February 10, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Associated Press NC State avenges earlier loss to Yellow Jackets C.J. Williams scored 15 points and North Carolina State avenged a loss to Georgia Tech last month, holding off the Yellow Jackets 61-52 Thursday night. The Wolfpack (18-7, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) got a typically balanced scoring attack, with […]
11-12 Basketball
Rivalry Week Headlines — Wolfpack vs. Yellow Jackets
Because when State fans think of which school(s) we hate we think….UNC…Duke…Maryland…Georgia Tech. February 9, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Talking Georgia Tech With From The Rumble Seat As we approach the re-match with Georgia Tech, I caught up with BirdGT at From The Rumble Seat. Turns out he doesn’t know what the […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
February 8, 2012 Its Rivalry Week folks and that means there’s only one thing anyone in the Triangle (and ESPN) is talking about…State/GT. I just want to make sure Swofford and all his pals in the ACC office receive my gift: Now on to today’s headlines. NC STATE BASKETBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) NC State Basketball […]
Tuesday Tidbits
February 7, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL The Sports Xchange (FoxSportsSouth.com) Gottfried, Wolfpack facing depth issues The Wolfpack is relying on a few players to carry a big load, and it’s worth monitoring. Coach Mark Gottfried said he would have liked to have developed more depth, but the Wolfpack is limited in that category. Only seven […]
ACC Basketball Power Ratings
Miami’s win over Duke has propelled the Hurricanes to approximately #38 in the RPI and into the discussion for most bubble watches for a ‘projected’ NCAA Tournament. That actually ends up being good news for NC State who is holding firm at #55 in the RPI and has squeaked back into most NCAA Tournament projected […]
Sunday Webrun
February 5, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Wood, Pack make it five straight over Wake Forest N.C. State will always have Wake Forest. The ACC will regularly take a game against North Carolina away from the Wolfpack when the league expands to 14 teams, but State and Wake will continue to play twice […]
Gameday Headlines: Pack vs. Deacs
February 4, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack’s Brown looks to rebound Lorenzo Brown has no difficulty assessing the recent flaws in his game. Since a 20-point outing in the Wolfpack’s 76-40 win over Wake Forest on Jan. 14, the N.C. State point guard hasn’t been “playing too well,” by his own account. […]
ACC Halfway Review
Since State has reached the half-way point of its ACC season, I thought we would take another look around the ACC and summarize where everyone is. Here are the ACC standings, RPI rankings, and performance versus RPI Top-50 after Wednesday’s games. Bubble definitions justified here. If you went back and compared these standings to those […]
Thursday Compendium
February 2, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Wood, Leslie help Wolfpack salvage win against Eagles Boston College started the week at No. 229 in the Rating Percentage Index, one spot ahead of Savannah State and one behind Lafayette. That’s not the kind of company N.C. State can afford to keep if it wants […]
Re-Thinking the ACC Pecking Order
As the conference season began, most folks (myself included) thought the hated blues comprised a tier all of their own at the top, with BC, GT, and maybe Wake on the bottom. The vast middle consisted of teams that looked NIT-ish, with the likelihood that a few would do better, and a few do worse […]
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