probably helps their confidence considerably. Of course our dominating Wake Forest and getting a pep talk from David Thompson could help our team's confidence considerably too. (See http://tinyurl.com/v3tab )

Either way I'll be there close to the court backing the pack (just like every other game this season) but what I want to know is, who is Aristotle really going to go for in this game?

1/15/2007 2:08:31 AM

I was gonna go for both teams but now that I didn't get a ticket because ncstate doesnt know how to run an athletics program i hope duke wins by 30. I went to every game including st aug and northern state and now I have to stay home because every sorostitute request for the duke and unc games.

1/15/2007 2:13:06 AM

^agreed on the sorostitute comment but fuck duke

We definitely need Atsur back for this game. Duke's defense has been solid all year and limiting turnovers is going to be key. Anybody have any information on his status?

1/15/2007 2:17:50 AM

1/15/2007 5:29:07 AM

1/15/2007 5:59:40 AM

Section 111, row 12

1/15/2007 8:14:41 PM

1/15/2007 8:19:55 PM

bttt

1/17/2007 11:04:44 AM

Quote :

"We definitely need Atsur back for this game. Anybody have any information on his status?"

i doubt hes going to be playing much for the next month at least

i'd lilke to be wrong, but dont think i am.

1/17/2007 11:13:09 AM

no

[Edited on January 17, 2007 at 11:16 AM. Reason : .]

1/17/2007 11:16:16 AM

i haven't heard anything about atsur this week

1/17/2007 11:36:02 AM

..............
............
........
....:)
:).....:)



[Edited on January 17, 2007 at 1:04 PM. Reason : dammit]

[Edited on January 17, 2007 at 1:05 PM. Reason : dammitx2]

[Edited on January 17, 2007 at 1:05 PM. Reason : dammitx3 WIN]

[Edited on January 17, 2007 at 1:06 PM. Reason : I give up. Damn you, God.]

1/17/2007 1:03:25 PM

ticket WAY up there...but will still sit low.

1/17/2007 1:11:52 PM

1/17/2007 1:25:25 PM

i see what you did there

1/17/2007 2:07:30 PM

What, no predictions?

1/17/2007 2:15:59 PM

prediction?



pain




not sure for whom yet

1/17/2007 2:18:54 PM

prediction: Steve Lavin is commentator, and says at least 5 times that the PAC10 is the best bball confrence

1/17/2007 10:17:25 PM

1/18/2007 12:48:03 AM

^GG on the first try! lol

1/18/2007 12:58:59 AM

should be a pretty close game, the feeling around here is that of a bit reduce swagger that you would normally expect....

1/18/2007 9:18:22 AM

I think it could be a good game, depending on how duke plays. If they play like they did against Miami, watch out pack. If they play like against VA Tech, the pack has a great shot.

Big keys to the game are the Duke guards hitting 3 pointers, pretty much the same as every recent Wolfpack game.

1/18/2007 11:02:05 AM

I want to see some crowd intensity on saturday.

im tired of this half ass cheer shit.

come drunk, be loud.

[Edited on January 18, 2007 at 11:05 AM. Reason : dd]

1/18/2007 11:05:38 AM

No shit. I can't be there this weekend, but I better see some rowdy wolfpack this season.

Get off your fucking fannies and cheer!

1/18/2007 11:06:51 AM

If anybody has an extra student ticket hit me up. i cant miss this game. nlmatthe@ncsu.edu or send message

1/18/2007 11:25:15 AM

T-39.5 hours

1/18/2007 10:59:56 PM

66 Duke
71 NCSU

fannies

1/18/2007 11:29:15 PM

so if/when we win this game, will we get credit for beating duke or will it be "duke drops another one"

1/19/2007 12:19:04 AM

^#2

1/19/2007 12:35:14 AM

I'd really like to know if this game is going to be in HD or not. I don't see why it wouldn't be. How many games have UNC/Duke had in HD this year? At least a handful.

(realistic) prediction:
Duke: 91
NCSU: 85

1/19/2007 5:53:09 PM

Duke - 81
NC State - 65

Duke's press will give us problems and they will probably shoot 50%+ on 3's.

1/19/2007 6:01:35 PM

^^ on espn it said it wasn't a few days ago

[Edited on January 19, 2007 at 6:03 PM. Reason : and now according to the guide on the TV, it is not.. i don't know why not but it isn't]

of course though, UNC's 9pm ESPN game is in HD, ESPN has 3 other games that day not in HD per the guide

im not sure where all the HD trucks are at, and why it isn't be used

[Edited on January 19, 2007 at 6:04 PM. Reason : ]

1/19/2007 6:02:33 PM

^^^if we score 85 on Duke, we will win. we'll only score in the 50's...




and win

I hope Fells tries to top this tomorrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCYqSnW5fY0&NR

1/19/2007 6:21:51 PM

1/19/2007 6:26:15 PM

haha sidney ftw, on TV he was just like "of course, its not just another game, its not"

im not gonna say anything else.

1/19/2007 6:28:07 PM

Quote :

"I want to see some crowd intensity on saturday. im tired of this half ass cheer shit. come drunk, be loud."

exactly. i'm sick of watching all those bastards at court level sitting there doing jack shit. scream till it hurts you fucks


i assume atsur will be out again...any news on his condition?

1/19/2007 6:32:13 PM

Quote :

"Duke: 91 NCSU: 85"

seeing as how duke hasn't scored 90 points all year, and only have scored in the mid 80's twice, how do you expect them to score even close to 90 this game?

1/19/2007 6:36:57 PM

Given our past, I'm gonna say we will die by the three, that is unless Duke has an absolutely horrible shooting night.

1/19/2007 8:17:21 PM

Quote :

"“I’m hoping the time off will help us,” said Lowe. “Hopefully, it gave Engin [Atsur] a few more days for therapy and rest and to get a few more workouts in. Sometimes you get concerned because you like to keep playing after you’ve come off a pretty good game, but for our ball club it should help us.” Lowe says Atsur, NC State’s senior point guard, could be available for duty if he gets through Friday afternoon’s practice without having any more setbacks from the hamstring pull that has kept him out of the line-up 11 of the Pack’s last 12 games. After conferring with Director of Sports Medicine Charlie Rozanski this week, Lowe is feeling better about Atsur’s chances of returning and taking over the Wolfpack’s primary ball-handling responsibilities. “Charlie is very positive about it,” Lowe said. “He said that Engin felt as good on [Thursday] as he’s felt in a long time. It’s still more important for Engin to feel that way and I think he does. We still want to make sure that he’s 100 percent physically and mentally ready to go.”"

1/19/2007 8:20:53 PM

first to 70 wins.

1/19/2007 9:21:46 PM

today is the day.. they are about to talk about it on sportscenter

1/20/2007 9:58:27 AM

WOOHOO Sportscenter says this should be a good game!

1/20/2007 10:20:16 AM

^only because its on one of their affiliates

1/20/2007 10:21:40 AM

^true, think rose bowl... but WHO CARES, it will be a good game!

[Edited on January 20, 2007 at 10:38 AM. Reason : oops]

1/20/2007 10:38:31 AM

Yea I know, but still, they could have set it up as "WATCH DUKE ON OUR ABC SPORTS AFFILIATE" But they didn't, they set it up as potentially a very tough, close game.

1/20/2007 10:50:22 AM