Now that June 30, 2010 has come and gone, North Carolina State has officially parted ways with its athletic director of the past 10 years, Lee Fowler. The past 10 years have been wrought with many more downs than ups, but we want to take some time to look back at the entire Lee Fowler […]
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NC State Athletics Year In Review Summary
Thought I would share a brief summary of NC State’s performance in the 2009-2010 school year as well as a few observations. For each ACC sport (as well as gymnastics and rifle) I have listed State’s finish in the standings, overall record, ACC record, the ACC champion, the national champion and the finish and points […]
NC State is Nation’s Fifth Most Profitable Hoops Program
Financial statements of the nation’s 344-odd Division I NCAA teams are out and and NC State’s hoops program is among the nation’s best in terms of profit margin. Looking at the numbers above, you will see that UNC-CH generates almost twice as much revenue as NC State, but that it’s matching expenses are more than […]
ACC Sports: Jim Sumner breaks down the ACC Baseball Tourney
Here’s a good look at what to expect from this week’s ACC Baseball Tournament in Greensboro. After favorite Virginia, the field is pretty wide open and there should be some good games to see once the action gets going. ACC Baseball Tourney Preview The ACC ended its regular season last weekend and eight teams prepared […]
ESPN wins bidding war with Fox for ACC rights
Here’s part of the story from TBJ…I’ll have much more on this story, and it’s impact on the conference, later today. ESPN won the TV rights to ACC football and basketball in a bidding competition with Fox Sports that was surprisingly close, industry sources say, and as a result made the conference several million more […]
Forsyth Country Day guard gets offer from Wolfpack
According to the Charlotte Observer NC State has made an offer to 2012 guard prospect Tyler Lewis. A star for Forsyth Country Day School as a sophomore, Lewis has picked up offers from several schools in the area in the last few weeks. At 5’10” 160 lbs. his height and weight are somewhat of a […]
C.J. Leslie will announce decision soon…for real this time
I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve had just about enough of the C.J. Leslie saga. I understand he’s a great high school player who will likely be a great college player and this is just how things are nowadays with recruiting, but at this point it’s just old. Just in the last two weeks Leslie […]
Shocking news of the day: Wake officially hires Bzdelik
Whew. It looks like Wake Forest has found its man. Good thing nobody knew about this prior to today. This coaching search was fairly laughable. Wake better hope Bzdelik wins in a hurry or things with the fan base could get ugly (or uglier I guess). Wake gets Bzdelik to lead Deacs Wake Forest has […]
Spring Football Update — Second Scrimmage notes, tailgating and more
NC State held its second live scrimmage of Spring Practice Saturday, and based on Tom O’Brien’s comments following the action, the Wolfpack is making “strides” on both sides of the ball. As expected, Mike Glennon has continued to impress throughout the spring and Saturday afternoon proved no different. Glennon completed 17 of 28 passes for […]
Boston College Fires Al Skinner, Lavin to St. John’s [Updated 3 pm]
Boston College basketball coach Al Skinner has been fired, according to sources at Boston College. A press conference is scheduled for noon today. We will have much more later. For the moment, Eagle in Atlanta has put together his initial list of potential candidates (faster than Lee Fowler was able to find a single telephone […]
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