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KP Report -- NC State Wolfpack - 8 pm Tuesday (Uh oh) Raycom

I just visited the ESPN WF basketball page

there one can watch the following videos:

1. Barrett breaks (Torry Johnson's) ankles
2. Zion hits career-high 30-points with layup (over Smart)
3. Zion hits another big alley-oop (over WF)
4. Zion misses one-handed slam (while WF watches)
5. Zion throws down monster alley-oop (over Wright)
6. Zion hits early 3-pointer (over Hoard)
7. White records two blocks in 10 seconds (vs. Brown and some other Deac)
8. Zion powers through (WF) D for 2 points
9. (Gardner Webb's) Johnson drains corner 3-pointer
10. Williams impresses with jumper and foul (against WF)
11. Williams hangs on rim after slam (over Sarr)

then you can read some articles:

1. 10 best freshman in college basketball (Insider article - I guess on our page because Duke was about to play WF)

2. Coaches on the Hot Seat

3. All Eyes on Duke and its Freshmen

and then finally, a WF-related article:

WF places assistant Jones on leave

What a time to be alive for a WF basketball fan!
 
State kinda struggled at home against Pitt on Saturday and Markell Johnson might not play. This feels like a game in which Wake has a decent chance if State doesn't come to play. Hope we lose by 20.
 
thatguy2016 said:
where does Pomeroy rank the Deacs in 2pt FG% defense on the year?
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#316 of 353

But in ACC play (where the stat in the tweet comes from): #15 of 15

Starts w/ UVA at 39.8%... #13 is Clemson at 52%. #14 is BC at 56.3% (which is AWFUL). And then you have Wake Forest at 68.1%. Holy shit that is terrible.
 
DeacsATS said:
#316 of 353

But in ACC play (where the stat in the tweet comes from): #15 of 15

Starts w/ UVA at 39.8%... #13 is Clemson at 52%. #14 is BC at 56.3% (which is AWFUL). And then you have Wake Forest at 68.1%. Holy shit that is terrible.
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thanks to your former co-worker for the Pomeroy stats hookup

hey, if our opponents are shooting all those 2's that means they aren't shooting 3's!
 
For reference, Incarnate Word is dead last in 2pt FG% defense at 63.2%.

In 3 ACC games, that number is 68.1% for Wake Forest.

Another reference point, Doral Moore shot 68.9% on 2 pointers last year... And that was 11th best in the country.

ENTIRE ACC TEAMS ARE SCORING THAT EASILY AGAINST US!!!
 
DeacsATS said:
For reference, Incarnate Word is dead last in 2pt FG% defense at 63.2%.

In 3 ACC games, that number is 68.1% for Wake Forest.

Another reference point, Doral Moore shot 68.9% on 2 pointers last year... And that was 11th best in the country.

ENTIRE ACC TEAMS ARE SCORING THAT EASILY AGAINST US!!!
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Tennessee only made 62% of its 2-point shots against us, so our average against top 100 teams is only 66%

when you consider that teams collect offensive rebounds against on what, 35% of their misses? wouldn't we be better off just fouling every single time?
 
What is the opposite of pack line defense? Open lane defense?
 
thatguy2016 said:
Tennessee only made 62% of its 2-point shots against us, so our average against top 100 teams is only 66%

when you consider that teams collect offensive rebounds against on what, 35% of their misses? wouldn't we be better off just fouling every single time?
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i don't recall seeing as many point blank layups/shots by teams. i'm watching the duke game and they simply would pass it right at the basket for a score. it wasn't even a drive - just a pass to a wide open player UNDER NEATH THE BASKET!!! horrible
 
thatguy2016 said:
I just visited the ESPN WF basketball page

there one can watch the following videos:

1. Barrett breaks (Torry Johnson's) ankles
2. Zion hits career-high 30-points with layup (over Smart)
3. Zion hits another big alley-oop (over WF)
4. Zion misses one-handed slam (while WF watches)
5. Zion throws down monster alley-oop (over Wright)
6. Zion hits early 3-pointer (over Hoard)
7. White records two blocks in 10 seconds (vs. Brown and some other Deac)
8. Zion powers through (WF) D for 2 points
9. (Gardner Webb's) Johnson drains corner 3-pointer
10. Williams impresses with jumper and foul (against WF)
11. Williams hangs on rim after slam (over Sarr)

then you can read some articles:

1. 10 best freshman in college basketball (Insider article - I guess on our page because Duke was about to play WF)

2. Coaches on the Hot Seat

3. All Eyes on Duke and its Freshmen

and then finally, a WF-related article:

WF places assistant Jones on leave

What a time to be alive for a WF basketball fan!
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No other comments on this? Really amazing, even for The Official Duke Basketball Network.
 
