It is just past midnight.

It is just past midnight.

It is just past midnight.

The first four Tuesday night games are in the books as is NC State's season.

It is over.

Some of you have seen it in the comments already.

Some of you are okay with this season being over.

And who knows?

Maybe some on the coaching staff are okay with this season being over.

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I'll admit, Joe, there were times during this game that I could have used the blackout curtains.

I did not need to see some of this game.

This was not the Maui Invitational, which was lights out shooting.

This was a slog of a game that was ultimately won by Texas, despite their long scoring

droughts because of their rebounding, diving for loose balls,

and being better at the free throw line while NC State struggled to keep Bigman on the floor.

As one of our friends texted us, do you think Will Wade would ask Charles Barkley to get on the floor right now to help them out?

Yeah, it was not exactly a masterpiece, but a kind of a classic run-it-back game in the

sense that usually when teams get together a second time, it's a different game.

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