NC State / Purdue semifinal

[millertime7774]

Run it up, better odds for Monday - DOOMED

 

[SL Husky]

That's it, sorry Wolfpack.

 

[PAHusky]

Neither of these teams are good, no?

 

[SLY63]

This is the NC St team that lost 14 games in the regular season.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Two high school teams

 

[nomar]

Neither of these teams are good, no?

I think the one blowing the other one out is good

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Purdue is a strong team, wonder how their defense will do in the next game

 

[Scoe]

Everything had to go right for NC State well it was a good run.

 

[Edward Sargent]

One with a really big kid

 

[bendm]

Houston would have smothered purdue's guards. Smith and Jones are Loyer are small and average athletes. Newton, Cam and Castle would have a big advantage as well.

 

[Giddyup5]

CANNOT double Edey. DC will handle him. But when he is out, let Edey get his. They rely so much on doubles to create for the rest of their team.

 

[BugsyCT]

Well, our 2011 team's 5 wins in 5 days + NC title will remain safely unmatched.

 

[upstater]

CANNOT double Edey. DC will handle him. But when he is out, let Edey get his. They rely so much on doubles to create for the rest of their team.

Agree, they're getting wide open 3s

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

These comments belittling Purdue are lunatic . These are the same people who melt down when the game is 10-6.

 

[jibsey]

Purdue 40-25 rebounds 10-25 3’s, many wide open. NC 4-16 3s

 

[Edward Sargent]

I haven't watched a ton of Purdue games but every time I do I come away impressed with this kid Lance Jones.

He does look good especially when he has no defender

 

[Giddyup5]

Agree, they're getting wide open 3s

If we have the opportunity I do worry because our guards love helping off their man.

 

[Jay-Bone]

It was some gambler guy on tv that said take the under in the Purdue game and this was the reason why. It's what he heard. Take with grain of salt....

Exactly why I took unders for Bama and Sears. They live or die by the 3.

 

[millertime7774]

IF it happens - We need to abuse Smith and Loyer, can't match up - DOOMED

 

[BugsyCT]

This game was never really in doubt for Purdue.

 

[gsmooth]

This is the NC St team that lost 14 games in the regular season.

They had chances to put some game pressure on Purdue when it was 49-42 but they kept blowing their chances.

 

[NutmegDog]

Well, Edey vs CLingan is what we all wanted. Halfway there.

 

[Jay-Bone]

I mean, doesn’t seem to be bothering Purdue.

maybe because Horne relies on a quick trigger, whereas Purdue passes into set shots where they have more time to sight the riim?

 

[nomar]

These comments belittling Purdue are lunatic . These are the same people who melt down when the game is 10-6.

They suck. Yeah they beat every top-10 team they played, they’ve crushed everybody in the tourney en route to the title game, they have a 7’4” guy who scores 20 a game, and yeah OK, tonight was the first time I’ve watched them, but they definitely suck.

 

[gsmooth]

These comments belittling Purdue are lunatic . These are the same people who melt down when the game is 10-6.

Yeah I don't like the belittling of Purdue. They are a #1 seed that's in the finals and they held the #1 ranking for many weeks this year.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

If we have the opportunity I do worry because our guards love helping off their man.

I may be wrong here, but i feel like we're pretty disciplined about not helping. Our whole defense is predicated on letting teams go at DC, and deny 3's. I don't think we help a lot at all.
As a matter of fact i remember a ton of times we were frustrated because we were getting beat inside, or from mid range, but that's just how our defense operates.

 

[Scoe]

Yeah I don't like the belittling of Purdue. They are a #1 seed that's in the finals and they held the #1 ranking for many weeks this year.

Ya it’s stupid Purdue isn’t close to what they were in the past, past history has no bearing in the current tournament.

 

[UCTitleTown]

The game ended when NC State got a number of stops down 6 early in the 2nd half and went 1 for 10. Missed bunnies and open mid-range jumpers. They heard felt Edey's presence and got jitters. Edey and Clingan make guys afraid to finish.

 

[storrsroars]

These comments belittling Purdue are lunatic . These are the same people who melt down when the game is 10-6.

95% of the posters in chat meltdown when we're down 10-6. I don't know if there's any correlation with Purdue.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Not impressed with either team so far.

As I;ve been saying since this tournament began. I don't but it. The rest of the field cannot be this bad. Yhey keep feeding us false intel. They want us to think we can put four guys on the court and still win easily. They want us so overcome with with hubris that we won't notice when they try to steal it frm us.

Don't believe it. It's a trap.....