1/3/2008 6:25:52 PM

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"Presbyterian is only playing 5 home games this year"

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"with a very, very strong schedule. They have played and are scheduled to play the likes of Ohio State, Nebraska, Clemson, Georgia, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi."

Yeah, gluttons for punishment I guess.

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"And yes, they have already played 18 games."

And already lost 17.

1/3/2008 6:30:02 PM

First year in D-1 is a killer.

1/3/2008 6:30:40 PM

wtf@18 games

we desperately need a blow out in our next two games. at least for the sake of my own comfort regarding this team.

1/3/2008 6:30:56 PM

they must be making mad bank this year as everybody's mail-order bitch

they are kind of like a basketball escort service

1/3/2008 6:33:38 PM

^Yeah, so we should only be down by 3 at the half.

1/3/2008 6:36:15 PM

glad we dont play them at their place, they are undefeated at home

1/3/2008 6:43:31 PM

^lol, the Ross E. Templeton Physical Education Center is a tough place to play.

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 7:21 PM. Reason : ]

1/3/2008 7:12:01 PM

I'll be there.

Hopefully, I won't be disappointed.

I'll have my fingers crossed.

1/3/2008 7:15:21 PM

wow they played 3 nights in a row in november...including a cross country trip

1/3/2008 7:18:14 PM

Presbyterian will lose.

It has been predetermined.

(I'm a presbyterian myself. )

They only lost to Georgia by 10 and Wake by 12.

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 7:56 PM. Reason : .]

1/3/2008 7:54:29 PM

Front row midcourt for the next 2 games!!!!!

1/3/2008 11:47:06 PM

^wtf, I havn't been able to get anything but shit ass behind the basket seats for three games straight now.

1/4/2008 12:10:40 AM

They gave Wake a game the other night. That said, they are one of the 5 worst teams in Div I.

1/4/2008 12:24:48 AM

hey behind the basket isn't so bad, if we're talkin like first row or two

I'll be there, I expect some nc state shit to be in full effect

1/4/2008 12:25:49 AM

^ don't they give like the first X rows to wolfpack club or something? I don't think i've ever gotten better than row 14 behind the basket. Of course, the online system could just be screwing me.

1/4/2008 12:29:48 AM

student wolfpack club gets those floor level sections behind the player benches

1/4/2008 1:00:16 AM

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"wow they played 3 nights in a row in november...including a cross country trip"

yeah really, and that also includes 4 games in 5 nights

1/4/2008 3:00:44 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/734/story/860112.html

Heeding call of the road
Blue Hose visit Pack on Saturday

Chip Alexander, Staff Writer
Forgive Gregg Nibert if he feels like one of the road-weary presidential hopefuls.
Since early November, Nibert has crisscrossed the country. He has been in Ohio, New Mexico, Nebraska, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and California.

But Nibert isn't selling himself. He is promoting Presbyterian College basketball. The Blue Hose are in their first season of NCAA Division I competition and Nibert, in his 19th year as men's coach, decided to take on all comers.

"We wanted to dive right into Division I," he said Thursday.

The Blue Hose are 1-17 after a 70-58 loss Wednesday at Wake Forest -- Presbyterian's 17th road game. On Saturday, the Blue Hose will play at N.C. State, then will hop a flight to Atlanta for a game against Georgia Tech on Sunday.

Three ACC teams in five days. That's some heavy lifting.

Include Clemson, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Georgia, Auburn ...

"We'd hear bits and pieces last year of what teams we might be playing," senior guard Pat Kiscaden said. "When we finally got the full schedule in the summer, It was like, 'Oh, my goodness.'

"It's a big jump for us, but it has been fun."

By season's end, the Blue Hose will have traveled 130,000 miles. But Nibert isn't looking for sympathy. What he wants is recognition -- and quality recruits.

"We want to let people know Presbyterian is Division I and we are playing the best competition," Nibert said.

Nibert said this year's schedule helped attract three freshmen who are starters and two others who are redshirting this season. The Blue Hose, he said, have three players signed for next season.

"It's the best back-to-back classes we've ever had," he said.

The string of road games will be lucrative. Nibert said Presbyterian, located in Clinton, S.C., will receive about $650,000 for the athletics department.

"Part of that will help us get to 13 scholarships," he said. "We're at 11 now. And we can fix up our locker room and do other things to make it look first class."

The Blue Hose's only victory was in their only home game, on Dec. 1. Presbyterian topped Radford 62-60 at the Templeton Center.

"We've been an elite Division II program and it has been different not winning," Kiscaden said. "We're not competing for a championship this season, but every game has felt like a championship game. If we could beat an ACC team, it might be bigger than any championship I've ever won."

The Blue Hose, who have just five home games, couldn't beat Wake Forest. But after falling behind 22-6, Presbyterian trailed the Demon Deacons just 31-29 at halftime, and the score was tied with less than 10 minutes left.

