Next up - at NC State - 12-17

[SeniorDrill]

2013-14 Finished 22-14, Got into NCAA with a 21-13 record, Beat Xavier 74-59, Lost to St. Louis in OT 80-83
2014-15 8-2, 9 of 10 games played at home
W Queens(E) 78-47
W Jackson State 93-58
W Hofstra 76-54
W Jacksonville 79-43
W South Florida 78-65
W Richmond 84-72
W Boise State 60-54
L at Purdue 61-66
W Wake Forest 78-65
W Charleston Southern 86-50
L Wofford 54-55

 

[Vols4us]

Despite NCSU's last game, this will be a good test of our guys on the road. They should be playing with a lot of confidence after the big win against Butler. A good road win would do big things for them.

 

[golfballs]

I want payback

Should not have lost to them last year

 

[SeniorDrill]

I want payback
Should not have lost to them last year

Also, as BTO said, a road win over an ACC school would be huge!

 

[volroadwarrior]

Not a lot to go on with that record. No impressive wins. We need a shooter or 2 besides Richardson to find the basket and we can win going away.

 

[Volunteer country]

Yeah this would be another big win for us! Put us at 5-3 and give us a good chance to head into conference play 9-3 if we play up to our potential!
Also is Ian Chiles even still on the team? What is going on with him? Could use him for sure

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Needs a W.

 

[vols 30]

They must have the weakest schedule up to this point.

 

[rickyb712]

Armani Moore should play defense and leave the shooting to others.

 

[snapcracklepop]

Ricky B should cheer for the team and leave the coaching to others.

 

[MphsBlues]

Armani Moore should play defense and leave the shooting to others.

We need him slashing on offense. I do prefer that he get to the rim before putting anything up, though.

 

[Dave1967]

I think UT pulls the upset

 

[LittleCat]

Will be interesting to see Trevor Lacey for NCST. He's a pretty good player, and played at Bama before. Putting up some really good numbers. 17ppg, 5rpg, and 4apg.

 

[colvol]

Yeah this would be another big win for us! Put us at 5-3 and give us a good chance to head into conference play 9-3 if we play up to our potential!
Also is Ian Chiles even still on the team? What is going on with him? Could use him for sure

Chiles is on the team. Apparently he's just not very good.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Nc State has great guards, Lacey, Turner and Cat Barber...they take care of the ball very well, are all dangerous from 3 and are a solid rebounding team. This will be a tough matchup in that im not sure how much our pressing will bother them with their 3 guards or how much we will be able to turn them over.

 

[Bigorangejumpsuit]

Nc State has great guards, Lacey, Turner and Cat Barber...they take care of the ball very well, are all dangerous from 3 and are a solid rebounding team. This will be a tough matchup in that im not sure how much our pressing will bother them with their 3 guards or how much we will be able to turn them over.

I coached Turner in Muscle Shoals. I've coached 2 kids I'd call naturals and he's one of them.

 

[SeniorDrill]

Not a lot to go on with that record. No impressive wins. We need a shooter or 2 besides Richardson to find the basket and we can win going away.

Or we need players to start making those layups under the basket! Can you imagine?

 

[SeniorDrill]

Yeah this would be another big win for us! Put us at 5-3 and give us a good chance to head into conference play 9-3 if we play up to our potential!
Also is Ian Chiles even still on the team? What is going on with him? Could use him for sure

Coach T said that Chiles had a very good week of practice and he had planned on using him some to give Josh some relief at the point. He just never got the chance in this game!

 

[Sharriscgcs]

Any others from VolNation going to be there?? I've got 4 in section 208...I'll be in orange :good!:

All of my employee are NCSU grads...I heard about last year for a long time!

 

[VolPack22]

We gonna whip they arse!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I think UT pulls the upset

Not sure it would be an upset.

 

[walkenvol]

Nc State has great guards, Lacey, Turner and Cat Barber...they take care of the ball very well, are all dangerous from 3 and are a solid rebounding team. This will be a tough matchup in that im not sure how much our pressing will bother them with their 3 guards or how much we will be able to turn them over.

Butler had taken care of the ball well this season with a 129-117 Assist to TO ratio (1.1%). UT forced them into a 11 -14 A to TO (0.78%). NC State has a 117-109 (1.07%) which is good but a bit below Butler and in my opinion it was against a weaker schedule vs who Butler has played this season.

Do you feel the Butler performance was an abberation unlikely to be duplicated against NCS or are these numbers meaningless statistics?

Personally, UT's main problem is all the offensive rebounds they give up and will be their undoing if they can't find a way to tighten that up a bit. Butler had 17 offensive RB vs UT's 9. Butler had 14 TO vs UT's 7. Still adds up to a +1 possession advantage to Butler?

 

[rocky200663]

I don't think those stats are meaningless at all. I think our defense is improving game by game as well. I am stunned that NC State lost to Wofford last night. How did that happen?

 

[vols 30]

Nc State has great guards, Lacey, Turner and Cat Barber...they take care of the ball very well, are all dangerous from 3 and are a solid rebounding team. This will be a tough matchup in that im not sure how much our pressing will bother them with their 3 guards or how much we will be able to turn them over.

Wofford held them to 54 or 55 points

 

[Lefteye]

Wofford Upsets N.C. State After Wiped-Away Buzzer-Beater

Tough loss. First Wofford has beat nc state in 80 yrs. Lol wow