Wake Forest (7-8)
	vs
	NC State (10-4)
	Saturday, January 8th, 2:30pm TV: ACC Network (HD)

Wake Forest schedule to date:
Stetson L 89-79
Hampton W 63-56
vs Virginia Commonwealth L 90-69
@ Elon W 89-70
Winthrop L 83-74
Marist W 81-59
Iowa W 76-73
Holy Cross W 75-64
vs UNCW L 81-69
UNC Greensboro W 69-67
@ Xavier L 83-75
Presbyterian L 66-64
@ Richmond L 90-74
vs Gonzaga L 73-63
vs High Point W 79-63

1/6/2011 1:07:19 AM

go state

1/6/2011 1:11:28 AM

being from winston-salem, i could not handle a loss to the deacs this year

W

GO WOLFPACKS!!!!!

1/6/2011 2:36:48 AM

If we get embarrassed by this Wake team, it would pretty much rule out any signs of ability to play in the tourney.

Buzz's team may be the worst in ACC history. In his defense, he has no point guards active (the only one is injured), no Skip/Dino inherited talent, a bunch of freshmen/transfers and Ty Walker (possibly the worst 5* ever). That doesn't completely excuse the poor play. Good coaching will bring the best out of players but they look even more unorganized than we do. Checking out the recruiting class, it looks like they don't have a whole lot to look forward to either. Ron Wellman was lauded as one of the best ADs in the country as little as 5 years ago. Now a lot of fans want him burnt at the stake.

The Emon Eacons are in serious trouble.

1/6/2011 5:37:46 AM

if we lose this game (which is 60/40), it would not be good.


*home court adv

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 8:47 AM. Reason : percentage edit]

1/6/2011 8:47:04 AM

i mean, i know we're not great, but we should win this one easily. sure, we have 4 losses, but we took Syracuse down to the wire, hung with GTown for a half without our best player, and have beaten all the teams we should've beaten thus far. GO PACK!

State: 78
Wake: 62

1/6/2011 9:46:50 AM

at NO point should we ever trail in this game, even 2-0

1/6/2011 9:49:10 AM

^^That's a reasonable prediction.

Wake: 70
State: 83

1/6/2011 9:52:25 AM

i can't imagine how high-pitched and unintimidating that Ryan Harrow scream was in the first clip

1/6/2011 9:52:48 AM

you don't have to imagine. it's right there.

1/6/2011 10:50:53 AM

I'll be there. GO PACK!

1/6/2011 10:54:24 AM

Wake sucks...a lot.

GO STATE

1/6/2011 12:04:11 PM

1/6/2011 12:13:43 PM

^ a w is a w!

plz to start conf season 1-0 Pack !

i'll be there to witness per usual...

1/6/2011 12:43:21 PM

NCSU: 74
WFU: 68

1/6/2011 12:44:14 PM

Wake gonna get blowed out

64-83

1/6/2011 12:54:20 PM

Let's do this!

GO PACK!!

1/6/2011 1:02:51 PM

Pretty much a must win. If we lose to this terrible WF team, I don't see how this team will recover. I feel confident about this game since Tracy is back and we play at home. If we were on the road, I'd be much more worried. Thank God we get to open our ACC slate at home as it'll help the freshman.

State: 79
Wake: 69


[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 1:07 PM. Reason : score]

1/6/2011 1:07:23 PM

We better win... my friends that like WF are just about the only people left I can talk smack to.

1/6/2011 1:08:52 PM

I am worried about this game. Their best players are Gs and SFs. If we allow then to get hot from 3, much like Elon, I could see us losing this game.

1/6/2011 1:09:44 PM

I wanted to make an addendum to my list in my previous post in defense of Buzz. He also lost Tony Woods to felony so that leaves them very little strength/experience in the frontcourt. They basically play 4 guard sets the whole game.

1/6/2011 1:15:41 PM

^^^ You must not have any friends from UNC.

1/6/2011 1:19:00 PM

^^Who is Buzz?

1/6/2011 1:20:17 PM

Wake's "bigs" also play dirty, as usual. Refs better get control of it early, although nothing could really be worse than last night. Elon actually looked like a better team than Wake with their toughness and hustle....I've been to about 6 Wake games already this year and they absolutely suck.


I will say...they played hard and dirty against Gonzaga last week to keep it close. Typical. They usually wouldn't get away with the crap they pulled on them down low but they are playing AT NC State, the one team in the country who gets fucked by the refs on their home floor with consistency.

1/6/2011 1:54:11 PM

^^ Bzdelik

Context clues

1/6/2011 1:55:19 PM

Never heard him called Buzz. That's pretty fucking gay.

1/6/2011 2:06:38 PM

still, you couldn't figure that out when his name starts w/ "Bz"?

