NC State @ WV, Saturday, DEC. 20th.

[DBAR4WVU]

NC St comes a calling this Saturday @ 9:30 est. On paper, these teams match up evenly.
WVU lost to a very young and talented LSU team - a game that should have been won.
NC St lost @ Purdue and @ home to Wofford by 1-point after having a 6-pt. lead with 3 mins left. Sound familiar?

Wofford is a very good team but is not LSU. WVU faces Wofford on Monday following NC St.
NC St has beaten Wake Forest and Tenn. WVU has beaten BC and UConn.
And according to D'Antoni - a Marshall team that is "BACK".

The Numbers:

....... NC St ...... WVU
RPI ...70 .......... 34
Rec .. 9-2(1-0) .. 9-1(0-0)
PPG ... 73.9 ...... 78.4
ORank.. 58th ..... 27th
OPPG .. 59.2 ...... 62.0
DRank .. 40th ..... 65th
FG% .... 45.3 ..... 40.8
FT% .... 67.8 ..... 65.3
3PT% ... 35.5 ..... 28.6

Though the highlighted numbers above indicate an edge by each team -the actual numbers are very close.

As has been the case most of the games this year, WVU scoring percentages are lower than an opponents. But WV shoots more because of forcing turnovers so actual points scored is higher.

Should be a competative game. Bring it!

 

[ralphiewvu]

Games at Madison square garden.

 

[WvuDieHard]

I expect a game that will be similar to the LSU game. If we make some shots and hit our free throws, we will win. Curious if WV will have its 11th straight game of 19 plus turnovers caused?