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[OttoinGrotto]

I bet Will made him a ‘strong ass’ offer.

This is the joke that needs to be made every time Will Wade is mentioned.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Wonder how Deng feels about it now. Bringing in 3 PF's.

Will be interesting to see if there’s a negative consequence. But at the moment, it looks like it is possible to build a better roster without worrying about ‘recruiting over’ or players grousing about how much another guy is making.

 

[Sherman20]

Jesus, Will Wade is cleaning up.

Will Wade is trash.

 

[5OutFred]

Will Wade is trash.

I don't get this take / general sentiment. Because he got caught cheating and paid the price?

Because he was slyly transparent about paying players when everyone else was doing it? It's all legal now, so who cares? He's a damn good coach and a great character for college basketball.

 

[sufan59]

Now a crystal ball prediction for Ven-Allen Lubin to NC State.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Now a crystal ball prediction for Ven-Allen Lubin to NC State.

Davis is in big trouble at UNC.

 

[AngryOtto]

Now a crystal ball prediction for Ven-Allen Lubin to NC State.

Just curious how NCst is coming up with so much nil? Maybe throwing everything for one year and hope they have a great year.

 

[jdubs30]

Darrion Williams is terrific …. State is going to be really really good

 

[sufan59]

Just curious how NCst is coming up with so much nil? Maybe throwing everything for one year and hope they have a great year.

They have to be great this season. Enthusiasm on the football side for them is low. Either a turnaround in their football program or a new coach next offseason. NC State Basketball will have to deal with headwinds if results are underwhelming. In short, Will Wade is taking advantage and galvanizing community support for basketball during this bleh period of NC State football. If they are great next season, then Will Wade will probably continue to have galvanized community support regardless of what is going on in Football.

 

[Shenexon]

Can someone remind me how many players we can have on scholarship?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Can someone remind me how many players we can have on scholarship?

My chart says 13

 

[baggerbob]

My chart says 13

And Red needs to play them, they won't get better siting at the end of the bench. Get them in for a few minutes at a time, in games.

 

[007]

Enthusiasm on the football side for them is low. Either a turnaround in their football program or a new coach next offseason.

Doreen was given a 2 year extension in 2024 with a salary bump to 5.5mil. Winningest coach in program history. His contract runs through 2029. Have you read that he is on the hot seat for 2025?

 

[sufan59]

Doreen was given a 2 year extension in 2024 with a salary bump to 5.5mil. Winningest coach in program history. His contract runs through 2029. Have you read that he is on the hot seat for 2025?

No specific article. I just know that ACC programs atleast until the 2031 are not going to be complacent when it comes to football. Last season was a disappointment for them and I’m not sure if anything less than bowling will not lead to a change.

 

[Shenexon]

My chart says 13

That's what I saw but had thought the limit was 12 at one time. Is the official limit 13 now, is someone paying their own way, or is my memory as flawed as I think? I haven't really paid close attention for a generation or so.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

That's what I saw but had thought the limit was 12 at one time. Is the official limit 13 now, is someone paying their own way, or is my memory as flawed as I think? I haven't really paid close attention for a generation or so.

It was 13.

It's supposed to get expanded to 15.

 

[Shenexon]

It was 13.

It's supposed to get expanded to 15.

Thanks! I never thought much about it in the JB era. He rarely played more than seven, so it didn't seem to matter. The NCAA didn't like him having a full compliment of scholarships, either. Times change. My apologies for the display of ignorance. I'll try to do better...

 

[Hopkins16]

I hope that Red plays 10 guys regularly. We have an array of talent and it is up to Red and staff to get guys ready to play hard and be locked in whether it be for 5 minutes or 30 minutes.

Coach has been up and down the past 2 seasons, but it appears that he and Kline carefully researched and constructed this roster after last year’s unbalanced lineup. I applaud them for being able to snag key pieces from the portal - getting some top choices and then seeming to have backup plans of other pieces that fit when we missed out on certain targets.

Now that the roster is complete, it’s time to get to work!

 

[Newhouser]

Darrion Williams is terrific …. State is going to be really really good

Did Copeland land at NC State too?

