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Anil just took the team because it said Peacocks.....
Good luck to ya buddy and have a good weekend!!!
Good luck to ya buddy and have a good weekend!!!
thinking line will be around 5 points and O/U around 140....HOPING it will be a role reversal to what happened at the Dean Dome...State having the lead and winning the game at the end...regardless, think the game will be a very close game that could be decided in the last minute....Master Capper said:
would rather have a blowout game (FOR THE PACK), but dont think that will happen:nono:
State is going to have 4 days to get ready for this one....Heels went to UVa in their last game and let the game get away from them....they will be hungry to pull the upset:nono:
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GAME OF THE YEAR FOR NCSU!.....the Duke game was huge, but this is more important in the Alumni's eyes
.....dont get me wrong, its always nice to beat a #1 at home, but this is the Heels we are talking about:thefinger Heels have been under-performing as of late, so I do expect to see their best game on the road this season....especially for us and when they go to Cameron....
Just hope the Pack is ready, cause it will take all their energy to pull this game out!
Pack 75
Heels 71
:shrug:
First place a reality for Pack -- with help
First place a reality for Pack -- with help
First place a reality for Pack -- with help
By AL FEATHERSTON : The Herald-Sun
afeatherston@heraldsun.com
Feb 26, 2004 : 11:47 pm ET
RALEIGH -- What was once an impossible dream is now possible.
With just over a week left, N.C. State has a very real chance to win or tie for the ACC regular season championship. The Pack is still a game behind Duke in the ACC standings, but with each team facing three more games before postseason, the odds have gone from astronomical to quite achievable.
"If it's right there, why not try to grab it?" Wolfpack senior Scooter Sherrill said Wednesday night, moments after N.C. State's 79-69 win at Georgia Tech.
"We're in second right now, but we're not worried about second place," Sherrill said. "We just have to hold our own. We can't worry about what Duke does ... I hope they lose!"
That would have to happen to give the Pack a chance to tie. The Blue Devils currently sit atop the ACC standings with an 11-2 league record. N.C. State is at 10-3.
The remaining schedule appears to be pretty even: both teams have a remaining home game with North Carolina, the Wolfpack hosts Maryland and the Blue Devils host Georgia Tech, plus one dangerous road game -- Duke at Florida State and N.C. State at Wake Forest.
The vagaries of the schedule appear to give N.C. State its best chance to catch the Devils this Sunday night when the ACC's leaders play back-to-back games on Fox Sports Net.
First, N.C. State gets North Carolina in the RBC Center --where the Pack is unbeaten this season. That game is followed by Duke at Florida State -- where the Blue Devils have lost in each of the last two seasons.
Is it farfetched to think the race could be tied before midnight Sunday?
"Right now, our focus is on North Carolina," sophomore Ilian Evtimov said. "We're not really thinking about it. But, of course, in the long run, why not?"
N.C. State already has picked up 10 ACC regular-season wins for the first time since the 1989 team claimed the regular-season title. Only five Wolfpack teams have won more in ACC play -- 1955 (12-2), 1956 (11-3), 1959 (12-2), 1973 (12-0) and 1974 (12-0).
Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek is a bit dazzled by his team's success.
"I thought we had the capability of being a good team, but I have so much respect for our league, it's difficult to put a number on it," he said. "Some things have to go your way. Sometime the difference between a win and a loss is as thin as paper.
"As we know from years past, you've got to stay healthy. There are so many variables that we've just tried to keep working and keep getting better."
A 3-0 finish would give this Wolfpack team more ACC victories than any N.C. State team has ever picked up in the regular season. It could vault the Pack into the AP top 10 for the first time in 19 years. And it could lock up a solid seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Would it be enough to bring N.C. State a share of the ACC regular-season title?
That depends on Duke.
But the chance is there -- a chance few ACC observers expected N.C. State to have this late in the season.
NOTES -- If N.C. State and Duke finish with the same record, the ACC would declare them co-champions. A tiebreaker would be used only to determine the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. n Before 1990, the ACC didn't officially recognize the regular-season champion. Now, the league does acknowledge the regular season winner, although the ACC Tournament winner remains the league's official champion.
First place a reality for Pack -- with help
First place a reality for Pack -- with help
By AL FEATHERSTON : The Herald-Sun
afeatherston@heraldsun.com
Feb 26, 2004 : 11:47 pm ET
RALEIGH -- What was once an impossible dream is now possible.
With just over a week left, N.C. State has a very real chance to win or tie for the ACC regular season championship. The Pack is still a game behind Duke in the ACC standings, but with each team facing three more games before postseason, the odds have gone from astronomical to quite achievable.