1/6/2011 2:15:27 PM

^^^^
They do play somewhat dirty. Not "break your girlfriend's back" dirty (this year), but still dirty.


How long til Wake fans start bringing vuvuzelas to games in honor of Coach Bzzzzzz?

[Edited on January 6, 2011 at 2:17 PM. Reason : Bzzzzzz]

1/6/2011 2:15:34 PM

They have to win some games first

1/6/2011 2:29:10 PM

hopefully we don't need a McCauley slam at the buzzer to win this one

1/6/2011 2:48:04 PM

Quote :

"That's pretty fucking gay. "

...you're a grad student?

1/6/2011 3:03:28 PM

Quote :

"Never heard him called Buzz. That's pretty fucking gay."

I could call him Bzz or Bz if that'd be to your liking. It's just a colloquialism.

1/6/2011 6:48:29 PM

i think we'll win.

1/6/2011 7:11:12 PM

If we lose any lingering hope I had for this season will be entirely gone

1/6/2011 8:18:40 PM

If we lose then we will not be ranked next week

1/6/2011 8:33:26 PM

W

1/6/2011 8:34:19 PM

Obviously a must win, wake has had a few close games against good teams lately but also a bizarre loss to presbyterian.

They are better than our competition of late but not a whole lot better.

This is a good way to ease into the ACC schedule before three big road tests.

1/7/2011 9:18:44 AM

we got this

no problem

1/7/2011 9:39:17 AM

12:00 tailgate. done and done.

1/7/2011 10:23:13 AM

Harrow's role works for Wolfpack

Quote :

"Freshman guard Ryan Harrow leads N.C. State in scoring but hasn't started a game yet this season. Harrow has scored at 12 points in each of the past three games and five of seven to boost his average to 11.3 points per game. His minutes are up in the past three games but Wolfpack coach Sidney Lowe wasn't ready to say if he would move Harrow into the starting lineup for Saturday's ACC opener against Wake Forest. Lowe likes the way Harrow gets a chance to watch the beginning of the game, with senior Javier Gonzalez starting at point guard, and gets a chance to get a feel for the game. "What I like is that it works," Lowe said of Harrow coming off the bench, usually after the first television timeout at the 16-minute mark. Harrow has played more minutes than Gonzalez for three straight games. Harrow has put up 14, 12 and 18 points, respectively, in State's wins over Alabama A&M, San Diego and Elon. Gonzalez has scored 5, 4 and 2 points, respectively, in the three-game span. Harrow hasn't cracked the starting lineup yet, though. Lowe, as he often does, said it's more important to finish the game, which Harrow has, than to start. "Ryan understands the big picture," Lowe said. Harrow has averaged 24.3 minutes in the three-game stretch, to 15.6 for Gonzalez, and has 12 assists with seven turnovers. Gonzalez has posted three assists with five turnovers. State fell behind Elon by 10 points, twice in the first half, with Harrow steadying the offense with nine points to keep the score close (41-37) at the half. Gonzalez, who was third on the team in scoring last season, has seen his point production drop to 5.7 points per game, from 9.5 last season. He has had only two games in double figures in 14 nonconference games this season, compared to eight double-digit nonconference games last season. "

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/harrows-role-works-for-wolfpack

1/7/2011 1:35:56 PM

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

(i shall be there.)

1/7/2011 1:37:08 PM

damn work. i'll have to keep up on my phone.

1/7/2011 2:28:43 PM

I'm excited for us to finally start ACC play and this is the ideal game to open with. A home court match up against likely the worst ACC team in years is something we can hopefully take advantage of. A loss tomorrow and I'll officially be checking out and looking forward to football season.

1/7/2011 3:52:50 PM

Quote :

"If we lose then we will not be ranked next week"

glad we're not ranked, we should win

1/7/2011 4:02:27 PM

Quote :

"glad we're not ranked"

AWAKEN THE SIMONN

1/7/2011 4:16:14 PM

Harrow is starting to wrestle the job away from javi and if he's the better pg then that's definitely what we want.

However, so far harrow has clearly been a better weapon against inferior opponents but not clearly better against the good teams

I like the balance we have right now and hopefully one or both step it up this year

1/7/2011 4:36:31 PM

haha.

i got a TEXT MESSAGE ON MY PHONE informing me that i had been summoned to this thread. that's how serious this is.

1/7/2011 4:36:58 PM

1/7/2011 4:38:13 PM

hahaha, that was TOTAL sarcasm about the "not ranked" part and making fun of those who say that... i wish we # fucking 1, won every game by 47 pts and took a dump in the opposing team's sperry top siders.

1/7/2011 4:47:43 PM

^^^ serious stuff

1/8/2011 12:02:30 AM