So where do you rank them? If you believe all the optimism about the newcomers at the point, it makes sense to project the Pack at second or third in the league. But it’s dangerous to believe that optimism. You have to understand that one lesson you learn about more than 30-plus years of ACC […]
07-08 Basketball
SI’s Luke Winn – Great Wolfpack Hoops Preview
Yes, indeed – another national columnist is drinking the Sidney Lowe Kool-Aid. You definitely need to read the whole thing, but here’s a taste: Amid all the veterans — Grant, the lone senior, plus returning starters Costner, Courtney Fells and Ben McCauley — a big kid is wearing No. 1 and looking like the most […]
NC State Picked 3rd In Preseason ACC Poll
We have already had a lot of conversation about the upcoming basketball season, but the ACC’s Operation Basketball will most definitely raise the conversation for a few days. (Pack Pride has some NC State coverage at this link.) Coach Sidney Lowe continues to impress with some fantastic comments and statements. The following are some of […]
BBallin at the Old Barn
In case you missed it, this link will take you to coverage of NC State’s “Ballin at the Old Barn” from Friday night. As PackerinRussia said in another comments section: For some reason he mentioned wanting to see everyone at the RBC Center making noise when they play Carolina. Am I missing something? Isn’t that […]
Basketball Linkfest
–Pack’s Gonzalez hopes to be back on court first week of Nov. –Sidney “Gets It”- Quotes from Lowe’s PC –10 Games Jay Bilas Would Pay To See –Lowe Dons ’83 Championship Ring, Welcomes New Start -Grant: Pack capable of national title run -WRAL.com:Pack Players Raving About Freshman Hickson -SportingNews: McCauley proving to be the unflashy […]
Sidney “Gets it”
Check out some of the quotes from Sidney Lowe today: “It’s reality. It’s not something where you just dislike, it’s a rivalry. It’s basketball. You have three schools that are so close in proximity, there is so much history and tradition there. I’m certainly not going to come in here and let it change. I […]
10 Games Jay Bilas Would Pay To See
Conference play, rivalries and banners on the line are no-brainers for great games. I already know that I will be riveted by epic battles like Duke-North Carolina, UCLA-Arizona, Texas-Kansas, Michigan State-Indiana and Syracuse-UConn. But the games that get my blood pumping for the season are the ones that will be played before the ball drops […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
If there’s ever been a year we’ve needed a fresh basketball season – and soon – this is it. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Atsur is gone, leaving us without a tested point guard, much less a proven one. The freshman Gonzalez is hurt while the sophomore Johnson isn’t eligible until […]
Nice Tracy Smith Article/Interview
Link to Tim Peeler article (and make sure to click the video link, too). We at SFN expect Tracy Smith to play a very important role this season (5-10 minutes of energetic rebounding, with the ability to step up and provide more when fouls and injuries strike). He sounds like a kid who really bleeds […]
CBSSports.com: Costner, McCauley Make Top Big Man List
I have one final plea before concluding the CBSSports.com annual position rankings. If you’re going to e-mail and insist Hasheem Thabeet should be on the list of the top 25 Bigs in the nation, fine, that’s a reasonable statement to make. But you can’t just tell me Thabeet has been snubbed. You have to also […]