"If it's right there, why not try to grab it?" Wolfpack senior Scooter Sherrill said Wednesday night, moments after N.C. State's 79-69 win at Georgia Tech.
"We're in second right now, but we're not worried about second place," Sherrill said. "We just have to hold our own. We can't worry about what Duke does ... I hope they lose!"
That would have to happen to give the Pack a chance to tie. The Blue Devils currently sit atop the ACC standings with an 11-2 league record. N.C. State is at 10-3.
The remaining schedule appears to be pretty even: both teams have a remaining home game with North Carolina, the Wolfpack hosts Maryland and the Blue Devils host Georgia Tech, plus one dangerous road game -- Duke at Florida State and N.C. State at Wake Forest.
The vagaries of the schedule appear to give N.C. State its best chance to catch the Devils this Sunday night when the ACC's leaders play back-to-back games on Fox Sports Net.
First, N.C. State gets North Carolina in the RBC Center --where the Pack is unbeaten this season. That game is followed by Duke at Florida State -- where the Blue Devils have lost in each of the last two seasons.
Is it farfetched to think the race could be tied before midnight Sunday?
"Right now, our focus is on North Carolina," sophomore Ilian Evtimov said. "We're not really thinking about it. But, of course, in the long run, why not?"
N.C. State already has picked up 10 ACC regular-season wins for the first time since the 1989 team claimed the regular-season title. Only five Wolfpack teams have won more in ACC play -- 1955 (12-2), 1956 (11-3), 1959 (12-2), 1973 (12-0) and 1974 (12-0).
Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek is a bit dazzled by his team's success.
"I thought we had the capability of being a good team, but I have so much respect for our league, it's difficult to put a number on it," he said. "Some things have to go your way. Sometime the difference between a win and a loss is as thin as paper.
"As we know from years past, you've got to stay healthy. There are so many variables that we've just tried to keep working and keep getting better."
A 3-0 finish would give this Wolfpack team more ACC victories than any N.C. State team has ever picked up in the regular season. It could vault the Pack into the AP top 10 for the first time in 19 years. And it could lock up a solid seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Would it be enough to bring N.C. State a share of the ACC regular-season title?
That depends on Duke.
But the chance is there -- a chance few ACC observers expected N.C. State to have this late in the season.
NOTES -- If N.C. State and Duke finish with the same record, the ACC would declare them co-champions. A tiebreaker would be used only to determine the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. n Before 1990, the ACC didn't officially recognize the regular-season champion. Now, the league does acknowledge the regular season winner, although the ACC Tournament winner remains the league's official champion.
Sendek has Wolfpack playing at its best
Sendek has Wolfpack playing at its best
Sendek has Wolfpack playing at its best
By CAULTON TUDOR, Staff Writer
ATLANTA--That Herb Sendek bandwagon is running at full throttle now. Heck, Dale Earnhardt Jr. could have trouble matching this pace.
A little more than a month ago, the N.C. State basketball coach was under such fire that someone began a Web site and titled it FireSendek.com. By tomorrow this time, there'll probably be a site named HappywithhandsomeHerb.yippee.
"He's my ACC coach of the year for sure," said Wolfpack senior Scooter Sherrill.
And it's for sure that Sherrill has plenty of company, including legitimate contender Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech. "He's got to be," Hewitt said even before State recovered from a 10-point deficit to beat the Yellow Jackets, 79-69, Wednesday night in Alexander Coliseum.
At 10-3 in the conference and 18-6 overall, Sendek's team stayed in the race for the regular-season championship and squarely on course for a top-four (or better) NCAA seed.
It's a far cry from the team that was the preseason pick for fourth in the conference -- behind Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest -- and struggled extensively against quality opposition early in the season.
"We're just a different team right now," said Sherrill, whose 17 points and six rebounds were vital against Tech. "We've matured some, but our confidence is much better as a team than it was early in the season. He [Sendek] has done a great job."
With home games remaining against North Carolina and Maryland, the Pack has a chance to stay within striking distance of league-leader Duke (22-3 overall, 11-2 ACC) all the way to the final games of regular season.
In the conference coach-of-the-year race, Sendek's only remaining competition is likely the Blue Devils' Mike Krzyzewski. But as often is the case, Krzyzewski is plowing uphill. If it's taken for granted that you're going to be good and you turn out good, no one really notices until Final Four time.
Among the overachievers, Hewitt was the primary competition for Sendek entering Wednesday's game. Tech was picked for seventh in the conference, and a slow seventh at that. But even with their second straight home loss, the Jackets are still 6-7 in the league, 19-8 overall and reasonably certain of at least a top-six NCAA bid.
