GameThread: Wake Forest @ Boston College -- BRUKKAHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWWWW EAGLES
by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 11:03 AM EST
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PrintWake Forest Demon Deacons at Boston College Eagles, Jan 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Noon, ACC Network/ESPN3. Watch as these two dynamos clash in a battle of epic proportions.
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I'm worried about the short turnaround.
But it’ll be nice being the more talented team for once. (Knock on wood.)
Can someone remind me why the ACC invited Boston College again?
Nobody in Boston gives a crap about them, so I hope the ACC didn’t pay for any advice on that front.
I'll go ahead and say it.
Yes. We should beat them. From what I’ve seen thus far in this game, they might be the worst team we’ve played all year.
There's a chance.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:09 PM EST reply actions
TY MFin WALKER
I don’t know what happened to old Ty, but new Ty is finally playing like a 5-star recruit.
BC is pretty trbl
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:11 PM EST reply actions
Okay, I'm seriously not getting this game on my TV.
I’m in freaking Pfafftown and I’m getting Kentucky/Alabama.
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Success.
Thanks quzybuk.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Per WakeForestSport:
“Just spoke with WFMY, supposed to have WFU-BC. Engineers having trouble finding satellite signal. Will switch away from Bama-UK when fixed.”
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:13 PM EST reply actions
Ty Walker for ACC DPoY?
I mean, it’s gonna go to Henson or possibly someone on FSU or UVA as part of a team achievement award, but if Ty keeps this up he’s GOT to be in the discussion.
eh, there are at least three players on FSU who deserve it ahead of Ty.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Jus' sayin'
If he keeps playing this well defensively, he should make all-defensive team at the least. He’s been pretty spectacular today and pretty solid in general since coming back.
Man I love CD.
He’s so versatile. He just needs to get stronger and get more comfortable in his game.
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Also I seriously think the crowd cheers as loud for Wake buckets as BC ones.
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There are like 10 people there.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:23 PM EST reply actions
Looks like he just got the wind knocked out of him.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:25 PM EST reply actions
Yeah I'm pretty sure he'll be fine.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Dammit TC.
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We are ABUSING BC's bigs defensively.
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When he's hitting, this team looks completely different.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:32 PM EST reply actions
I’ve really liked our entry passes into the paint today.
by Robert Reinhard on Jan 21, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions
We need to sag a little more defensively.
They’ve started finding the cutting lanes. Judging from their shooting thus far, we’ll be fine letting them take reasonably contested jumpers or letting their bigs try and work 1 on 1.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bad call. If a player trips over a legal screen, it’s still a legal screen. Just a good one.
Offensive foul on a Fischer three.
Noooo
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Ty Walker RULES.
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Fisch doing things.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:37 PM EST reply actions
He is absolutely going OFF.
Would have another three if Ty didn’t foul on that screen.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
quzybuk NOOOO
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Stepped on the line THREE TIMES.
What the…?
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Ty Walker...for President?
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Hahahaha I honestly thought outta the corner of my eye that BC three went in.
Nope. Airball.
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Only Andre Dawkins and Chase Fischer can make shots without rippling the net.
And I’m pretty sure Andre Dawkins was just lucky.
Ty Walker's like a custom character in a video game
Where you set some of the stats up ridiculously high and give him absurd physical characteristics.
And that probably was offensive goaltending, but it was awesome.
Yeah, you make him so that he's a 100 in athleticism and reach and jumping ability and shotblocking, but you sacrifice offensive stats hoping to "build them up."
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:43 PM EST reply actions
TY WALKER DROPS IN A SHORT JUMPER.
WHAT
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HE LOVES BOSTON HE'S A BIG FAN OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:46 PM EST reply actions
Hahahaha these teams.
These teams can’t even turn the ball over correctly, it’s adorable.
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This game is painfully bad.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:48 PM EST reply actions
But we're up 13 so I'll take it.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
Walker goaltend.
LOL he’s getting one of those a game. I love you Ty.
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Ty has to be a little smarter about those goaltends. That last one looked like it was going to be short right.
by Robert Reinhard on Jan 21, 2012 12:53 PM EST reply actions
Woah woah woah hold up.
I thought any elbow above the head was an automatic foul now?
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I'm not trying to be all THE FIX IS IN...
I honestly thought it was a rule change now where inadvertent be damned, if you elbow a dude in the face it’s a flagrant 1.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
oof. what an awful half of basketball.
I feel like I need to watch a Popovich instructional DVD after that to cleanse myself.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 12:56 PM EST reply actions
I also like how we have Colin Powell in our TV ad.
Who, as far as I’m aware, hasn’t been back since speaking at 2004 Commencement.
Anybody know who gets the ball to start the second?
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First score of the half is a BC and-1 two minutes in.
Ty Walker is the MAN defensively.
NIKITA SUCCESSFULLY SHAKES AND BAKES AGAIN, SCORES FOR WAKE.
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CJ just doesn't get calls now.
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To be fair...
He tries to sell EVERYTHING. It’s a lot easier to get a call by leaning in to a guy in midair and throwing up a prayer if you haven’t already done it twice this game.
BC within 2.
We’re gonna lose, folks.
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There we go, leaving teams open from 3 again.
We’ve been dicking around all freaking game, and it’s going to come back to bite us.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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I am going into conniptions.
I will simply say my mother just told me to watch my mouth.
