Come on already

We are quickly approaching March and my Wolfpack are running out of games. Sitting at 4-5 in conference and 15-8 overall. This is not at all where I thought we would be at this point. The team was picked to finish third in the conference. Losses to New Orleans and ECU? What? This team has the most talent I've seen on a State team since the last glory days of Corchiani and Monroe. We seemed to kind of turn a corner when we established Gonzalez at point. 2 excellent first halves at Duke and Maryland, but then really faded in both games losing by 20 and 14.

So now we need to go 5-2 in the final seven to have a winning record in the ACC. Probably win a game or two in the ACC tourney and hope for a NCAA tournament bid. Here is the schedule:

2/14 @ BC 7:00 PM
2/16 CLEM 3:00 PM
2/20 UNC 7:00 PM
2/24 @ UVA 4:30 PM
2/27 FSU 7:00 PM
3/01 DUKE 12:00 PM
3/08 @ WFU 12:00 PM

Duke and Carolina at home jump out. Maybe a 10% chance of victory in those games. These are the most likely losses making all other games must wins. The road games are against the bottom of the conference, but they are still road games. I give us a about 60% chance of winning those games. The most difficult test outside of Duke and Carolina is Clempson. It wasn't even a game at their place. 23 to 10 turnovers pretty much tells the story. But since then, we found a point guard. So I don't know, maybe flip a coin. This game is already huge with my hatred of Clempson and the potential to really hurt their tournament hopes.

It is just so frustrating to watch us play. You never really know you're going get. Sometimes we play really hard, other times we are asleep, sometimes smart, other times stupid and many times seem to forget about the game and want to fight. All these versions can also show up during one game.

Anyway, it is now the best time to play their best basketball, so I'll hope for the best. Go Pack