January 23, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL GoPack.com NC State Tops Miami, 78-73 Scott Wood scored 21 points to lead North Carolina State to a 78-73 victory over Miami on Sunday. The Wolfpack led 55-41 midway through the second half and withstood a late Miami rally. Kenny Kadji’s dunk with 1:44 remaining got the Hurricanes to […]
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Tuesday Tidbits
January 17, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Back to normal for Leslie, Pack N.C. State will go “back to normal” for Thursday’s game against Boston College, Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said. That means a return to the starting lineup for sophomore forward C.J. Leslie. Gottfried benched Leslie for disciplinary reasons, stemming from a […]
Sunday Web Run
January 15, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack bounces back in style, routs Deacons N.C. State men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried challenged his team to play better defense than it did during a midweek loss to Georgia Tech. The Wolfpack responded by holding two of the ACC’s top scorers in check in a […]
Gameday Headlines
January 14, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack defense ready for next test Out of 338 NCAA Div. I basketball teams, N.C. State ranks 312th in defending the 3-point line. Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried didn’t need to look up that statistic to know his team has to improve its perimeter defense and needs […]
Tuesday Tidbits
January 10, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Josh Goodson (WRALSportsfan.com) Gottfried sees Wolfpack potential There has not been much optimism around the North Carolina State University men’s basketball team over the past two decades. But the presence of a new head coach and an ACC-opening victory over Maryland Sunday night ignited a spark of interest. The […]
Ohio State penalties don’t bode well for ACC’s Hurricanes & Heels
First…before you do anything, you really must read the following entries. NCAA Football Scandals Penalty Analysis NCAA Football Scandals Penalty Analysis, Part II Ohio State received a one year bowl ban yesterday that has a lot of college football analysts peering into their crystal balls and wondering aloud if a period of stringent NCAA penalties […]
Tuesday Tidbits
December 6, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL CHIP ALEXANDER (N&O) No rest for bowl bound Pack It was just before noon on Thanksgiving Day when N.C. State football coach Tom O’Brien was spotted jogging near Carter-Finley Stadium. Told that it was a holiday, that he should be home eating turkey, O’Brien smiled and replied, “It’s a […]
Monday Musings
December 5, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Pack loses lead, game With each trip to the foul line by Stanford, Lorenzo Brown could feel N.C. State unraveling. By the end of the free-throw parade on Sunday at Maples Pavilion, there was nothing left of the Wolfpack after a 76-72 road loss to the […]
Dabo Fires Back at Spurrier
Nice to see another coach who is willing to stand up for his players, coaches, program and university. From Scout.com http://clemson.scout.com/2/1134735.html What about Spurrier’s comment, ‘We ain’t Alabama, we ain’t LSU, but we ain’t Clemson.’ It was kind of a derogatory tone. I wondered if you had a comment on that.Swinney: That’s sad I get […]
Saturday’s Headlines
December 3, 2011 JP GIGLIO (N&O) Pack’s Vandenberg sidelined with shoulder injury N.C. State forward Jordan Vandenberg has missed the past two games with a shoulder injury, Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said Friday. Vandenberg, a 7-foot junior, is day-to-day, Gottfried said, but the coach hopes the forward will be able to play against Stanford on […]
