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Josh Davis Decides To Transfer
GoPack: NC State head coach Sidney Lowe announced today that forward Josh Davis has decided to transfer from NC State. Davis played in 31 games this past season, including a pair of ACC starts, but did not see action the final five games of the season. The local product from Athens Drive High...
A Very Macrowave Draft, Plus Pointless Lineup Speculation
First things first: Tracy Smith is testing the waters. He indicated in late February that he would return for his senior season and indications are that is still the case. College athletes are allowed to declare for the draft and return to school once during their career and Smith can use...
Evaluating The Freshmen
Now that the basketball season is over, it's time to start taking stock. First up: the freshmen. I assault you eyes with numbers after the jump. ...
Sure, It's Bad. But In A Whole New Way!
While I was wrapping up last season, I highlighted a couple of things I thought were going to be important this season. Let's see how State's doing. 1.) Get the TO% under 20.0. There is going to be a significant adjustment period as guys who've either never played at the college level or aren't...
Fiddling With Plus/Minus
StatSheet recently added +/- numbers for every game where substitution data is available. Below are totals for each Wolfpack player, including every game to date. I don't have the exact number of possessions each player has spent on and off the court, but I am able to estimate those numbers based...
NC State 77, NC Central 42
Four Factors NC State NCCU eFG% 62.2 30.6 Turnover Rate 19.7 24.6 Off Reb Rate 43.5 29.7 FT Rate 68.9 30.6 Pts Poss OFF_EFF DEF_EFF NCCU 42 60.9 68.9 126.4 NCSU 77 60.9 126.4 68.9 Box Score True to form, North Carolina Central neither made twos (9-35, 25.7%) nor...
An Early Conference Check: State Looks Surprisingly Okay
John Gasaway has a look at in-conference efficiency margins here. First thought: what's happened to the league's offenses? Second thought: in terms of efficiency margin, there is essentially no difference between the fifth place team (Virginia Tech, -0.1) and the 10th place team (NC State,...
NC State 75, Georgia Southern 57
Four Factors NC State Ga Southern eFG% 69.6 41.8 Turnover Rate 24.2 12.9 Off Reb Rate 28.6 30.6 FT Rate 17.6 29.1 Pts Poss OFF_EFF DEF_EFF GSU 57 61.9 92.0 121.1 NCSU 75 61.9 121.1 92.0 Box Score -- The four starters not named Scott Wood missed six shots between them...
NC State 77, Marquette 73 -- Cue The Happy Dance
Four Factors NC State Marquette eFG% 59.8 44.7 Turnover Rate 17.5 21.9 Off Reb Rate 32.3 46.5 FT Rate 35.7 27.3 Pts Poss OFF_EFF DEF_EFF MU 73 68.5 106.5 112.4 NCSU 77 68.5 112.4 106.5 Box Score Wow: NCSU Offense OFF EFF eFG% TO% OR% FTR 1st...
The Early Numbers
In the Northwestern recap I mentioned that the Pack's second half rebounding hasn't been so good, and you can see what I mean below. I went ahead and broke the other factors down by half as well. NCSU Offense OFF EFF eFG% TO% OR% FTR 1st Half 103.9 48.4 19.6 34.7 42.3 2nd...
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