1/8 Update: I made a horrible mistake when compiling the OOC SOS in the first table and totally screwed everything up. Luckily, I copied and pasted the RPI numbers from CBS into a file and so I was able to correct the table. The key changes are that: – State’s OOC schedule should be seen […]
College Basketball
ACC in the NBA Part 1: Overall Numbers & Talent Dropoff?
Does it seem to you like the talent level in ACC men’s basketball isn’t what it used to be? Didn’t it seem like every team in the early/mid 90s had at least one legitimate NBA player and now there might be a handful in the entire league? There are some reasons why I might think […]
SEC suspends UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl for 8 conference games
The Southeastern Conference announced Friday that Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended for the Volunteers’ first eight conference games this season due to NCAA rules violations that were discovered over the summer. It is really something to see a conference take such a proactive response to a situation like this. As opposed to…[you […]
Blue Ribbon Basketball Preview
With the Red Rally set for Friday night, ESPN provided all Wolfpack fans a very good preview of this year’s team. It lists all of the members of the team with an individual assessment. It appears that the first five players discussed are the projected starters for this year, although I can forsee both Ryan […]
Offering A Helping Hand
I don’t know how, but I missed this little nugget from the NCAA this past January: The Division I Legislative Council voted Wednesday to limit the practice of “over-signing†prospective football student-athletes to National Letters of Intent, a strategy employed by some coaches that had the potential of leaving some recruits without a scholarship. Proposal […]
N.C. ProAm provides a blurry look into the future
C.J. Leslie, Ryan Harrow and Lorenzo Brown teamed up with CJ Williams in the N.C. ProAm last night in Durham and gave the Wolfpack fans in attendance a bit of a preview of what to expect in the coming season. While it might be a pick up game preview, it still counts for something. We […]
N.C. Pro-Am kicks off with a bang, sort of
In the first game of the 2010 N.C. Pro-Am Thursday night Tracy Smith got to team up with incoming freshman CJ Leslie and two NC State recruits, Rodney Purvis and Joseph Uchebo. The four put on a show — Leslie and Smith both scored 20+ points — but fell to Team Hendrick of Durham in […]
Looking at Yow’s legacy from the other side
There has been plenty of discussion about Debbie Yow’s arrival at NC State and what she plans and hopes to do with the NC State athletic program. There hasn’t, however, been much intelligent discussion of Yow’s legacy at Maryland after 16 years of service. Of course there has been the generic message board “response” from […]
Uchebo officially enrolls at Word of God
Just a few days after being dismissed from the team at Oak Ridge Military Academy, 2011 big man Joseph Uchebo has landed much closer to the NC State campus to finish out his high school career. Uchebo enrolled at Word of God Academy and will look to graduate in the spring of 2011. It is […]
ACC’s expansion plan isn’t much of a plan
“Opportunities never come to those who wait. They are captured by those who dare to attack.” This quote pretty much sums up what the ACC is doing right now with regards to expansion. A whole lot of nothing. It’s a shame too, because I definitely think the ACC has — or maybe had — the […]
