Wanted to offer our community a quick apology for our lack of activity recently. I have been traveling in Texas since Wednesday and attended today’s big win by the Longhorns over the Tarheels at Cowboys’ Stadium in Dallas. (Currently stuck at the airport thanks to all the global warming on the east coast) I think […]
College Basketball
Recruiting practices take spotlight
Just last week SFN highlighted the difference between local recruiting budgets in this well-received entry. Almost simultaneously, the University of Tennessee’s football program came under scrutiny for the use of its Hostess Program to ‘lure’ recruits to the University. We started talking about the news in real time in this thread on our message boards. […]
Roy Williams Kicks Presbyterian Fan Out of Dean Dome
During the second half, Deon Thompson was shooting free throws. The Smith Center was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. That’s when it happened. One of the Blue Hose faithful yelled something to the effect of “You’re gonna miss it, Deon.†Although it didn’t cause Thompson to miss the free throw, it did […]
Jay Bilas Interview
Link to interview IMHO, Bilas is the current star of college basketball analysts and I usually respect his perspectives. (Nobody is perfect). In this interview he comments on the Doug Gottlieb vs Coach K controversy, but has to be very careful to parse Gottlieb’s words so that he doesn’t offend Daddy K. If you haven’t […]
ACC-Big Ten Challenge Preview
As has been noted by many voices in many publications/forums – this has hardly been much of a “challenge” for the ACC. The Big Ten has always lost, and has usually been crushed. Many believe that this year will be different, and we at SFN agree. Rather than predict each game in standard format, I […]
The Relevancy of Irrelevancy – Is Lack Of Athletic Success Limiting The University?
Some of the comments on the recent Monday Morning entry got me to thinking about the possible effects of our lack of athletic success on the university as a whole. I have to believe that athletics is a big component of the marketing and identity of a university (and you can make a fair case […]
Quick Video: ACC Preview
Kind of sad when the guy that used to cover NC State for Pack Pride says that he was just on Tobacco Road and got to see UNC play and Duke and Wake practice. (cough, cough) Then again, this may be the first time in the history of a Jeff Goodman story that he mentions […]
ACC Operation Basketball: Pack picked last (by a mile), Dennis Hopper added to staff?
Operation Basketball has been going on this afternoon and it has been very interesting to follow the event via various internet outlets. For example, NC State bloggers like ourselves have been able to interact with some members of the media via Twitter during the event. It is truly a new world!! You can follow our […]
Bubble Review
I always enjoy looking at the ACC just before the ACCT starts and discuss who needs to do what to get an at-large bid to the NCAAT. As a precursor to that discussion, this looks like a good time to summarize what we have learned over the past several years about moving off of the […]
Refreshing Involvement
Although I am not a fan of her politics, one can’t helped but be impressed with the involvement that University of Miami President, Donna Shalala has with her University’s Athletics Program. Shalala recently made a change in the Athletics Directorship at Miami when long time AD, Paul Dee, was forced aside in the midst of […]
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