MBB at Wake Forest, NIT 1st round, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 8:00 p.m., ESPN+, LJVM, Winston-Salem, 421 Warfare

[Saint3333]

Refs were going to make sure the outcome tonight.

Two BS goaltends, moving screens not called, touch fouls called in the second half.

I’m not a fan of the NIL but will support a go fund me if Kerns gets fined in the presser.

[Bigdaddyg1]

Great season tough ending. The harsh reality that many don't want to accept is that there is simply a difference in App and ACC schools and power conferences in general. We have to absolutely find magic in a bottle and tonight we could not sustain it. Spillers was on fire then went away. We had success in the paint then just started jacking 3's. How many 3's did we get blocked or deflected- maybe 3? I don't recall a single one all year in the Belt.

And just because we lost doesn't mean we didn't deserve a bid to the NCAA tournament. Only one team wins and there will be a few blowouts.

[ah59396]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

Our program has been dead for a decade. These guys come in and win 27 games, upset the SEC champions and start packing Holmes.

Not that good though. lol. Some of our fans kill me.

Maybe he’s going for clicks, kind of like Starbucks marketing where they intentionally misspell your name on your cup so you share a picture of it on the socials.

Maybe. It’s a tough end to a great year. Arguably our best ever. This team made app basketball fun and interesting again. It was a fun ride with way more ups than downs.

[BambooRdApp]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

Our program has been dead for a decade. These guys come in and win 27 games, upset the SEC champions and start packing Holmes.

Not that good though. lol. Some of our fans kill me.

Maybe he’s going for clicks, kind of like Starbucks marketing where they intentionally misspell your name on your cup so you share a picture of it on the socials.

Trolls gonna troll. The original take sounds like a heels fan...

[appgrad95&97]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

I'm sorry, did you expect to get blown out at Wake? We had a good season, but wow, I personally learned something about how many more stairs their are to climb. Call it an awful take, but wow, we are not close to an at large bid. Sorry, we're not. And i appreciate this season. I called it generationally good. I love these guys. I want to keep Kerns. But this needs to be a lesson. Sorry if you don't like that take.

[Seattleapp]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

I'm sorry, did you expect to get blown out at Wake? We had a good season, but wow, I personally learned something about how many more stairs their are to climb. Call it an awful take, but wow, we are not close to an at large bid. Sorry, we're not. And i appreciate this season. I called it generationally good. I love these guys. I want to keep Kerns. But this needs to be a lesson. Sorry if you don't like that take.

You are completely insufferable and continually demonstrate your ignorance to all things sports. Personally I wish you’d trade in your black and gold for baby blue so you can go be dumb on another message board

[MrCraig]

Would’ve won if we had hit all our free throws… *ducks*

[mountaineerman]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

I'm sorry, did you expect to get blown out at Wake? We had a good season, but wow, I personally learned something about how many more stairs their are to climb. Call it an awful take, but wow, we are not close to an at large bid. Sorry, we're not. And i appreciate this season. I called it generationally good. I love these guys. I want to keep Kerns. But this needs to be a lesson. Sorry if you don't like that take.

We’re not even close and it showed. That should tell you everything.

[mountaineerman]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

I'm sorry, did you expect to get blown out at Wake? We had a good season, but wow, I personally learned something about how many more stairs their are to climb. Call it an awful take, but wow, we are not close to an at large bid. Sorry, we're not. And i appreciate this season. I called it generationally good. I love these guys. I want to keep Kerns. But this needs to be a lesson. Sorry if you don't like that take.

We’re not even close and it showed. That should tell you everything.

we would lose 9- 10 games against the Acc

[Stonewall]

Talent. They were the better team.I knew we would have to shoot better than our average to beat them , and we didn’t. Oh yeah … money buys talent. We have a really good team , great coaches and a tight budget. You want to compete with the ACC ? Ante up.

[mountaineerman]

Kerns offense is awful

[ah59396]

So we weren't that good after all. Seriously, there is not another way to describe our last three games.