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Mescheriakov, you DOOFUS.
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He definitely has a Doofus-y face.
I’m pretty sure he was a villain in a Die Hard movie at some point.
#FreeAnt
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Tony bailed out on that one. That drive was going nowhere.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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Ty Walker is just nasty. Wingspan of a pterodactyl (yep, I googled the spelling).
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:23 PM EST reply actions
CJ just got t bodyslammed.
GETTIN’ CHIPPY.
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Keep shooting Chase.
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:25 PM EST reply actions
It's like we don't watch any film. None. Or make any adjustments. Or know who our best players are.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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Perfectly said
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
There's the Ty we all know and love.
Looking for the weakside block and leaving his guy open under the basket? Yeeeeeeeep.
Booooo!
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Chase will make that play better next year--he had the right idea, just too bullish down there.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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Travis McKie cares not for your tomfoolery.
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hahahaha, so ridiculous
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Please let us continue this strategy thanks.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
Travis & CJ are just so unbelievably better than any player on BC.
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They really are.
If our coach would go to them more (to be fair he has the last minute or two but anyone with a pulse could tell it’s a good idea) this game would be out of hand already.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
CJ hasn't really showed it today.
He looks out of sorts. He’s gaming through it, but he has not played as smoothly as he usually does.
boom
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
wheres the winston snow?
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:34 PM EST reply actions
CJ loses a contact.
Shows ref. Says “Contact. Contact.” gets TO.
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That Boston College dude with the pump fakes.
Reminds me of the old ESPN commercial with the Bob Knight fanatic. Sadly, I can’t find it on Youtube.
Wake putting on the hurt
Let’s see if you can go for the throat bz
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by lets-go-dea-cons on Jan 21, 2012 1:36 PM EST reply actions
Travis McKie? He don't care. He'll make you pay.
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I was just thinking that one of the reasons this is going so well is because we're not just relying on 3's.
And then bam. So much for that.
Yes.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Carson I want to love you but you are not Dirk Nowitzki,
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There's more than one reason why BC is 255 in KenPom.
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How in god's name is BC 2-1.
Like, how did this come to pass. I don’t get it.
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Seriously, BC is the second worst team we've played all year according to KenPom.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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NICE hands defensively by CD.
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Tony needs to watch those push-offs.
You bet your butt it’s getting called against Duke or Carolina, even though it’s not today.
Ty Walker freaking rules.
WHY could you not have done this sooner Ty.
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Seriously.
Could you imagine the Teague-Johnson-Aminu teams with that shotblocking presence? We might have only lost to Cleveland State by 10!
Confidence+Coaching+Attitude
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CJ HARRIS SAYS "Comeback? Nah."
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Which comment?
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
Huge shot by CJ. Gotta make this free throw.
by Robert Reinhard on Jan 21, 2012 1:53 PM EST reply actions
Ahahahaha.
CJ fouled that guy’s elbow with his face, apparently.
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Wake realized they're playing BC.
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This is gonna sound craaaaaaaaaaazy, but...
Are we the 7th best team in the ACC?
Tourney teams: Duke, UNC, UVA, FSU
Definitely better than us: NC State, Miami
Mystery teams about with us: Clemson, Maryland, Virginia Tech(?), Georgia Tech
Worst team in ACC history: BC
I think we’re about on par with Clemson/Maryland. Georgia Tech is pretty bad. Virginia Tech is 0-whatever in conference. We could be the best of that group.
Wake wins 71-56.
Ugly, but I will take the hell out of it with a smile.
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Maryland is better than us. GT is probably better. VT is still a better team, we'll see though if they mail it in.
We’re as good as Clemson and better than BC.
BC isn’t the worst team in ACC history; they have two ACC wins. We had one last year.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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I dunno about GT.
I’d call GT, Clemson, and Miami all kinda in the same territory as us, with nobody being cut and dried above anyone else.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Miami is going to blow us off the floor. We only play them once -- at their place -- and KenPom is projecting a 15+ point loss.
Every one of their losses but one are Top 50 losses, and the Ole Miss one was on the road, in OT.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
I guess Miami is better than I thought.
My point stands about GT however.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
They get hot from deep, they win. They miss shots, we can do it.
But we’ll certainly give them plenty of open looks, I’m sure.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
GT is not very good.
And while I think Maryland is probably better than us, we probably should’ve beaten them in College Park. I haven’t seen anything to suggest that they’re head and shoulders above us.
As for BC
Last year, our team was one of the worst teams in ACC history and had a KenPom rank of about 180-200 if I recall correctly. BC is at 255.
We were 251 last year. So that's the benchmark I guess lol.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
We were 199 as of today, but should move up a few after this one.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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by Martin Rickman on Jan 21, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I'm respectfully with quzybuk on this one.
Now get some sleep Martin, don’t let us keep you up with our pollyanna projections.
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by SamuraiFoochs on Jan 21, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
We won, yaaaaay.
Now time to take some nyquil and enjoy my nap. I’m so sick.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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Man there is NOTHING better than winning an early game on the road.
Now I can watch hoops the rest of the day, smile, and enjoy.
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4 minutes in, GT up 3-0 @ Clemson.
5 in, 3-2. Yyyeah we might well be better than both of these teams.
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6 and a half minutes in, GT up 5-4.
And don’t get it twisted, it’s been straight up bad basketball.
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