Quacko decided it was best for us to move across the aisle to some empty seats, partly for more legroom but mostly because the Jayhawks around us would soon become very annoyed. It was his fault we were even in St. Louis, and we both knew as we worked out the plans, only minutes after […]
12-13 Basketball
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C. State basketball: Getting stops will dictate how far season goes N.C. State played its best basketball in March and N.C. State played its best defense in March. This was not a coincidence and it’s not lost on the Wolfpack. “We’re always going to be able to score,” senior […]
2012-2013 Printable NC State Basketball Schedule
Ran across this nice schedule from the guy who put it together on Twitter yesterday and wanted to share for everyone. Good work!
SI Top 25 Previews; Pack in at #5
OK, so now that all that silly Red vs Blue, us against them election bullchit is over with, finally; and now that I can again hopefully get thru one day without countless unsolicited calls for this party or that, and often for candidates not even on my local ballot; I thought it was high time […]
ESPN: 2012 looking a lot like the late 1980s
Our message forums found this article on ESPN’s today discussing how some of the relevant college basketball programs in the year 2012 were also quite prominent in the late 1980s – like NC State, Indiana, Michigan, Louisville, Arizona, Syracuse, Duke Kansas, and UNLV. The piece says the following about the Wolfpack: Why they loved the […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) History in the remaking Tommy Burleson is an optimist. One of the stars of N.C. State’s 1974 national title team, Burleson understands just how good the Wolfpack can be in basketball. Maybe it was the nostalgia, or a tinge of wishful thinking, but Burleson left the alumni reunion at […]
2012-2013 Basketball: Realistic Expectations?
We’re talking a lot of football on the site, and rightfully so. Â But let’s take a quick side trip to the basketball court ahead of Saturday’s game and discuss expectations. Do You Believe the Hype? As we anticipate the start of the 2012-2013 hoops campaign, we find ourselves in unfamiliar territory for our favorite team: […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL Omega Wolf (Backingthepack.com) First and Foremost: Opening Quarter Doomed Pack and Heels in Losses My old man used to say that you can’t win a game in the first half, but you can lose one. N. C. State and North Carolina have both demonstrated the truth of this old saw on the […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL R. Cory Smith (N&O) Pack’s Burris eager for first Carolina Showdown Growing up, it was The Game in a household that bleeds Wolfpack red. Now, N.C. State redshirt freshman defensive back Juston Burris can’t believe he actually gets to play in it. “This was the biggest game in my house growing up,†[…]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack gets set for UNC back Gio Bernard There’s no need to explain to N.C. State the value of North Carolina running back Gio Bernard. The Wolfpack defense knows the best way to beat the Tar Heels is to hold Bernard in check. That’s what happened last year when […]
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