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GAME WEEK: Wake Forest vs. Belmont Abbey (exhibition)

I assumed your hypothetical game went to OT and the entire team, aside from Hoard, transferred out between the end of regulation and the start of overtime.
 
DeacsATS said:
I assumed your hypothetical game went to OT and the entire team, aside from Hoard, transferred out between the end of regulation and the start of overtime.
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Not impossible, do we win a Hoard v 5 overtime?
 
The last couple of years they hosted the meet the players with watching an hour of practice. Not this time around. I guess this will be a cold opening on Friday.
 
Wake needs to control the line of scrimmage if they want to beat Belmont Abbey. We should try to limit their explosive plays.
 
I know this is only an exhibition; but remember how miserably we began last season...losing to one "sure win" after another.
 
mebanedeac said:
I know this is only an exhibition; but remember how miserably we began last season...losing to one "sure win" after another.
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That was with an experienced team. Manning likely has not ruined all these new guys just yet.
 
mebanedeac said:
I know this is only an exhibition; but remember how miserably we began last season...losing to one "sure win" after another.
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Last year's narrow victory over Queens in the exhibition was brutal. Guys were subbing in almost constantly, providing no sense of flow or rhythm for the players. I get you have to tinker with lineups early on, but "over tinkering" is not one of Manning's more endearing qualities.

Oh, and we barely won last year. By two, if I recall.

Go Deacs!
 
Chil Tron said:
Last year's narrow victory over Queens in the exhibition was brutal. Guys were subbing in almost constantly, providing no sense of flow or rhythm for the players. I get you have to tinker with lineups early on, but "over tinkering" is not one of Manning's more endearing qualities.

Oh, and we barely won last year. By two, if I recall.

Go Deacs!
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That was Manning trying to acclimate the players to stupid rotations through out the regular season.
 
deaclite said:
The last couple of years they hosted the meet the players with watching an hour of practice. Not this time around. I guess this will be a cold opening on Friday.
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Yeah, all they did this year was a meet & greet at Hanes Mall.

Two years ago, we had the 3 games in August, a Fan Fest, and an exhibition game that the team won by like 70 points.
 
DeacsATS said:
Yeah, all they did this year was a meet & greet at Hanes Mall.

Two years ago, we had the 3 games in August, a Fan Fest, and an exhibition game that the team won by like 70 points.
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Was the meet and greet intended for the fans to meet the players, or for the players to meet their teammates?
 
WFUWaldo said:
A few tidbits going into Wake's first exhibition:

  • Belmont Abbey, a private D2 school in Belmont, NC with an enrollment under 1,500, finished last season with a 12-18 record, finishing in 8th place in the Conference Carolinas
  • They made a “magical” run in the Conference Carolinas Conference Tournament, making it all the way to the conference final, upsetting top-seeded King in the quarterfinals
  • They return their top player, Junior guard DeQuan Abrom, who made the Conference Carolinas First Team last year. Abrom averaged 20.2 ppg, 3.6 rpb, 2.4 apg, and 1.4 spg.
  • Belmont Abbey was picked to finish 6th in the Conference Carolinas preseason poll. They received no first place votes.
  • Belmont Abbey lost their first exhibition game at Campbell, 56-83. They shot 38% and turned the ball over 22 times against the Camels.
  • They also have a player named ThankGod Avar.
  • They are, objectively, not good.

Looking forward to a competitive game!
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Thank goodness we aren’t playing Pfeiffer University who just moved out of Conferenxe Carolinas and into D3
 
I'll throw out the first prediction:

Wake Forest - 88
Belmont Abbey - 62
 
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