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Film Room: NC State Finds New Juice in UNC Win NC State played a nearly complete game against UNC, defending generally well in the halfcourt, scoring in a variety of ways through different initiators, and finding counters to UNC's defensive scheme...

Took at look at some of the finer points of the UNC win including Darrion as a creator and the impact of State's perimeter shooting even as it took 44 2s and 20 3s.

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Any questions for the lotcast tonight?

Statement Made: 82 is Way More than 58 The goals for the Will Wade era in Raleigh extend far beyond beating some decent UNC teams, but for a myriad of reasons that started piling up in the offseason, he really needed to win this game. Wade...

Some postgame thoughts for tonight.

Statement Made: 82 is Way More than 58

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Trinity Road Tape: Defensive Inconsistencies Welcome back to another edition of Trinity Road Tape. Today we're looking at NC State defending a spread ball screen from Virginia Tech, and how it's a perfect of how Will Wade's first defense has pro...

Made a short video talking about State's defense and the possession-to-possession inconsistency

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Three Key Scheme Elements that Helped State Beat SMU NC State's 84-83 win over SMU is immediately one of my favorite basketball games in recent memory. The shot making from both teams hit an extreme, and there isn't much more entertaining than watching ...

Who is up and wants to read about three key scheme elements that helped State beat SMU?

- Variations in the ball screen coverage for SMU's 7'2 guy
- Actions that got looks for Williams
- Ghost actions with the guards

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ICYMI

Will Wade Built a Cohesive Roster NC State is on a four-game winning streak and is off to its best start in conference play since 2003. It hasn't been a consistent ride or one free of strife. The enormous expectations this team carrie...

Will Wade Built a Cohesive Roster

This is a well-constructed team, and it got there in some interesting ways. I wrote about role fit in Will Wade's first roster.

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NC State is on a 3-game winning streak.

@bgeisinger.bsky.social joins The Lotcast to break down the Pack's evolution, Darrion Williams' usage, Musa Sagnia's rise, and much more

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Any questions for the lotcast tonight?

Talking State basketball with @bgeisinger.bsky.social

NC State is Just Crazy Inconsistent Will Wade’s first NC State team is defined by how hard it is to define. Variance is the term of the year for Wolfpack basketball, both as an input from State's opponents and an output from the Pack it...

NEW: NC State is Just Crazy Inconsistent

Wrote about State's volatility, its roller coaster defense, and its offensive creation.

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Thank you for checking it out!

Three Plays with Will Wade: Screening for Paul McNeil One of the more fun components of the Will Wade offense is the use of Paul McNeil. As we discussed on this week's Lotcast episode, McNeil is a getting a lot of volume simply from being around Quadir Copeland, and his gravity as a floor spacer creates tons of conflict for defenses. That's not the only way he gets shots, though. Today, we're looking at three set pieces that led to Paul McNeil triples. Veer A veer screen is an off-ball screen set by a player who has just set a ball screen. This is

Three Plays with Will Wade: Screening for Paul McNeil

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Kurt Roper and CJ Bailey: Film Analysis NC State secured another year of CJ Bailey during college football's latest rendition of the silly season. With it, the Pack will get the continuity that it obviously and rightfully values, and that i...

Finally got to publish this, hope you'll check it out.

Took a look at 11 of State's most common passing plays, how the offense differed from 2024, and where Bailey was good vs. can improve.

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Film Room: NC State's Offense is Cooking NC State's offense currently ranks 20th nationally in total efficiency, 17th in effective field goal percentage, and despite some regression, is still shooting almost 40% from three as a team. The off...

Film Room: NC State's Offense is Cooking

What a great morning it is to read about how Quadir Copeland, Paul McNeil, and Ven-Allen Lubin are elevating State's offense while playing off each other.

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Trinity Road Tape: Kurt Roper Beats Cover 2 Welcome back to another edition of Trinity Road Tape. Today we're looking at CJ Bailey's touchdown pass to Wesley Grimes in the Gasparilla Bowl and how the route concepts worked together to create spa...

Trinity Road Tape: Kurt Roper Beats Cover 2

Made a video about Bailey's TD pass to Wesley Grimes and why the passing concept worked perfectly to defeat Memphis' cover 2 structure.

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Recording a football and basketball episode of the Lotcast tonight. Any questions for the show?

NC State's Defense is Trending Up You’d never know it if you simply measured the sentiment around it, but NC State enters conference play with a top 50 defense. Will Wade’s first Wolfpack team, which was rightfully lambasted for its e...

NC State's Defense is Trending Up

Wade is still not happy, but the trends are positive. Read about it!

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Trinity Road Tape: NC State's Smash Drive Concept

Made a video on a pure progression passing concept Kurt Roper used a lot this year for CJ.

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Questions for The Lotcast tonight?

NC State Crushes UNC Bill Belichick’s multi-front war against his own legacy continued this week as NC State once again punished its credulous neighbors who fell for all this. They used to write books about this man. He u...

NC State Crushes UNC

Wrote about the beat down, the extremely funny offensive performance, some DJ Eliot pressures, and the naivety of unc football.

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Only against UNC does Dave execute a perfect 2-minute drive

You are correct I did enjoy it

@jamescurle.bsky.social @aleclower.bsky.social thought you gentlemen might enjoy this gif i made

NC State's Defense Enters Adjustment Mode NC State is now part of a small group that has traveled to Hawaii and not enjoyed itself. The Pack's pass at the Maui Invitational was less pleasant than expected, and while these aren't catastrophic ...

NC State's Defense Enters Adjustment Mode

Will Wade wants to look at his defense. Called the Texas game an "all systems breakdown."

I wrote about some of the things I've seen.

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NC State Accepts Win from Florida State What is it with Florida State and the punting? The last time the Noles came to Raleigh, one of the biggest plays of the game was Florida State punter Alex Mastromanno punting the ball from beyond the ...

Who wants to read Analysis of the Florida State win?

Wrote about this very weird game. Got a lot of film this week. Looked at several plays from the QB, the OC, and the DBs.

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Ep. 84 is out.

Talked about the analytical approach to defense, Tre Holloman's good shooting start, and NC A&M alternate uniforms

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Questions for the lotcast?

Turned on ESPN early before the State game and was met with AI-generated fantasy football recommendations.

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ICYMI

Learnings from Will Wade's First Three Games Making shots is very important in basketball. Fortunately, this is something NC State has been excellent at through three games. Wade's first offense has started off blazing, shooting over 44% from th...

Learnings from Will Wade's First Three Games

Wrote about State's early offensive production, ball screen actions involving Darrion Williams, and guarding the ball defensively.

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