NC State (4-2)
	vs
	#7 Syarcuse (7-0)
	Saturday, December 4th, 5:15pm TV: ESPN2 (HD) Also available on ESPN3.com

Syracuse schedule to date:
Northern Iowa W 68-46
Canisius W 86-67
Detroit W 66-55
William & Mary W 63-60
vs Michigan W 53-50
vs Georgia Tech W 80-76
Cornell W 78-58

12/3/2010 1:38:51 AM

12/3/2010 1:59:50 AM

this is a pivotal game for us...if we pull out a win it could turn our season around, another loss and making the NCAA tournament seems out of reach.

12/3/2010 2:23:04 AM

Surely we will victor Syarcuse.

12/3/2010 5:57:54 AM

12/3/2010 6:12:44 AM

^I like the emphasis

12/3/2010 6:22:49 AM

wtny

12/3/2010 7:04:13 AM

L
L
L
L
LLLLLL

12/3/2010 7:13:17 AM

another chance for a big win embarrassment on a national stage!

12/3/2010 7:17:19 AM

BLOWD

OUT

AGAIN

12/3/2010 7:17:57 AM

I'm expecting a better performance but still lose by 15. As always, the caveat is if Wood and Javi decide to start lighting it up from downtown. This has the effect of opening up bigger lanes and usually keeps us in games.

The defense will still be a clusterfuck and turnovers will still be a bit high.

If the effort isn't a full 100%, Lowe should be fired before leaving the building.

12/3/2010 7:24:47 AM

SYR 79 - 52 NCSU

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 7:30 AM. Reason : ]

12/3/2010 7:30:21 AM

yes, please to crack 50 this time...

12/3/2010 7:30:50 AM

Lest we forget the last time an unranked Pack went to the Carrier Dome and Grundy and Hodge beat that top-ten Orange ass

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 8:29 AM. Reason : Lest we also forget that State team was way better than this State team]

12/3/2010 8:28:17 AM

Syarcuse - 94
NCSU - 50

12/3/2010 8:31:00 AM

boldface dancing L formation

12/3/2010 8:35:16 AM

The Pack plays much better

Pack 73
Cuse 78

12/3/2010 8:51:40 AM

7 min to go:

SYR 61
NCSU 69

Final score:

SYR 83
NCSU 78

12/3/2010 8:55:44 AM

The Pack plays much better

Cuse 87
Pack 489

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 8:59 AM. Reason : ]

12/3/2010 8:58:22 AM

Anyone thinking State ever has a chance in this game is completely off their rocker.

12/3/2010 8:58:46 AM

Syracuse's 2-3 zone will eat us alive. 75-51 them.

12/3/2010 8:59:49 AM

Boeheim spotted after watching tape of the nc state/wisconsin game

12/3/2010 9:03:19 AM

Jeez, how is State this bad?

12/3/2010 9:06:54 AM

This one will bring the lulz...

12/3/2010 9:10:59 AM

I'm not sure if i should watch this or not

12/3/2010 9:13:56 AM

the real fans will be watching

12/3/2010 9:17:49 AM

12/3/2010 9:23:06 AM

Quote :

"another loss and making the NCAA tournament seems out of reach."

a little early for this, me thinks

12/3/2010 9:24:30 AM

http://www.backingthepack.com/2010/12/3/1852065/previewing-syracuse - pretty good write up

Quote :

"another loss and making the NCAA tournament seems out of reach."

GTFO of here with that drivel

12/3/2010 9:32:08 AM

surprisingly they've struggled against a bunch of teams... just means the setup is on

12/3/2010 9:33:16 AM

Quote :

"GTFO of here with that drivel"

I mean he's more or less right

We won't have an OOC win to hang our hats on and our in-conference prospects are shady at best

I don't know if 8-8 in a down ACC gets us in

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 9:35 AM. Reason : oh, it's synapse, lol nm]

12/3/2010 9:35:39 AM

If we lose to Syr and Ariz., you can kiss it goodbye. Cause they're not blowing through the ACC and that'd be all they'd have left. Or the tournament.

12/3/2010 9:38:16 AM

The ACC is so down this year we just need a close game at Syracuse then a W over Arizona. If we can get that and then finish top 4 in the ACC we'll dance. No way the ACC gets less than 4 bids, I don't think that has even happened, no matter how bad the ACC is.

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 9:42 AM. Reason : ]

12/3/2010 9:41:45 AM

OMFG IF WE DON'T BEAT THIS TOP TEN TEAM WE AREN'T GOING TO THE TOURNAMENT!!!!


look people it was just one game. there's 24 more left

12/3/2010 9:45:52 AM

12/3/2010 9:51:12 AM

Quote :

"The ACC is so down this year we just need a close game at Syracuse then a W over Arizona"

does the committee look at close loses now? I thought a loss is a loss, so "a close game at Syracuse" wont mean shit for us

12/3/2010 9:52:45 AM

Quote :

"If we can get that and then finish top 4 in the ACC"

Nothing I've seen from this team all year suggests this is possible anymore.

Quote :

"The ACC is so down this year"

This also would allow for that "ACC has never received less than 4 bids" precedent to be busted. The ACC absolutely sucks this year.

12/3/2010 9:56:39 AM

i'm glad everyone has already mapped out the entire march college basketball landscape here in early december

12/3/2010 9:57:53 AM

syracuse will overlook us and we'll steal a victory...i hope

12/3/2010 9:57:57 AM

Quote :

"i'm glad everyone has mapped out the entire march college basketball landscape here in early december"

I thought rule #27 in the Wolfpack Fan Handbook was about making conjectures based on a small subset of nausea-inducing W/L data?

12/3/2010 9:59:28 AM

not that it is going to happen this game, but the return of Smith is going to be a nice boost to the team.

A legit senior presence, legit inside scorer, solid defender... may be just what this very young team needs to get jumpstarted.... at least I hope

12/3/2010 10:00:47 AM

^^lawl

^yeah true that...a few times during Georgetown and Wisconsin I, too, got pessimistic about our chances this year...then I remembered we still don't have our best player back

12/3/2010 10:01:56 AM

Ah, shit, this game is gonna be depressing. Here's to hoping we can break 50.

12/3/2010 10:04:31 AM

Is there a rule in Sports Talk about looking ahead

Can we not do that anymore

I mean no one said we will lose, we will not make the tournament

Just that if we lose (especially if it's a buttfucking) our prospects are slim. We've got one shot at a decent OOC win after this after already shitting the bed a couple times and nothing we've seen yet bodes well for conference play.

12/3/2010 10:06:11 AM

this thread is sad.

I need some optimistic NYM to make me feel better...

12/3/2010 10:17:46 AM

my brother went to Syracuse

he says they arent that great this year

hope that cheers you up

12/3/2010 10:18:41 AM

Sid's gonna get his shit packed worse than his son got it in prison.

12/3/2010 10:20:04 AM

that's just wrong

12/3/2010 10:24:09 AM

^^ no need for that.

12/3/2010 10:27:01 AM

ain't nothing but a thang

12/3/2010 10:29:02 AM