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Big Four Rivals
Mythbusting the Wolfpack Sore-Loser Stereotype
The past few days there has been a lot of talk on local sports-talk radio and elsewhere on the ‘interwebs’ about NC State’s irrational obsession with officiating particularly in the wake of a tough loss against UNC in the ACC tournament. Granted, we all have our mini-meltdown moments after tough loses, and quite frankly the […]
Friday Arroves [Check back for updates]
We will have a lot more to come on the UNC-CHeats academic/football/agent/tutor/recruiting scandals as the afternoon progresses. For now, the NCAA’s findings are detailed here. The penalties in this case include the following: * Public reprimand and censure. * Three years of probation from March 12, 2012, through March 11, 2015. * Three-year show-cause penalty […]
Chronicling the incompetence…turning the page
I hope that after this entry we will be turning the page to bubble talk and hopefully NC State’s impending bid to the 2012 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Before we do, I wanted to quickly consolidate some of the national and local media reviewing & discussing yesterday’s debacle in Atlanta so that we can go back […]
GAMEDAY HEADLINES: Pack vs Holes, Act III (ACC Tournament Edition)
March 10, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Ron Green Jr (N&O) With gritty win, Wolfpack makes NCAA case N.C. State is making itself comfortable in this land of hope and dreams where its basketball season now resides. With its gritty 67-64 victory over Virginia Friday in the ACC tournament quarterfinals, the Wolfpack assured itself of remaining […]
Wolfpack Women upset top-seeded Duke in ACC Tournament
Today Coach Kellie Harper’s team upset the top seed in the ACC Tournament, Duke, 75-73. After coming back from a halftime deficit for the first time all year yesterday in defeating Florida State 74-71, the Wolfpack women won the right to play the ACC’s top seed with a gaudy 15-1 conference regular season record. History […]
NCSU is not alone in our disgust at the Duke/UNC double standard
Other people are beginning to tire of the obvious “kid glove” treatment Duke and UNC have been receiving by the ACC. It is a subject that has been discussed on our blog many, many times. In this article in the Augusta Free Press, Chris Graham makes many of the same observations we have made. […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
February 22, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Bret Strelow (FayObserver.com) Despite loss to North Carolina, N.C. State still has shot at NCAA Tournament bid Goal unreachable N.C. State no longer can reach the 11-5 league mark that Gottfried established as a goal, but victories against Clemson (road), Miami (home) and Virginia Tech (road) would put the […]
Corchiani and Gugliotta should be Recognized at UNC Game
I received an email last night from a friend promoting the idea that these two “martyrs of sorts” should be honored or at least recognized before our game on Tuesday. At first I chuckled at the idea as it’s fantastic on its face for the most simple reasons. However, to honor these guys would be […]
The Silver Lining
There is a silver lining. But I’ll get to that in a minute. Last night, 45 fouls were called collectively. That’s 5 more than the game has minutes. If you look at the stat sheet, you see that we got called for 24 fouls and they got called for 21. This, according to those who […]
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