 

[jsween]

Did Copeland land at NC State too?

Yes

 

[Cheriehoop]

And Red needs to play them, they won't get better siting at the end of the bench. Get them in for a few minutes at a time, in games.

Red has been doing this. Last year 10 players averaged over 12.4 minutes/game with 9 players playing in over 26 games. Only Donnie and Naheem played in less than 26 games because of injuries. We didn’t have any player who averaged over 30 minutes a game - not one 30 minute player though Eddie Lampkin sure came close. (29.9) See the individual stats.

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[Orangezoo]

Red has been doing this. Last year 10 players averaged over 12.4 minutes/game with 9 players playing in over 26 games. Only Donnie and Naheem played in less than 26 games because of injuries. We didn’t have any player who averaged over 30 minutes a game - not one 30 minute player though Eddie Lampkin sure came close. (29.9) See the individual stats.

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Maybe the unique thing this year is that you have 10 guys who should deserve to see minutes every night and arguably maybe #s 9 and 10 have competition so it’s 10 guys but not always the same 10.

That’s the optimistic view point at least given at times it felt like we barely had 5 that deserved to play every night at this level last year …

 

[Niastri]

Red has been doing this. Last year 10 players averaged over 12.4 minutes/game with 9 players playing in over 26 games. Only Donnie and Naheem played in less than 26 games because of injuries. We didn’t have any player who averaged over 30 minutes a game - not one 30 minute player though Eddie Lampkin sure came close. (29.9) See the individual stats.

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Excellent point. Red definitely spread the minutes around.

One quibble, while Lampkin and Carlos totaled more minutes than Starling, with 986 and 948 respectively, to Starling’s 898, that is mitigated by Starling’s injury. He averaged 34.5 minutes per game he was available for.

Overall, the minutes were really spread out, as you say.

My larger quibble is that Red didn’t seem to be trying to spread minutes out of a desire to give everybody a chance. It felt like he was just trying to find anybody who could be effective, and help the team win. Spaghetti at the wall coaching. None of it worked, but that will happen when you don’t have any players.

The roster was so bad last year after all the stuff that happened, Red kind of had his hands tied.

This upcoming season, we have maybe 11 guys that would have been starters on last years terrible team. The talent is immensely better this season than last.

How Red works his rotations this season will go a long way to revealing his long term philosophy. Including how he incorporates ideas like using playing time as a reward or punishment and “riding the hot hand.”

He’s had two years to get his feet wet, and this year will be critical.

 

[baggerbob]

Excellent point. Red definitely spread the minutes around.

One quibble, while Lampkin and Carlos totaled more minutes than Starling, with 986 and 948 respectively, to Starling’s 898, that is mitigated by Starling’s injury. He averaged 34.5 minutes per game he was available for.

Overall, the minutes were really spread out, as you say.

My larger quibble is that Red didn’t seem to be trying to spread minutes out of a desire to give everybody a chance. It felt like he was just trying to find anybody who could be effective, and help the team win. Spaghetti at the wall coaching. None of it worked, but that will happen when you don’t have any players.

The roster was so bad last year after all the stuff that happened, Red kind of had his hands tied.

This upcoming season, we have maybe 11 guys that would have been starters on last years terrible team. The talent is immensely better this season than last.

How Red works his rotations this season will go a long way to revealing his long term philosophy. Including how he incorporates ideas like using playing time as a reward or punishment and “riding the hot hand.”

He’s had two years to get his feet wet, and this year will be critical.

You don't have any small people this year, 1 at 6-3, 2 at 6-4, 2 at 6-5, 2 at 6-6, 2 at 6-8, 3 at
6-9, and a 6-11.
And they all seem to have the ability to run.
Red can put out many combinations and have size and speed.

 

[Niastri]

You don't have any small people this year, 1 at 6-3, 2 at 6-4, 2 at 6-5, 2 at 6-6, 2 at 6-8, 3 at
6-9, and a 6-11.
And they all seem to have the ability to run.
Red can put out many combinations and have size and speed.

Yes, a very tall team at every position but center, where it seems we were focused on length and athletic ability.

Even there, Tiefing really helps the average height at center.