"Our non-conference [wins] in the league proves that this league is clearly the best in the country," Hewitt said. "Am I disappointed that we're 6-7? Sure, we want to be better. But I'm not ashamed of it."
There's nothing to be ashamed about. With a game to go at Clemson and a home date against Florida State, the Jackets still have an excellent chance to finish 8-8 in a season that many experts felt was doomed when Chris Bosh turned pro and Ed Nelson transferred to Connecticut during the summer.
Sendek was a similar situation. Last season's starting center, Josh Powell, left to enter the pro draft and starter Ilian Evtimov was coming off a knee injury that kept him sidelined through all of 2002-03.
"We've just kind of stayed the course," Sendek said. "We've realized that we have to get better at every step ... we've not altered that."
It's not that Sendek has reached the promised land. He's not yet passed the second round in an NCAA, which is where coaching reputations eventually are made or fade. Some of his toughest critics might still howl a little if the Pack can't put away UNC on Sunday night in the RBC Center.
But for the second time in three years, Sendek is bringing in an impressive body of work. In 2001-02, Sendek couldn't overtake Maryland's Gary Williams for the ACC award. This year will be different.
Sendek has Wolfpack playing at its best
Sendek has Wolfpack playing at its best
By CAULTON TUDOR, Staff Writer
ATLANTA--That Herb Sendek bandwagon is running at full throttle now. Heck, Dale Earnhardt Jr. could have trouble matching this pace.
A little more than a month ago, the N.C. State basketball coach was under such fire that someone began a Web site and titled it FireSendek.com. By tomorrow this time, there'll probably be a site named HappywithhandsomeHerb.yippee.
"He's my ACC coach of the year for sure," said Wolfpack senior Scooter Sherrill.
And it's for sure that Sherrill has plenty of company, including legitimate contender Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech. "He's got to be," Hewitt said even before State recovered from a 10-point deficit to beat the Yellow Jackets, 79-69, Wednesday night in Alexander Coliseum.
At 10-3 in the conference and 18-6 overall, Sendek's team stayed in the race for the regular-season championship and squarely on course for a top-four (or better) NCAA seed.
It's a far cry from the team that was the preseason pick for fourth in the conference -- behind Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest -- and struggled extensively against quality opposition early in the season.
"We're just a different team right now," said Sherrill, whose 17 points and six rebounds were vital against Tech. "We've matured some, but our confidence is much better as a team than it was early in the season. He [Sendek] has done a great job."
With home games remaining against North Carolina and Maryland, the Pack has a chance to stay within striking distance of league-leader Duke (22-3 overall, 11-2 ACC) all the way to the final games of regular season.
In the conference coach-of-the-year race, Sendek's only remaining competition is likely the Blue Devils' Mike Krzyzewski. But as often is the case, Krzyzewski is plowing uphill. If it's taken for granted that you're going to be good and you turn out good, no one really notices until Final Four time.
Among the overachievers, Hewitt was the primary competition for Sendek entering Wednesday's game. Tech was picked for seventh in the conference, and a slow seventh at that. But even with their second straight home loss, the Jackets are still 6-7 in the league, 19-8 overall and reasonably certain of at least a top-six NCAA bid.
"Our non-conference [wins] in the league proves that this league is clearly the best in the country," Hewitt said. "Am I disappointed that we're 6-7? Sure, we want to be better. But I'm not ashamed of it."
There's nothing to be ashamed about. With a game to go at Clemson and a home date against Florida State, the Jackets still have an excellent chance to finish 8-8 in a season that many experts felt was doomed when Chris Bosh turned pro and Ed Nelson transferred to Connecticut during the summer.
Sendek was a similar situation. Last season's starting center, Josh Powell, left to enter the pro draft and starter Ilian Evtimov was coming off a knee injury that kept him sidelined through all of 2002-03.
"We've just kind of stayed the course," Sendek said. "We've realized that we have to get better at every step ... we've not altered that."
It's not that Sendek has reached the promised land. He's not yet passed the second round in an NCAA, which is where coaching reputations eventually are made or fade. Some of his toughest critics might still howl a little if the Pack can't put away UNC on Sunday night in the RBC Center.
But for the second time in three years, Sendek is bringing in an impressive body of work. In 2001-02, Sendek couldn't overtake Maryland's Gary Williams for the ACC award. This year will be different.
he's on Iona:nono: :moon:bohawk said:Boiler-Man, GLTN on the Peacocks too.
:shrug:
Ron you got time to reconsider
(just messing)