Saturday’s victory over Wake moves Herb Sendek a little closer to a .500 record against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. For his career at State, Sendek is
+ 9-13 overall vs the Demon Deacons
+ 6-13 vs Wake Forest in the regular season.
+ 5-6 vs Skip Prosser
+ 4-6 at home vs Wake Forest
+ 3-4 in the RBC vs Wake Forest
+ 2-3 in the RBC vs Skip Prosser
+ 17-50 overall (25.4%) vs Big Four competition
+ 13-43 in the regular season (23.2) vs Big Four competition
=> State is currently ranked #10 in the country in USA Today’s Sagarin Ratings. I cannot think of a time this late in the season that a Sendek led team has achieved this high of ranking. Nice stuff!
=> State is currently #24 in the RPI, challenging the 2003-2004 season’s performance.
=> State is currently #8 in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings
=> Wake Forest fell five spots to #61 in the RPI with the loss.
=> State is currently undefeated at home this year at 12-0, and 91-24 all-time in the RBC Center.
=> Herb Sendek is 42-33 at home in the ACC and 32-19 in the ACC games in the RBC Center (62.7%)
=> Seton Hall, State’s next opponent, is currently ranked #85 in the RPI. Despite the less than stellar ranking, the Pirates should serve to improve the Wolfpack’s out of conference schedule that is currently rated #278 in the country.
=> As of today’s rankings, NC State has only one more game scheduled against a Top 25 RPI opponent over the rest of the season (#25, Boston College). This is very good news for a program that is currently 1-2 vs the teams in the Top 25 this year and 13-58 over the last decade (8-23 the start of the 2001-2002 season).
