Oh Crap. Sorry Dudes. Lots going on lately. Yesterday, I knew this game was today. Today, however….I blanked. Sorry. So this is gonna be short and sweet. Well, short at least…. – Last time out the young Pack (11-3, 0-1 ACC) got spanked pretty good in South Beach. Tonight, they return home to face a […]
College Basketball
Basketball Doth Approach
It’s getting closer. I’m honestly not sure what to expect this year. The talent is there, but we’ll have to wait and see how it all comes together. But two Pack players are getting some big time ink. One of whom hasn’t even suited up yet. Ranking the top 100 (and one) college basketball players […]
Markell Johnson signs with State – Gott does it again
Today Mark Gottfried added another highly rated player to the 2016-17 roster by getting Markell Johnson to sign with the Wolfpack. Johnson, who recently reclassified from a 2017 recruit to a 2016 recruit, is a 4 star point guard out of Ohio. He chose the Wolfpack over Ohio State and Texas A&M. Johnson, a 6-foot-1 […]
NC State Basketball Update
In the past ten days the college basketball Gods have been on NC State’s side. Although State fans at times have had their fair share of unfortunate luck in the past with numerous transfers plus players entering the draft during the Mark Gottfried era, Coach Gottfried and the staff have been on a roll of […]
1983 team goes to Washington
h/t Mark Armstrong It took 33 years, but today the Wolfpack’s 1983 national championship basketball team was recognized and honored with a trip to the White House. Several of the local sports broadcasters went along on the trip, including Mark Armstrong and Jeff Gravley. At the time, the school wouldn’t cover the players’ transportation to […]
Gottfried tabs Pierre as new assistant coach
h/t collegechalktalk.prestosports.com Today Mark Gottfried officially introduced Butch Pierre as his new assistant coach. Pierre previously was on Travis Ford’s staff at Oklahoma State. “I’ve known Butch for a long time and he’s regarded as one of college basketball’s premier recruiters, but he is also a great teacher of the game who has spent a […]
Cat Barber Officially Enters the NBA Draft
As of yesterday, Cat Barber has declared for the NBA draft. It’s not a huge surprise to the see the ACC leading scorer leave early, and we recognized this possibility earlier in the month. This season Barber averaged 23.5 points, 4.7 assists, and 4.5 rebounds. Despite these numbers, he is expected to be a mid-to-late second round […]
Byting NCAA Tournament Insight & Open Entry
March Madness begins today without our beloved Wolfpack for the first time in five years. But, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have reasons to pay attention and throw some support behind Dayton (Archie Miller), Buffalo (Julius Hodge) and, of course, whichever team is playing UNC-CHeats. So, you have a choice — (a) do you […]
Selection Sunday Post-Mortem
I wish that I caught the name of the Selection Committee chairmen that went on CBS to discuss the decision-making process and answer the standard group of critics. I thought he did a great job at shutting up the critics on CBS. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to his explanations. The one thing that I got […]
Selection Sunday Open Entry
Welp…for the first time in Mark Gottfried’s five year tenure at NC State, Wolfpack fans have very little to care about this afternoon as the NCAA Tournament selection work is being done and will ultimately be unveiled at 6pm on CBS. If you are in the Triangle region of North Carolina then you will be […]
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