RBC haters, there's now two (brand new) national championship banners hanging in the middle of the RBC instead of the outer rafters. So you can see them now. One on each side. They're white, to set them apart from the ACC championship banners. Hard to see in this pic, but it was the best I could do tonight. Should be able to get a better one tomorrow night.

[Edited on November 29, 2011 at 10:19 PM. Reason : old ones are still there, for the moment.]

11/29/2011 10:18:32 PM

noticed those at the game tonight

I am going to assume that that ring is now going to be the "Ring of Champions" and that they'll keep the other two, larger championship banners up

11/29/2011 10:29:03 PM

Saw this posted on Pack Pride. Written by Bobby Lutz:

http://collegechalktalk.com/coachesDiary/ncstate/2011-12/index

Pretty good read.

12/7/2011 11:38:00 AM

" We have already shortened our practices but increased the intensity to maintain the focus we want our players to have."

Many modern coaches follow this technique. Jose Mourinho in soccer has training sessions that only last 90 minutes.

12/7/2011 11:54:37 AM

Quote :

"Despite the attempts of other coaches telling them why they should not come to Raleigh (including some pretty negative recruiting), they want to be the first full recruiting class to join us."

Wonder what that's about.

12/7/2011 5:20:17 PM

Pretty easy to employ negative recruiting against NC State basketball right now. No surprise there.

12/7/2011 5:33:17 PM

Just looking through our schedule and God our last 6 games are going to suck. Sorry for the shitty formatting. We could possibly be 7-3 or 8-2 going into that brutal stretch and end up with 6 straight losses. Fuck you ACC schedule makers.

Thu 16-Feb at
Duke
Sat 18-Feb vs.
Florida State
Tue 21-Feb vs.
North Carolina
Sat 25-Feb at
Clemson
Wed Feb-29 vs.
Miami (FL)
Sun 4-Mar at
Virginia Tech



[Edited on December 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM. Reason : fgh]

12/7/2011 5:41:06 PM

http://packinsider.com/2011/12/dennis-horner-drafted-3rd-round-in-d-league-draft/

Dennis Horner's playing stateside again! Good for him.

(didn't know where else to put this)

12/9/2011 2:05:03 PM

why does Clemson look like a definite loss

Coastal Carolina beat them

12/9/2011 2:07:08 PM

because it's Clemson, and especially because it's at Clemson.

12/9/2011 2:18:08 PM

^ That's a corollary to "Because this is NC State, and you can't expect a complete turnaround overnight"

12/9/2011 2:21:47 PM

And here I was thinking the D-League was named in Dennis' honor.

12/9/2011 5:05:08 PM

I'm not really so worried about VT, Clemson, or Miami in the way I would assume a loss to Duke/UNC

12/9/2011 5:18:03 PM

^ Exactly.

And considering we play Wake Forest, Boston College, and Georgia Tech twice, we really have nothing to complain about.

12/10/2011 4:52:08 AM

After looking in to the Dennis Horner D-League thing, I saw that Johnny Thomas is playing for them right now.

http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/jonathan_thomas/index.html?nav=page

12/10/2011 3:02:38 PM

looks like Syracuse will roll into RBC next weekend #1 in the nation after kentucky and osu went down tonight

12/10/2011 11:08:33 PM

Indiana should be a top-20 team by now, having dispatched of #1 Kentucky.

12/11/2011 1:34:18 AM

And we choked it away against those assholes...

12/11/2011 1:47:27 AM

redemption is sweet and shall be ours against syracuse

12/11/2011 1:49:13 AM

double redemption

12/11/2011 1:53:04 AM

Quote :

"Wood matched his season high from beyond the arc by hitting four 3s in the first half as he repeatedly broke free for open looks against the Orange's zone."

plz2repeat

12/11/2011 5:58:03 AM

This offense does a good job of breaking the zone open, hopefully our bigs can finish around the basket during crunch time.

12/11/2011 8:45:03 AM

hahaha. The only way that happens if CJ Leslie doesn't foul out since he is the only one who can finish. We can win if the big 3 shows up -- Wood, Leslie, Brown. The job of the other bigs is to play defense and get rebounds.

12/11/2011 12:02:59 PM

Seeing Indiana drop a W on Kentucky makes me feel a little better about that loss. I hope we can pick it up a little the rest of the season.

12/11/2011 3:52:41 PM

guys, rodney purvis will be at the syracuse game, and at least according to his tweet, he expects 17,000 fans. i wish we wouldn't let him down

12/11/2011 10:07:10 PM

What is the earliest I can show up to the RBC center for student ticketing?

12/11/2011 10:08:22 PM

I saw on Packpride that the Cuse game is already sold out. Whether the corporate seats will be full is another question though.

