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March 2nd, 2007

Observations from the first day at the women’s ACC Tournament

While N.C. State (22-8) dominated fifth-seeded Florida State (22-9), 76-49, today in the quarterfinal game, there were several interesting developments.

1) The Atmosphere - The Greensboro Coliseum was surprisingly pretty full for the Wolfpack’s 11 a.m. game, the first game of the tournament on Friday. A large proportion of those in attendance were young children from area schools who had taken field trips to attend the game. The relentless screaming of those youth in attendance created an atmosphere that reminded me of a perfect mix between a boyband concert and Chuck E. Cheese.

2) State’s Frontcourt Performance - Senior center Gillian Goring played a team-high 37 minutes while posting a career-high 22 points and a team-high 19 rebounds. Junior forward Khadijah Whittington scored eight points while grabbing 10 rebounds. The combo of Goring and Whittington proved to be too much for the Seminoles to match up against.

3) Semi-final match-up - No. 1 seeded Duke (30-0) defeated eighth-seeded Virginia (17-14) 79-58 in the second quarterfinal game of the day, creating a semi-final match-up with State. The Blue Devils are undefeated this season and the No. 1 team in the country. Duke defeated the Pack 65-51 in the teams’ lone contest against each other this season on Jan. 18. Since that game State has won nine-of-11 games and appears to be peaking at the right time of the season.

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