Game Thread - #8 NC State at #1 South Carolina

[SimpleDawg]

Arkansas is like..... can we buy a defense like South Carolina or NcState's?

 

[Baylor1994]

this Game is very ugly right now

 

[DeeHusky]

Ty Harris was a good floor general.

 

[Plebe]

Cant watch this anymore. I guess the idea is to hit the rim?

At least ND/Michigan has some shooting.

That's why I said last night that the Drake-Iowa game was by far the best-played game I'd seen, and neither is even in the AP top 25. Very high level of team offensive execution by both teams. Fans of basketball should look up the replay on ESPN.

Perhaps it's to be expected, but the projected top teams have mostly looked sloppy and sluggish so far.

 

[triaddukefan]

State is missing Jaya Boyd in the worst way

 

[eebmg]

ESPN cant be too happy with this. UConn / MSST would have been so much better.

 

[Rocket009]

Can either team hit 20 in the first half?

Well NC State just did
SC 1 for last 8 shots

 

[SECbbfan24]

Hopefully there is more offense in the 2nd half. Some rough shooting and offensive possessions

 

[triaddukefan]

Is this SC or SC State?

 

[DeeHusky]

These announcers are annoying. I guess not having fans there to balance them out is annoying me, idk

 

[Argonaut]

Is this SC or SC State?

 

[Kaizen]

Both teams don't want to pass the ball, but cannot make a easy layup LOL.

 

[LETTERL]

Halftime: NC State leading 21-20. An ugly game from both teams on a national stage.

 

[eebmg]

Andy putting lipstick on a pig.

 

[Kaizen]

ND will lose the game, 64 -76 with less than 1 min to go.

 

[Baylor1994]

I guess Baylor did transfer the bad shooting woes to these teams because Baylor has shot the ball so bad the first two games. Hopefully this means Baylor will actually hit shots against Arkansas on Sunday

 

[PoppaBear]

That crowd sure is quiet. I'm gonna bet both teams will shoot better in the 2nd half

 

[LETTERL]

NC State shot 25% in the first half...and was only 1 of 9 from THREE. South Carolina shot 22% in the first half.

 

[SECbbfan24]

I guess Baylor did transfer the bad shooting woes to these teams because Baylor has shot the ball so bad the first two games. Hopefully this means Baylor will actually hit shots against Arkansas on Sunday

Baylor will not need to shoot from the outside to beat Arkansas. They aren’t stopping Baylor’s post players inside nor will they come close to winning most of the rebounds

 

[eebmg]

ND will lose the game, 64 -76 with less than 1 min to go.

Muffet commenting on the ND Loss. (See, not my fault) Just kidding.

Actually praising Michigan's Defense.

Muffet said SC / NCSt disappointing.

 

[DaBball]

Cooke and Henderson are a combined 2-16 for South Carolina. Cunane and Crutchfield are 0-9.

I thought Amihere did some really good things off the bench.

 

[Rb335]

Andy Landers butchering the names of at least 3 uconn players in less than a minute. Par for the course.

 

[GoCardinal]

Yikes. It’s still extremely early in the season, but it’s not hard to wonder what’s with the poor showings against South Dakota, Gonzaga, and now NC State. I really wonder if SD and Gonzaga had the size and speed to stay in front of SC, if the results would’ve been different.

 

[YSRFrisbee]

It's been a rough night so far, but I'm cutting everyone some slack. Let's hope for a better second half (offensively!)

Bright spot so far? Andy Lander's hair! The more natural salt and pepper looks good on him!

"In a world where you can be anything...be KIND"

 

[LETTERL]

In my opinion, the shooters on both teams are just shooting and rushing their shots, and that won't work for the style of play that is being displayed in this game. You just know (or hope) the lid is going to come off the basket in the second half.