gdtann Wolfer96 wolfpack74 Cat better keep improving and remain health because we just lost another potential PG (Carter to Marq).  Great recruiting year so far.  Not.

Well his good game vs Syracuse likely earned his more minutes vs Pitt now. It’s not like Gott is gonna change his gameplan mid game when we’re up by 10, obviously his plan was working

wolfpack74 gdtann PPBalls I agree, Kyle played great defense against Syracuse.  And I agree he should have been in there more, he is just a better option at the high post because he is a threat to score.

gdtann wolfpack74 PPBalls Who says he pays bad defense?  Played only six minutes today, with one rebound and three blocks (against Christmas no less).  What more do you want him to do?  Although we won handily, there were several times that Washington in the middle would have been a lot more successful than no shot Freeman.  Freeman is useless on offense and a Coach that has something against a player will say anything to cover his ass.

wolfpack74 gdtann PPBalls Gott said himself that he used a mixture of advanced statistics and looking at tape about Washington playing time.  I don’t have access to his statistics so I have to take him at his word.  Thats not something people tend to lie about either you are believer in that stuff or not.  You said Powell left the team because he didn’t play much.  His minutes per game disproves that.   Leaving for the NBA and transferring are completely two different things.  Yes at face value they mean the same thing for State, that player being gone, but if you… Read more »

gdtann Wolfer96 Did I get the story correct that gdtann has a man crush on Cat Barber?  Good for him.

Did I get the story correct that gdtann has a man crush on Cat Barber.  Good for him.

Wolfer96 gdtann This isn’t cherry picking, this is a distinct moment where a player began playing much better and continued to play better.  That isn’t cherry picking. Look I don’t have to explain myself on here.  This isn’t BS and you’ll just continue to look dumb as time passes.   In the last 6 games Cat has averaged 18 points per game and 3/1 assist to turn over ratio.  He’s been more efficient with his scoring too. Source : http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article11390261.html I recommend you read the story too its very good and maybe it will help you understand where I am coming from.… Read more »

wolfpack74 gdtann PPBalls This is how stats can lie.  Gott said himself he looked at the advanced statistics and saw that the team played better with Freeman and Abu on the court.  That .500 from 3 stat is a LIE. He is only a .500 three point shoot because of a small sample size.   Look we all agree that Kyle is our best offensive big.  Its just that his scoring simply doesn’t make up for what he gives up in defense.  Look at the Boston College game.  Kyle had a great offensive game but couldn’t stop his man.  If Kyle puts… Read more »

gdtann Wolfer96 Well it’s well noted that Anya has the worst hands in the league. However, as a PG it’s your job to understand each teammate on the floor and deliver the ball in a way that they can receive it. Cat had the same problem last season with Vandenberg. Kept passing the ball low and led to turnovers. Lewis didn’t have the same problem getting the ball to Vandy so I can only assume that Cat was not as good a passer as Lewis. To me personally, a PG’s most important skills are ball control and passing. Cat has the… Read more »

PPBalls gdtann wolfpack74 He has only played 38 minutes in the last five games.  One of those games he played 18 minutes with 14 pts and 7 rebounds.  Why is he sitting on the bench? and don’t tell me he doesn’t play defense because he has the second most blocks and is the second leading rebounder and our best front court scorer.  Play him or let him go.  Remember when Sendek sat Powell a lot at the end of the year.  The next year he was gone.  Same thing should happen to Kyle.

Wolfer96 Cat will get better.  There were also times when cat hit Anya square in the hands on a nice penetration and dish but Anya wasn’t ready for the ball and instead of 4 points we got 2 turnovers.

wolfpack74 PPBalls no he does not need to transfer.  He just need to work on his defensive game over the summer.  Whats wrong with you?  Why would you want someone to transfer?  One of the great things about this  years team is not having to worry about fouls because we have so much depth in the front court.  I remember when they only had Leslie and Howell and any time they got 2 fouls in the first half it was a precarious situation after that.  I prefer this much better.  Washington needs to stay get better on defense and refine his… Read more »

PPBalls wolfpack74 He may be a liability on defense (probably not nearly as bad as Turner) but he is second on the team in rebounding and fourth in scoring.  Outside of layups and dunks he scores more than Anya, Abu and Freeman combined.  If Gott continues to sit him during big games and as we started this thread, then he needs to transfer.

Wolfer96 blow000 wolfpack74 Hope so, because the staff has not so far added anything to this team for next year.

Wolfer96 wolfpack74 I like kyle and i think he can be a vital part of the team, but i feel like more than half his shots come from more than 15′ away from the basket within the first 10-15 seconds of the shot clock. In my opinion that leads to lost opportunity’s with little time taken off the clock. I also think if our bigs were not so busy setting endless screens for 3 pointers they could position themselves for more offensive putbacks. Freeman could rack up 10 – 15 a game on junk points alone. Go Pack!

wolfpack74 Wolfer96 You are right, this is a guard dominated offense. Gott’s teams always tend to be one-dimensional in some aspect. While I would love to see a more balanced attack on offense, I don’t know that Kyle is the key to that? And as you well know Anya, Abu, and Freeman don’t operate very well out of the post.  At this point in the season, we pretty much know what we have in this team and that’s not going to change. They are who they are. We have a couple of big guards in Turner and Lacey with the latter… Read more »

wolfpack74 Did you mean Front court? I’ll tell you the problem with Kyle… he is the best we have at scoring around the basket but he falls in love with the longer jumper. And he has a tendency to become a black hole on offense.

Wolfer96 One of the Hodge years, we only scored 10 points in the first half against St. Johns.  That was ugly.

That was one ugly sloppy game for both teams. Has State ever held a team scoreless for 10 minutes? I recall several times under Sendek when we were held scoreless for what seemed like an eternity but never the other way around. A combination of good defense by the Pack and sloppy play by Clemson won this game. When will Cat ever pass the ball to an open man? Especially on that fast break with Caleb wide open. Cat keeps it and misses the layup. It’s astounding how poor his court vision is. The Pack needed this one bad. So… Read more »