Center Al'Lonzo Coleman, a 6-foot-7 freshman who scored 18 points in the 74-57 loss at Clemson, had 16 against Wake.

"When we played Clemson, it was a three-point game with seven minutes left," Nibert said. "And if you had told me before the season we'd be tied with Wake Forest with 9:56 to play, I'd have said I'm all for that.

"You'd like to win every game, but I'm proud of our players' character and work ethic. I'll give them an A-plus for their toughness and work ethic."

Presbyterian, which has 1,200 students, has gotten the exposure it sought. The Blue Hose have been featured by The New York Times and ESPN.com.

"We're a small school from a small community, and we've definitely been the talk of the town," Kiscaden said. "Everyone knows what we're up against. But it's been good for the school to get our name out there."

Next season should be more conventional. The Blue Hose join the Big South Conference, though they're not eligible for the Big South tournament or the NCAA Tournament until 2011-12.

Nibert said Presbyterian could play at Duke in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. There also could be a few more marquee games.

"It has been quite an experience this year," Nibert said.

And a lot of miles.

1/4/2008 8:35:39 AM

oh geez, lets hope we can put this away earlier than wake or clemson... but i have no expectations after our recent close performances.

1/4/2008 8:51:35 AM

The Blue Hose????? Wow. just wow.

1/4/2008 9:50:39 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_College

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"The PC mascot is the Blue Hose, represented by a Scotsman clad in a kilt with blue stockings."

1/4/2008 9:58:33 AM

i'm going to make a not so bold prediction and say that we lose this game by 4.

1/4/2008 10:00:09 AM

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"plz2win. plz2win. plz2win."

ahahaha, that's just sad.....

1/4/2008 10:10:29 AM

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"If we could beat an ACC team, it might be bigger than any championship I've ever won."

And we're just the team to give them their 1st win.

[Edited on January 4, 2008 at 10:15 AM. Reason : ^^^^]

1/4/2008 10:14:35 AM

if we can make that wish come true for ECU, then by God we can do it for Presby!

1/4/2008 10:56:16 AM

The NCSU Make-a-Wish Foundation for Shit-ball Clubs

1/4/2008 10:59:13 AM

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"i'm going to make a not so bold prediction and say that we lose this game by 4."

care to back up your prediction with a wager?

1/4/2008 11:30:14 AM

anyone know where i can listen to the game?

1/4/2008 2:24:20 PM

101.5

1/4/2008 2:42:58 PM

1/4/2008 3:57:27 PM

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"And we're just the team to give them their 1st win."

LOL

very true

1/4/2008 4:02:06 PM

People.

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"Presbyterian will lose. It has been predetermined. "

1/4/2008 9:00:28 PM

L if we don't win by 20

1/4/2008 9:22:38 PM

96-68

1/4/2008 9:26:07 PM

somehow I got to sit in 106 row A for one of the games in December and the next two up on the schedule. Of course once ACC play is in play I will be stuck but down in 126,127, 113, or 112. Anything is better than upper level. GO PACK!

1/4/2008 11:34:58 PM

^^no way we score above 85

1/4/2008 11:47:27 PM

^^meanwhile, the fuckers who haven't been to a game all season will get sections 102-106

^yeah...nobody has scored 90 on them all season, so i assume they play a slow paced game

i say it's more like 75-55

[Edited on January 4, 2008 at 11:51 PM. Reason : .]

1/4/2008 11:48:25 PM

If anybody has an extra ticket please PM me

1/5/2008 11:12:05 AM

Any extra student tickets?

1/5/2008 11:13:52 AM

sec 104 fuck yea - see yall there

1/5/2008 12:32:06 PM

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"In its first year playing Division one basketball, the Blue Hose are taking one for the school and the program by playing 19 of their first 21 games on the road."

dats a lotta traveling

1/5/2008 1:09:18 PM

I hope they read this.

1/5/2008 1:16:06 PM

NCSU - 81
Presbyterian - 63

1/5/2008 1:16:49 PM

have an extra ticket to this game if anyone wants it for $10. Section 335.

PM or send IM to JHSnads

1/5/2008 1:25:25 PM

anyone planning on buying the game and posting the link?

1/5/2008 2:21:29 PM

alright fuckers here is the link to the acc select game


http://acc.playonsports.tv/media/video.asx?type=event&eventId=2687&TSid=Gaa4726-19590177-1164155935608-1&nsfg=1199561921|p2687^K8UMreh0AXrmGc6C

go pack

1/5/2008 2:41:03 PM

AWESOME!

[Edited on January 5, 2008 at 2:43 PM. Reason : wait - i think they figured it out ]

1/5/2008 2:42:04 PM

Anyone have a link to some audio, so we don't have to listen to this idiot.

1/5/2008 2:42:06 PM

BOOM GOES THE DYNOOOOOMITE!

1/5/2008 2:43:11 PM