NCCU looks like a team that could be overlooked but shouldn't. They beat North Carolina State in overtime. North Carolina State pretty much manhandled Tennessee last night. NCCU is lead by senior guard Jeremy Ingram who is averaging 23 ppg. They also have a +5 rebound advantage per game for the season. Look to be very solid.
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This game is the new normal for WSU over the next 2 months. Regular games where WSU is a significant favorite, but not cupcakes like Chicago State. The strength of WSU's resume on selection sunday is now about how well WSU can avoid meltdowns. Hopefully we don't see any games where 5 different guys decide to go cold shooting or anything crazy like that.
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Originally posted by Bluzrover View PostMy question is: does Marshall sit Baker this game? Is he confident in his bench enough to allow Ron to get healthy for conference play?
I think this will be a tougher game than many Shocker fans are expecting. Hopefully, the Shocks will be energized with the return to Koch Arena for a game.
We had Carl, Ron and Evan in the lineup last year when we played these guys and road a big 1st half to a 71-57 win. However, NCC did outscore the Shocks in the 2nd half 39-35. So I don't expect their guys to be in awe of the Koch Arena atmosphere.
Right now NCC is a Top 100 RPI team although they are projected to finish the year around 150 in the RPI.
NCC only lost on the road to Cincy by 7 and they knocked of NC State on the road but they did lose a 6-point game at Ooey-Pooey.
They should do very well in the MEAC. Unfortunately, the MEAC as a conference is ranked 31st (dead last among conference RPI ratings).
NCC has good size and a lot of experience in their Top 8 guys. They shoot a very good 74.2% from the line as a team and having been getting about 25 attempts per game on average. 3 of their 7 wins have been in OT. 2 wins have been Non-D1 opponents.
Probably Starters:
Jeremy Ingram, 6-3 175 Sr, 23.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG
Alfonso Houston, 6-3 190 Sr, 12.6 PPG, 3.4 RPG
Emanuel Chapman, 6-1 160 Sr., 5.2 PPG, 5.1 RPG
Jay Copeland, 6-7 255 R-Jr, 8.3 PPG, 6.2 RPG
Karamo Jawara, 6-8 220 Jr, 7.7 PPG, 5.3 RPG
Top Reserves:
Jordan Parks, 6-7 200 Jr, 10.3 PPG, 6.8 RPG
Reggie Groves, 6-2 190 R-Sr, 7.2 PPG, 2.6 RPG
Ebuka Anyaorah, 6-4 194, R-Sr, 6.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG
I am not seeing anything about this game that leads me to believe this is going to be easy.Last edited by 1972Shocker; December 19, 2013, 01:30 PM.
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Comparative Stats from StatSheet
This makes it look like we better win it with out defensive superiority.
"I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."
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Here are some more tidbits:
Rank and Records NCCUWSURPI#102#12Strength of Schedule#289#93Overall7-211-0Conference0-00-0Home4-06-0Away3-23-0Top 250-00-0RPI Top 500-01-0"I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."
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