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5 NC State Stats That Will Break Your Brain (or break your soul)

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NC State ranks 327th in defensive 3pt%
This stat shows that teams shoot better from 3 against NC State than almost vs. almost any other team in the nation. There are only 358 Division 1 teams, so State is really toward the bottom of the barrel here. And I know there have been a few nights when teams were just hot, but it’s more than just bad luck at this point. We made that clear in our piece from yesterday.

NC State ranks 300th in opponent offensive rebounding %
Again, NC State is amongst the nation’s bottom 58 teams in a stat. This one is a little more explainable seeing as they have three 4-star bigs on the shelf and now Dowuona joins them. They’ve been depleted in the middle all season long, so this is a sad stat, but it may not be too avoidable given the circumstances.

Since 12/29 vs Miami, Breon Pass is leading NC State PGs in Assist/Turnover ratio at 2.5. 
The freshman PG has done enough in our eyes to start earning some more minutes. He’s starting to knock down shots, he’s defending well and he’s the best on the team at setting his guys up and not turning it over. During the same time span, Seabron has a 1.34 ratio and Hayes has a 1.28 ratio. Sure, Pass is doing this in limited minutes, but hell, he’s doing it. What more does he need to do before he starts beating out Hayes and Allen as the first guard off the NC State bench? During that span he’s 8-19 from the floor (42%) and 5-12 from 3 point range (42%). For the season, Hayes is shooting 32% from the floor and just 20% from 3. Meanwhile, Allen is shooting 38% from the floor and 32% from 3.  What’s holding pass back? It’s not the numbers, that’s for sure.

Casey Morsell is leading NC State in 3pt %
Morsell looked like a pretty decent offensive player early in the season. Then he got hurt and lost his mojo. Now that he’s fully back, he’s been on fire. Morsell now leads NC State in 3pt %, shooting 43% from long range. He’s not a volume shooter, but they don’t need him to be, they have Terquavion Smith for that. Morsell is taking good shots and knocking them down. He is also their best defender. Morsell needs to be on the floor as much as Seabron and Smith are. He’s that important. That means 35+ minutes per game.

Terquavion Smith is averaging 18ppg, shooting 43% from 3pt range in ACC play, and is on track to become the highest-scoring true freshman in NC State history.
Yeah folks, that’s a freshman. Smith is averaging 15.7ppg this season, which is the highest in history for a true freshman in the NC State record books (Dennis Smith Jr’s records have been vacated). Brandon Costner averaged 16.8 ppg as a redshirt freshman in 2006-07, and even that number is reachable for Terquavion.

Now, as for total points, that’s a little more complicated. Costner finished with 605 points on the season. However, he played 36 games that season. State made a deep run in the ACCT and then a deep run in the NIT. Costner also wasn’t a true freshman that season, he was a redshirt.

Dennis Smith Jr. finished with 580 points in 2016-17, but again, his records have been vacated due to the NCAA sanctions.

Terquavion Smith has 361 points. He’s guaranteed 9 more games. If he continues his ACC average over those 9 games, he’ll finish with 523 points. That will be well ahead of JJ Hickson’s 458 total points as a freshman and would give him the crown for most points scored in by a true freshman in the history of NC State Basketball.

 

 

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packaged2
packaged2
2 years ago

I think that was Costner’s sophomore season he had 16.8ppg?

Dof87
Dof87
2 years ago

The gaping hole in our interior coupled with youth on the exterior are simply a recipe for trouble. It is nice to see Pass coming along and starting to figure things out, that’s all you can ask of a freshman that wasn’t expected to see much court time at the start of the year. We are just going to have to scrap and claw out the rest of the season, hopefully get on the up side of some of these close games. I’d love to see Hayes find his shot. I’d love to see Gibson figure out how to finish… Read more »

Rev
Rev
2 years ago
Reply to  Dof87

Gibson started out playing guard in High school. Then he grew like 6 to 8 inches in two years. Like you pointed out, I think he gets a bad rap because he is not really even a power forward but, a 6’10” small forward. Too many of our player look like Wiley Coyote, which way did he go?, on defense. So there is that. However, His numbers on offense sure looked good against Cuse.

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Previewing NC State’s Opponent: Marquette

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#11 seed NC State will play #2 seed Marquette in the Sweet 16 tonight. Here’s a look at the Golden Eagles before tipoff.

Marquette is ranked 8th in the AP Poll.

They lost to UCONN 57-73 in the Big East Tournament Finals.

As a team, they shoot 48.2% from the field, which ranks 23rd nationally. Their Effective Field Goal Percentage is 55.5%, which ranks 15th.

Marquette ranks 15th in Assist/Turnover ratio, 26th in Scoring Margin, and 26th in Assists per game.

Junior Guard Kam Jones leads the Golden Eagles in scoring, averaging 17.1 points per game, shooting 50.3% from the field and 41.4% from three.

Senior Guard Tyler Kolek averages 15.3 points and a team high 7.9 assists. He leads the nation in assists per game. Kolek shoots 49.7% from the field and 39.7% from three.

Senior Forward Oso Ighosaro (6’11”) scores 13.6 points per game, and leads the Golden Eagles in rebounding, averaging 6.8 per game. He shoots 58.1% from the field, which ranks 28th nationally.

Junior Forward David Joplin (6’8”) averages 11.0 points per game.

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An NC State Win Over Marquette in the Sweet 16 Would Be…

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Awesome. Obviously.

#11 seed NC State will play #2 seed Marquette tomorrow night in the Sweet 16. What would a win mean for the Wolfpack? Many things, but here’s just a few:

It would give NC State 25 wins on the year (25-14), which would be the most wins since 1982-83, when the Wolfpack went 26-10, winning the National Championship.

It would mark the 12th time in school history that NC State has won 25+ games in a single season.

1982-83 – 26-10 

1973-74 – 30-1 

1972-73 – 27-0 

1954-55 – 28-4 

1953-54 – 26-7

1952-53 – 26-6 

1950-51 – 30-7 

1949-50 – 27-6 

1948-49 – 25-8 

1947-48 – 29-3

1946-47- 26-5

It would be the 7th time NC State has advanced to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament.

1950

1951

1974

1983

1985

1986

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NC State has Won 5 ACC Championships this Year

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NC State has won 5 ACC Championships this year, which is the most of any athletic program in the conference this year.

The Wolfpack has won ACC Titles in Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Men’s Basketball and Gymnastics.

The last time NC State won 5 ACC Championships in one year was 1979-80.

As far as I can tell, here’s a look at the Wolfpack Conference Titles from 1979-80:

Football
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Cross Country
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Men’s Tennis

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NC State is 1 of 4 Schools to Have Both Men & Women’s Basketball Teams in Sweet 16

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NC State is 1 of 4 schools to have their Men and Women’s Basketball teams BOTH advance to the Sweet 16, along with Duke, Gonzaga and UCONN.

NC State and Duke are the only two schools in the country to send both Basketball teams to the Sweet 16, and also send the Football team to a bowl game.

This marks only the third time in school history that BOTH teams made the Sweet 16.

Years NC State’s Men & Women’s Teams Made the Sweet 16

1985
1989
2024

Despite the fact that the Men’s team has made the Elite 8 six times (1950, 1951, 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986), and the Women have made it 2 times (1998 & 2022), in the three occasions they both went to the Sweet 16 in the same year, neither team advanced to the Elite 8.

In 2024, Why Not Us?

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