Perhaps that is a slight exaggeration, but it sure does feel like it. (Hell, it has been 2362 days since the last football post on SFN!) I cannot remember a season with more hype and expectation, and it’s all deserved. Sports Illustrated has the Pack projected as the AP Preseason #11 team in the nation. […]
ACC & Other
Last Look at the Bubble
It’s hard to believe that the regular season is already over. It’s been a great ride so far and I never expected to be able to say that considering where State basketball was just one year ago. So let’s get to it and start with reviewing the last week of the regular season. RPI […]
ACC Strength of Schedule
Ever since the ACC got too large to play a round-robin conference schedule, it was obvious to me that some teams would play a harder conference schedule while others would play easier ones. So I’ve made an effort to analyze the various conference schedules and pick out those teams with easy or hard schedules to […]
One More Week
Corey Alexander does an “OK” job on the ACC broadcasts, but he was really pissing me off with the constant references to State’s 2006 season. I’m sure he was just trying to illustrate what a good job that KK has done in his first year in Raleigh. But a comparison to Herb’s team that pretty […]
ACC Basketball Update (2/19)
Photo by Dennis Nett at Syracuse.com. This past weekend was awfully good for the visitors…and since State was one of the road winners, I’m OK with that. But there’s a lot to cover so let’s get started. RPI TREND GRAPHS I’m staying with the expanded axis on the “IN” graph again this week […]
What the Heck is a Quadrant?
I completely missed the news that came out last July about the changes that were being made in the Selection Process for the NCAAT. When I saw articles and forum comments about the changes, I had to google around and see what I could find. Assuming you were ignoring college sports articles thru the […]
ACC Basketball Update (2-12)
Photo by Amrita Malaur of The Technician Well that was a disappointing week. Not shocking, but still disappointing. The NCAA released their Top 16 on Sunday. I don’t understand why they release this list, but here’s what they’re thinking about the ACC so far: UVA – #1 seed in South Regional Duke – #2 […]
ACC Basketball – One Month Left
Photo from Rob Kinnan, USA TODAY Sports Before we get to our normal tables, graphs, and discussions, we have some background stuff that needs to be covered: RABBIT TRAIL #1 On Saturday, I saw someone say that beating ND by a big margin would help State’s RPI. NO! NO!! NO!!! Obviously it’s been a […]
ACC Basketball – Midseason Report
Photo from News & Observer The ACC season seems like it’s flown by and we’ve already reached the half-way point. So this entry will be longer than normal (consider yourself warned) and I’ll go over the things that interest me and/or have caught my eye. Of course, the first thing that drew my attention was […]
ACC Basketball Update (1-22)
Photo from Ethan Hyman of the News & Observer Last week had several games worthy of note: BC pulls off another home upset by beating FSU mid-week. (Betting line FSU -3.5). In a less than surprising result, UNC beat Clemson in Chapel Hill. (0-59 for those keeping score at home). UNC even managed to […]
