Lots of Parallels with 2006 going into tomorrow.

[Cusefan0307]

Very similar situation to 2006 heading in to tomorrow. It’s a noon game. We have a good shot to get in, but a win would almost certainly punch our ticket. Much like 2006 nobody will give us a shot tomorrow.

Hopefully unlike 2006 it doesn’t take overtime and Buddy hits a late shot that gives us the lead instead of tying it.

 

[TinyManInside]

I think we win tomorrow. It's been a long time since I felt this good about an SU team. They passed the ball really well today, took shots in the flow of the offense (except for that 4 minute stretch in the first half when the lead went from 12 to 3), and the rotations that JB used made it feel like we had 3 or 4 different looks during the game that kept NC State off balance most of the time. Hoping he keeps it up. Loved that backline of Dol/Edwards/Bras - they really got it done defensively.

 

[Trueblue25]

Im gonna stop being a low T, glass half empty weeny like I have been in 2021 and say I feel good about tomorrow too. Buddy and Griff look like they want it more than anyone on the court. Q’s consistent. Mareks always good for a heroic effort or two in the postseason and Girard’s a big game guy imo

 

[orange79]

Im gonna stop being a low T, glass half empty weeny like I have been in 2021 and say I feel good about tomorrow too. Buddy and Griff look like they want it more than anyone on the court. Q’s consistent. Mareks always good for a heroic effort or two in the postseason and Girard’s a big game guy imo

But, being a low T, glass half empty weeny like you have been in 2021 has been working.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Feel great about tomorrow and then we get either Miami or GT.

I like our resume compared to non ACC bubble teams but compared to the ACC I feel different. So to me tomorrow is must win. I tend to think coming off our best game of the season our players will feel the same and be up for it.

Love not having to wait until night to watch either. I'll be out of my house at 6am and will make sure to get most of my work done in time to watch then get back at it at 2.

 

[sugrad68]

It will be a slow game which helps us having played and Virginia being fresh. Must be better defending Hauser than in the first game.

 

[Briancuse]

The big difference is uconn was a must win. This might not be. We are in better shape this year.

 

[Alsacs]

Very similar situation to 2006 heading in to tomorrow. It’s a noon game. We have a good shot to get in, but a win would almost certainly punch our ticket. Much like 2006 nobody will give us a shot tomorrow.

Hopefully unlike 2006 it doesn’t take overtime and Buddy hits a late shot that gives us the lead instead of tying it.

I had a midterm in BDE 345 in 2006 from 11 till 12:30 went to Schine after and couldn’t believe that UConn win.

Buddy could definitely hit that shot. If we follow that script we will come out and jump on UVA something like 11-0.

 

[syrBossHogg]

Even got a small reference to the famous quote!

 

[Ragman2000]

Even got a small reference to the famous quote!

Ok? Not 18.

 

[Ceerqqq]

I think we win tomorrow. It's been a long time since I felt this good about an SU team. They passed the ball really well today, took shots in the flow of the offense (except for that 4 minute stretch in the first half when the lead went from 12 to 3), and the rotations that JB used made it feel like we had 3 or 4 different looks during the game that kept NC State off balance most of the time. Hoping he keeps it up. Loved that backline of Dol/Edwards/Bras - they really got it done defensively.

Absolutely. And I'll even go a step further...

There's a very real chance that this could be the year when we actually win the ACCT(!!)

(Wouldn't that make the heads of some of Jim Boeheim's loudest critics implode in glorious fashion?)

 

[Cusefan0307]

I had a midterm in BDE 345 in 2006 from 11 till 12:30 went to Schine after and couldn’t believe that UConn win.

Buddy could definitely hit that shot. If we follow that script we will come out and jump on UVA something like 11-0.

Professor David Bennett let us out of his history class early. Pretty sure he wanted to watch the game too. Gmac and Gorman were also in that class with me.

 

[Cusefan0307]

The big difference is uconn was a must win. This might not be. We are in better shape this year.

Not positive, but I had thought we were 50/50 after beating Cincinnati. Would have been close though.

 

[Alsacs]

Not positive, but I had thought we were 50/50 after beating Cincinnati. Would have been close though.

We were in after we beat Cincinnati.

Tbat was a play-in game.
The Big East was a monster that season.
Our SOS was top 5 that season. It may have been number 1.

 

[Briancuse]

We were in after we beat Cincinnati.

Tbat was a play-in game.
The Big East was a monster that season.
Our SOS was top 5 that season. It may have been number 1.

Not that I can prove it, but no way we were, we had a losing conference record, we just lost to Depaul by about 40, we 99.8 pct had to beat Uconn to get in.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Not that I can prove it, but no way we were, we had a losing conference record, we just lost to Depaul by about 40, we 99.8 pct had to beat Uconn to get in.

We were 20-11 overall. We had beat some good teams that year. The Big East was loaded. I went back and looked at the schedule.

 

[Briancuse]

We were 20-11 overall.

We were coming in on a 2 game losing streak, we really needed the Cincy game to get back on the bubble, The Uconn game was a must win. Look at Jbs remarks from back then, he thought the same.

 

[Alsacs]

Not that I can prove it, but no way we were, we had a losing conference record, we just lost to Depaul by about 40, we 99.8 pct had to beat Uconn to get in.

We were 7-9 in conference play we were in.
We had played UConn, Villanova 2 times in the regular season.
Those were 4 of our 9 losses. Those teams were both 1 seeds.

Why do you say we were out?
We had played Texas Tech and Florida in MSG.

We had a SOS that was really good.

The Cincinnati win by McNamara put us in.

 

[Alsacs]

We were coming in on a 2 game losing streak, we really needed the Cincy game to get back on the bubble, The Uconn game was a must win. Look at Jbs remarks from back then, he thought the same.

What you are you talking about?
We were in the field before we lost to DePaul.

That loss put us off and the win over Cincinnati put us back in.

 

[Briancuse]

What you are you talking about?
We were in the field before we lost to DePaul.

That loss put us off and the win over Cincinnati put us back in.

That just isn't true, again I can't prove it, we are talking 15 years ago. All the talk surrounding that team was they needed two in the Bet to get in, Jb even said about the same.

 

[NKR1978]

Im gonna stop being a low T, glass half empty weeny like I have been in 2021 and say I feel good about tomorrow too. Buddy and Griff look like they want it more than anyone on the court. Q’s consistent. Mareks always good for a heroic effort or two in the postseason and Girard’s a big game guy imo

I feel the same way. If you can't go all in in March, then what's the point? I have a good feeling about today and this Tournament in general. It's about time we have a run in the ACC.

 

[Alsacs]

That just isn't true, again I can't prove it, we are talking 15 years ago. All the talk surrounding that team was they needed two in the Bet to get in, Jb even said about the same.

No it wasn’t.
You don’t even know our metrics for that season. I do.

The Cincinnati-Syracuse game was a play-in.
We had split and both teams were on the bubble needing one more good win.

We won the rubber match. We were in.
We were 7-9 and it’s not like team under .500 hasn’t made the tournament before.
Again 4 of those 9 losses were to overall number 1 seed UConn and another 1 seed Villanova.
The Big East was a beast.

 

[AZOrange]

Even got a small reference to the famous quote!

Wait for real he said this? Lol. The sequel is never as good as the original...except for Godfather 2

 

[Briancuse]

Wait for real he said this? Lol. The sequel is never as good as the original...except for Godfather 2

" Without Joe Girard we never would be able to clear the post game buffet" I kid, my one and only Jg food joke.