Wolfpack Falls Just Short
In the ACC Championship Game on Sunday afternoon the Wolfpack lost to chapel hill 89-80. The Pack did not back down at any time and was very much in the game. After getting down by 16 points in the second half, we cut the lead to 1 with less than 5 minutes left in the game. We had two great chances to take the lead but the shots did not fall. With under two minutes left in the game it was a one possession game but once again we missed a shot and chapel hill had their free throws. In fact they went 23-24 from the foul line for the game. ty lawson then proceeded to show his true nature with a CLASSLESS dunk with 0.8 seconds left in the game.
Looking back at the whole weekend it was a great success. We battled hard for four days and took down some of the top teams in the conference. Pretty good for a team that was picked last in conference in the preseason. We had Brandon Costner, who got robbed on the tournament MVP award, put up 90 point in four games including 28 in the final. We had Engin Atsur playing in his last ACC tournament gut the last game and a half on one leg after re-injuring his hamstring. Fells and McCauley stepped up and Gavin Grant was solid the whole weekend. I am pretty sure that it would be impossible to find a NC State fans anywhere who was disappointed in the Wolfpack performance this weekend. Well Done Wolfpack!!!
So what now for the Wolfpack? Well first of all at 18-15 we are off to the NIT. Of course we got the short end of the stick in that tournament. First of all we are a 6 seed which seems kinda low to me. On top of that we have to play at Drexel TOMORROW. That is right after playing four games is four days at the ACC tournament we get shipped to Philly on Tuesday. So we will be playing our 5 game in 6 days and traveling in between Tampa Bay and Philly to play in a gym that hold about 2500 people. Oh yea, the guys also had to go to class today. Whatever happens in the NIT the Wolfpack has lots to be proud of.
Moving past this year, the future looks bright. We have a great recruiting class coming in and a core of really solid players coming back. The loss of Engin at the point is HUGE. Hopefully one of the other point guards will be able to step up and run the offense. We have been very impressed with Sidney Lowe’s first year as head coach and everybody is now behind the man in the red jacket!!!
GO PACK!!!