What an awful take.

I'm sorry, did you expect to get blown out at Wake? We had a good season, but wow, I personally learned something about how many more stairs their are to climb. Call it an awful take, but wow, we are not close to an at large bid. Sorry, we're not. And i appreciate this season. I called it generationally good. I love these guys. I want to keep Kerns. But this needs to be a lesson. Sorry if you don't like that take.

We’re not even close and it showed. That should tell you everything.

we would lose 9- 10 games against the Acc

Oh no! With 9 losses in the ACC, we’d end up like NCAA tournament 6 seed Clemson. The horror!

[BUTCH1991]

31 free throws to 8

[appdaze]

We lost that game in the first 10 minutes going something like 1-11 on 3pts. Yea the refs hosed us a few times but the refs don't take our shots or call our plays. We are an OK 3pt shooting team, but I hate what we did jacking them up right and left, that isn't us. I've seen this too many times in the last 20 years where the "small teams" get out of their game and just start launching them. Rarely does that end well. We weren't ready to play Wake.

Negativity is done.
18-15
17-12
19-15
16-16
27-7 BAM! Take that Capel you SoB!

97-65 .599 55-34 .618

Best win percentage for us since the end of WWII. Except for Fuzz---see Capel comment

The stairs that Kerns built. They are made of black and gold. This is going to be a great offseason of building and I look forward to next season.

Huntley, Gregory, Greene, thank you for your service. Don't be strangers. One of the most important ways to continue to build what you started is to be present as an alumnus. We need your mindset and team culture to persist.



24-25....The ceiling is the roof.

[BambooRdApp]

We had a good 3 point shooter have a terrible night..$h$# happens. Gonna have those nights.
It is what it is..

[hapapp]

We made 3 more FGs and 1 more 3 pointer than Wake but they made 18 more FTs on their 31 attempts to our 8. From my vantage point in the stands, it sure seemed they got the benefit of a lot of calls that didn't go our way. Most of fouls called on us were of the shooting variety, in large measure because they were able to get the ball inside. Their size and strength made the difference as they were able to get in the lane and around the basket.

After we cut it to one, they outscored us 38-28. The crowd came alive but they kept drawing the fouls and making the FTs and just like that we found ourselves down 16. We did make another run to get under 9 but then we had to foul and they made the shots.

I don't think I've seen Kerns as fired up as he was as he was tonight. He was not happy (deservedly so) with the officiating, not to mention that bald headed assistant for Wake.

Someone mentioned that Abson seemed off his game and he did some really reluctant to try to score. Of course, in the Sun Belt he doesn't face bigs like Wake puts out there. And, we remain 0fer in NCAA and NIT games. Let's hope this lousy feeling the guys must feel right now will serve to motivate them next year.

[huskie3]

You nega-guys need to look at stats, wake beat us on free throws!
APP. Wake
FG 31-67 28-58
Field Goal % 46.3 48.3
3PT 7-27 6-18
Three Point % 25.9 33.3
FT 7-8 25-31
Free Throw % 87.5 80.6
Rebounds 31 39
Offensive Rebounds 7 10
Defensive Rebounds 24 29
Assists 14 9
Steals 4 3
Blocks 4 6
Total Turnovers 10 9
Points Off Turnovers 11 12
Fast Break Points 9 4
Points in Paint 44 34
Fouls 20 13
Technical Fouls 0 0
Flagrant Fouls 0 0
Largest Lead 0 18

[WVAPPeer]

31 free throws to 8

That's a difference maker - I know some of those were the fouls in the last 1-2 mins but for two teams who play a similar style game that difference is very telling......we outscored them from the floor

[Saint3333]

I’ve not seen Kerns react like that in his tenure. The call was terrible.

Core is coming back, excited to see what the team can do if everyone sticks together.

[appstate24]

31 free throws to 8

Yep…ACC gonna do ACC things.

I knew we were in for a long night when CJ got called for the foul when Wake’s guy pulled him down from behind…by his head.