12/11/2011 10:14:11 PM

im flying back to nc for the cuse game, i mean we'll be playng the #1 team in the country so id hope people show up

[Edited on December 11, 2011 at 10:22 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2011 10:20:06 PM

likely not. so annoying.

12/11/2011 10:20:24 PM

Quote :

"What is the earliest I can show up to the RBC center for student ticketing?"

You can show up as soon as the lot opens (I don't know when that is), but students aren't allowed to enter the stadium until 60 minutes prior to tip off. But you can (and should, if you want a good seat) line up outside and wait until they open the doors to students.

12/11/2011 11:28:19 PM

well, i'll be there

12/11/2011 11:30:08 PM

RBC to become PNC Arena in March 2012.

Glad they went w/ Arena...PNC Center just sounds to close to what it is now



[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 11:44 AM. Reason : d]

12/15/2011 11:42:48 AM

^I was just about to post that... but couldn't figure out what would be the appropriate thread! PNC Arena doesn't have quite the same ring as RBC Center. Then again, neither will ever quite be up to Reynolds.

12/15/2011 11:43:34 AM

i tried to bring back the RBC Center to be renamed PNC Center thread, but i lost my premium this morning and the thread was older than 90 days

12/15/2011 11:51:27 AM

Entertainment and Sports Arena!

12/15/2011 11:52:34 AM

Entertainment and Sports Arena!

12/15/2011 11:53:57 AM

Which team will Zo have his first triple-double against? It's gonna happen.

1/9/2012 9:28:11 AM

when did the RBC Arena install the black curtain around the uppper ring? I've had season tickets up there for the past 8 years, and last night was the first time I noticed it.

1/9/2012 9:35:01 AM

Good win last night. Wish we could have put them away when we got up 14, but I'll take a W any way I can get it. 11 wins is a possibility, but we're bound to slip up somewhere and more than likely end up with 9 or 10. UNC is going to absolutely destroy us with Zeller and Henson. They are both much better than Len.

1/9/2012 10:00:45 AM

Gott supposedly said on his radio show last night that Vandenburg will redshirt this year. If that is the case, i think it bodes well for the 2013-2014 season. As of now, our only big men would be TDT and Harris, and maybe Leslie (unlikely).

[Edited on January 10, 2012 at 9:42 AM. Reason : ]

1/10/2012 9:40:28 AM

^^^early last month. no way it's ever used for basketball or hockey though

[Edited on January 10, 2012 at 9:47 AM. Reason : ]

1/10/2012 9:47:16 AM

current stats

http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2011-2012/confstat.html

highlights (and lowlights):
3rd in scoring O
11th in scoring D
1st in FT %
3rd in FG %
12th in 3pt % defense
3rd in rebounding offense
3rd in rebounding defense
2nd in rebounding margin
4th in blocked shots
2nd in assists
2nd in assist/turnover
4th in offensive rebounds
4th in defensive rebounds
2nd in offensive rebounding %

(all other categories were were middle of the conf)

scoring
12. leslie
16. wood
19. brown
21a. howell
21b. williams

rb
3. howell
11. leslie
23. painter

fg %
4. leslie

assists
2. brown

ft %
1. wood (not up to date on site)

steals
1. brown

3pt %
1. wood

3 pt made
1. wood

blocks
5. leslie

assist/turnover
3. brown

o rebounds
3. howell

d rebounds
3. howell

basically, if we can step up our defense we could really do some damage in the acc.

[Edited on January 10, 2012 at 11:11 AM. Reason : ]

1/10/2012 11:08:50 AM

Man...our defense is fucking garbage.

1/10/2012 11:20:58 AM

our defense certainly needs to improve, but calling it garbage is hyperbole based on two stats.

1/10/2012 12:15:21 PM

Its garbage based on watching it. It's supported by the two stats.

1/10/2012 1:14:15 PM

those aren't all the defensive stats, just the ones we fell in the bottom 3rd. i think we are bottom half on the rest. too lazy to check.

1/10/2012 1:17:12 PM

FG % defense is the biggie...and we're 7th in that. Not too bad...but the conference is ABYSMAL this year...so it's not like we're better than any good teams.

1/10/2012 1:35:17 PM

Quote :

"early last month. no way it's ever used for basketball or hockey though"

thanks for confirming I wasn't being totally oblivious for an extended period of time

1/10/2012 1:37:46 PM

i know this is getting ahead of things, but if we want to make a legitimate run in the acc-t we need to get a first round bye. i don't think we have the depth to play 4 days in a row.

captain obvious out!

1/11/2012 10:38:35 AM

Quote :

"State is better than Duke"

?!?!

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/999thefan/blogpost/10583083/

1/11/2012 10:51:09 AM