Well. All good things have to end. So do bad things. This season, for example. ACC Tournament games on Thursday are like … eh. I can’t even care enough to think up a good analogy. We are all hoping, of course, for a repeat and follow-through of what the Wolfpack did last year. And Washington […]
07-08 Basketball
Previewing the 2008 ACCT
Well, my predicting gut brought good mojo last year. Similarly, the Pack gets a very favorable draw (relative to seed) in 2008. Without further ado, here’s how I see it: 1. North Carolina Realistic Chance to Win? Absolutely. I will repeat what I said last year – they are clearly the most talented team, and […]
ACC Strength of Schedule
If you’re new around here, this will be the third year that we’ve examined the ACC regular season schedules to see who got the easier/harder regular-season schedules. In the aftermath of ACC expansion and unbalanced schedules, it’s always been obvious that the schedules will vary in difficulty and I was curious to see how much […]
Attention to Detail
In this entry from yesterday the N&O’s Chip Alexander made reference to a situation that happened in State’s loss to Wake Forest – the Wolfpack’s 8th in a row – over the weekend. Alexander was piggy-backing some comments that were made in “Observations” Charlotte Observer on Sunday that said the following: When N.C. State inbounded […]
N&O: 15 Reasons for 15 Losses
SFN will have a lot of analysis regarding the 2007-2008 NC State Basketball season and the future of the Wolfpack Basketball Program when this season mercifully comes to a conclusion. Today, the News & Observer‘s Chip Alexander chimed in with a very good look back at 15 reasons why the Wolfpack stunk it up this […]
BJD95’s ACC Honors
While we wait for Miami to put us out of our collective misery, I present you with my picks for ACC hoops honors, 2008 edition. You may recall that I did this last year. Generally speaking, the ACC was not as interesting this year. But some folks deserve recognition anyway. Coach of the Year: Oliver […]
One Last Chance
I was reminded this week of an old comedy (maybe Abbott & Costello) where the stars are in the military (maybe French Foreign Legion). There is a scene where everyone is in one line, standing at attention. The sergeant addresses the company and asks for a volunteer for a dangerous mission. Simultaneously everyone takes one […]
JJ Hickson Projected 32nd, 2nd Round in Draft by NBADraft.net
NBADraft.net does a good job projecting who will leave early and where they will go in the NBA Draft. The site is pretty good on not putting underclassmen on the board until they have heard some kind of news. We aren’t posting this to say it is “official”; we are posting because this is the […]
NC State Finishes Dead Last In Basketball- 12th Seed In ACC Tourney- Wake 78, NC State 67
Lets compare and contrast the last 12 months for Wake and NC State: Wake Forest Lose leading scorer, 3rd team All ACC Player (Visser) Head Coach Skip Prosser Dies of a Heart Attack Asst coach Dino Gaudio fills in as Head coach Bring in 28th Ranked Recruiting Class Picked 11th in Preseason Finish 7-9 in […]
“Quest for Last” – Act XVI (The Denouement)
Yep, I woke up this morning determined to use a big word in the title. Cool, huh? Wake Forest and NC State come into today’s contest with a combined 11-game losing streak. Wake is playing for NIT seeding (shout out to NIT king Dave Odom), while the Pack seeks to achieve its Quest. It’s taken […]