This is from www.backingthepack.com


Danny Manning is in his fifth season at Wake Forest, and this Demon Deacons team looks like his worst yet. That is not the sort of program trajectory that anyone in Winston-Salem had been looking for, I’m guessing.

The Deacs were hoping for a rebound season in 2019 that would be fueled by a promising freshman class, but the trouble with youth is that they’re young. Hey, it’s not their fault, they can’t help it.

The bigger problem is Manning, who is simply not capable of delivering improvement in the areas Wake Forest needs to truly turn things around—namely, on the defensive side. Wake Forest has never finished a season ranked higher than 125 in defensive efficiency under Manning and there is no reason to think the Deacs will ever be competent at that end as long as Manning is in Winston-Salem. Kinda puts a damper on any attempts to find long-term optimism.

And when you combine that level of shoddy coaching with a young roster, you get a team that is mostly bad and largely clueless for significant portions of games—a team that is projected to finish just 3-15 in the ACC by KenPom. It’s bad.

Deacs Offense
Wake OFF_EFF (rk) eFG% TO% OR% FTR
2018 110.9 (72) 50.5 (187) 18.8 (208) 30.5 (116) 28.0 (315)
2019 105.3 (139) 47.9 (264) 18.6 (147) 33.6 (42) 44.3 (12)
Starters
Brandon Childress (6-0, 190) — The team may be floundering, but Childress is in the midst of a career-year as a junior and leads the Deacs in scoring. He’s hitting 44.3% of his threes, and he’s done a nice job being more aggressive with the ball and earning more contact.

Chaundee Brown (6-5, 215) — For better or worse, Brown is gonna get his shots up. His high workload and average-ish shooting allow for the occasional jackpot game where Brown carries the offense. And it’ll lead to some 2-10 nights. He’s a career 34.7% three-point shooter and 45.5% two-point shooter.


Sharone Wright (6-5, 180) — Wright is making 53% of his twos but is only 8-33 from beyond the arc. Might be a good idea to pump the brakes on the perimeter attempts, young fella.

Isaiah Mucius (6-8, 190) — Mucius is taking on an above-average workload as a freshman—it wouldn’t be the first or fifth or thousandth time a top-100 kid came in and tried doing too much—and it’s not going well. His FT%/2FG%/3FG% slash line looks like this: 55.6/44.6/31.0. That free throw percentage doesn’t suggest his outside shooting is likely to get much better, if at all.

Jaylen Hoard (6-8, 215) — Hoard has the highest workload on the team, and while he’s had his share of freshman troubles, he’s such a big talent that it’s hard to argue for changing anything about his usage. And he is making over 52% of his twos to go with over 70% of his free throws. The Deacs would like for him to be a more consistent presence, but no one guy is gonna save this season.

Bench
Torry Johnson (6-3, 170), Olivier Sarr (7-0, 235), Ikenna Smart (6-10, 245). Johnson is a grad transfer from Northern Arizona who has yet to show much usefulness at the offensive end—he has a 36.6 eFG%, which is bad. Sarr is incredibly prone to fouls and turnovers but rebounds really well at both ends and will block a few shots. Smart, another grad transfer, is only an occasional score-attempterer (but 56% from two!).

Deacs Defense
Wake DEF_EFF (rk) eFG% TO% OR% FTR
2018 103.0 (130) 51.5 (213) 17.5 (229) 27.7 (131) 39.0 (291)
2019 105.0 (215) 52.6 (247) 16.7 (303) 24.6 (32) 38.7 (284)
The Wake Forest Defense, A Case In Horror, as told by one number: in league play, Wake’s opponents are making 68.1% of their twos. I don’t even know what to say about that.

The Pomeroy Predictor likes NC State by 10.
 
liveanddiedeac said:
I'm can't pull against us, but any wins the rest of the season would just increase the hopefully small chance Danny is not fired at the end of the year. At this point, losing is almost winning for the long term health of the program I think.
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I appreciate the desire for a new coach, but do you want a new coach so badly that you are willing to let Ron Wellman make the decision? This is a hobson's choice.
 
The ACC has figured out that there is something wrong with Danny Manning's medulla oblongata:

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