2023-24 Wake Forest Basketball Season - 21-14 (11-9) - KP#29 / NET#43

[Henry Chinaski]

Yep. state's gonna be pissed.

But we're pissed from the loss there.

Hot take I just don’t really think State is that good. Pitt might turn out to be an ok road loss in the end…?

 

[Jroc25]

My prediction for the State game is that we come out flat, us fans wonder how the team is playing so uninspired after what happened last time against State, then we pull away in the 2nd and all is right in the world again.

 

[berneses]

I think this actually makes Saturday’s game easier as it isn’t easy to come back after losing a close, crucial game at home and kissing any NCAA bid goodbye.

 

[SugarlandDeac]

Could this be a trap game if we’re overconfident after this win and looking past to Duke 2 days later? Hope Forbes message to man up from before last games sinks in.

 

[IckerDeac]

We aren’t going to look past a team who beat us.

 

[MACdeac]

Announcers for cuse game said we are absolutely in as of today, and ACC will get 5 bids.

 

[BigDeacEnergy]

Keatts owns Wake. I really hope we win

 

[spritethr]

I am so beyond ready to rip State a new one. Fuck the puppy pack.

 

[LilburnDeac]

Hey at least we beat the UNC champs in both '05 and '09. Hang the banners!

We’ve beaten them every year they have one the NCAA except for 2017. Thanks a lot Manning.


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[morrison2951]

Keatts owns Wake. I really hope we win

This is concerning.

But two 29 pt beat downs leading into the game is very much more encouraging!

 

[LilburnDeac]

Could this be a trap game if we’re overconfident after this win and looking past to Duke 2 days later? Hope Forbes message to man up from before last games sinks in.

We haven't won enough over the last decade for any game to be a trap game.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

We win by 20+ and are on the correct side of the bubble when those dick heads put out the next bracket projections.

 

[Biff Tannen]

This is a trap game and Keats owns us. Good stuff.

 

[BigDeacEnergy]

This is a trap game and Keats owns us. Good stuff.

I mean check Keatts’ record against Wake

 

[DeacsATS]

Does Keatts get credit for the comeback in Raleigh when he wasn't even on the court?

 

[deaconson]

Does Keatts get credit for the comeback in Raleigh when he wasn't even on the court?

Nope. Gaudet gets that credit.

 

[tbird]

Punish, punish, annihilate the Pack!!! 40 points winning margin is much too kind considering our recent history!

 

[WakeForest Fan]

deacs should do fake head butts after every three sallis drains on them bitches

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Kinda funny given that Cam's girlfriend transferred.

RTQ comes up short again 😃

 

[thatguy2016]

VOTSdeac said:
We move up 10 spots in NET to 32, but Clemson only moves 6 spots to 31 with a road win at UNC? I don’t get it.

People tend to forget that the NET/Kenpom/etc. are all relative rankings. Not only are all the other pieces moving as well, but gaps in the ratings between teams could mean that a team's raw score jump could be bigger than another, but they move up fewer spots.

But also, Clemson was +15 or so over expected outcome. Wake was +25 or so. The strength of the opponent is already factored in to the prediction. Wake exceeded prediction by more, Wake gets a bigger raw score adjustment.

validating this point - Clemson moved up 2 spots without playing last night (they passed two teams who also did not play), and WF moved down a spot (passed by a team who did not play). So now the moves are +8 and +9 after settling by teams who are very close in the rankings.