Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington Star-News has an interesting column this morning, in which he posits that so far this year NC State as yet to reveal itself as either a good — or a bad — hoops squad: ACC Insider: Wolfpack Still Searching For Its Identity Five games in, the Wolfpack remains just as […]
Coach K To Make Maaco Commercials?
HT: BMH1997 at Pack Pride for the one-liner in the title. Krzyzewski in One-Car Accident Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was in a one-car accident Friday driving to work but held practice as normal, Duke spokesman Jon Jackson said. Jackson said the accident “was nothing serious.†Jackson said Krzyzewski was not injured. Police have charged […]
Fells Questionable Tomorrow Against Winston-Salem State
Sidney Lowe said that small forward Courtney Fells is questionable for tomorrow’s game in Reynolds Coliseum against Winston-Salem State: Lowe said Friday that the Wolfpack’s second-leading scorer didn’t practice Thursday because of an ankle bruise he suffered last weekend against Davidson. It’s unclear whether Fells will be ready against the Rams. Lowe thinks Fells would […]
Wall Street Journal Looks At Coaches’ Pay (w/ NC State mention)
An interesting article popped up on the radar from an unlikely source: the venerable and staid Wall Street Journal. In “Who Pays The College Coach,” author Mark Yost takes a look at Alabama’s Nick Saban, among others (including Coach Kommercial.) When North Carolina State thought it would take at least $2 million to find a […]
Report: Skip Holtz Going To Syracuse
Sunday morning: Michael Bradley from the NFL Network reports that Skip Holtz will be named Syracuse University’s football coach on Monday. Link from Syracuse, NY television station The Wiz of Odds is also covering it Published on 12/05/2008 at 3:35pm There might be trouble on the Pirate ship, as it looks like there’s some substance […]
Sidney Lowe’s Plans To Slow Stephon Curry
Via Ken Tysiac of the Charlotte Observer’s ‘Observations From Above The Rim’ Blog, here is a glimpse into the defensive plans that State coach Sidney Lowe plans to employ tomorrow in Charlotte against Davidson: No junk defenses. “I don’t think you change your defense. You just have to be more aware. You have to be […]
NC State vs. Davidson: Wildcats Are On a Mission (Updated 3:15pm)
Tomorrow at 12pm in Charlotte, the Wolfpack tips off against Davidson in the Pack’s first game against an opponent that will be close to the caliber that they can expect to see night after night in conference play. To kick off SFN’s coverage, here’s an article I found about the Wildcat team’s commitment to not […]
Jimmy V’s Farewell Speech In Reynolds
Jimmy V Week is underway on ESPN, and while my wife and I were out at dinner, we saw V’s incredible speech at the ESPY Awards in 1993 replayed on the World Wide Leader. It was moving, as always, but the farewell speech I remember the best from Jim Valvano was one far more direct […]
Good Seats Are Still Available to the ACC Title Game (updated)
Heather Dinich of ESPN is reporting that Virginia Tech has sold 3,000 tickets and Boston College just under 2,000 tickets to this weekend’s ACC Title Game in Tampa. This is probably due to two factors: first and foremost, the overall economy has either negatively affected people or if it hasn’t, a lot of folks are […]
ACC Went 6-4 This Season Against God’s Conference
Some odds and ends to fill the time before the Wolfpack tips against Davidson Saturday and bowl bids are finally settled: The Big Lead: Head to Head, The ACC Beat the SEC This Year We all know the Pac-10’s a joke. And everyone thinks the ACC is a joke. We compiled the season-long stats, and […]
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