It wasn’t a thing of beauty (aside from the storybook night for Senior walk-on Justin Clark), but it was crucial. NC State will not suffer the indignity of being seeded 12th in the ACC tournament. Sidney Lowe will not start his college coaching career with a losing record, unless post-season is involved. NC State 73, […]
06-07 Basketball
Senior Night – Wake Entry
It is Senior Night at NC State and the RBC should be filled to capacity for Engin Atsur’s final home game in Wolfpack white. Section Six has their typical great preview up. Their advice is the take a very close look at the Deacons. The long and the short of it is simple – the […]
Florida State Game Thread (Updated with Post-Game Analysis/Ranting)
Today’s game is crucial for NC State’s post-season hopes. The Pack needs 1 more regular season to qualify for the NIT, and 2 wins would erase any doubt about receiving a bid. On a second front, there are ample ACCT seeding/cellar avoidance ramifications. A loss today pretty much ensures that State will be seeded no […]
Atsur: Lowe is The Soul
“He is the soul of this team and not seeing him on the bench, especially in a big game like this, affected us.” February 21, 2007 NC State senior point guard, Engin Atsur
A Fine/Acceptable Effort
I don’t think that you will get too many complaints from most NC State fans about Wednesday night’s loss in Chapel Hill to the Tarheels. After playing a great first half (to trail 41-40), the game ultimately took on the exact same complexion as most of the Wolfpack’s losses this season. You can’t get too […]
UNC Redux – Game Thread
There’s no sugar-coating tonight’s challenge. Vegas has the Pack as a 20+ point underdog, and Roy no doubt has his team’s mind on revenge. But we’ve met the challenge of facing the talented Holes already this season. Hell, we’ve done it this month. There is no long rival game losing streak hanging around our collective […]
Getting Ready for the Goats – Can Lightning Strike Twice? (11:00 Update)
Especially since our shocking win in Raleigh, I have asked some of my more rational Hole fan friends about some of Roy’s curious tendencies. No, nothing about banging farm animals, but his strange strategy. You know, playing Wes Miller and/or Bobby Frasor down the stretch of close games – sometimes ahead of arguably his best […]
NC State 81, #25 Virginia Tech 56
RALEIGH, N.C. — Engin Atsur scored 20 points and North Carolina State shot a season-high 67 percent to beat Virginia Tech (No. 25 ESPN/USA Today) 81-56 on Sunday. Ben McCauley added 16 points for the Wolfpack (14-11, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference), who put on a dazzling shooting display to earn a season sweep of the […]
Castrated Turkeys Redux
We’ve mocked them, we’ve praised them, we’ve somehow managed to beat them. Now, it’s time to play them again. An NIT bid hangs in the balance for the Pack, a possible regular season title for VT. I will be on I-95 for most of the action, so keep the comments section lively.
Grant Featured in N&O
NC State’s Gavin Grant was featured in a story titled, “Enigmatic Grant remains optimistic” in today’s N&O. Gavin Grant may be N.C. State’s most versatile, unpredictable, outspoken, intriguing and, at times, infuriating player. The 6-foot-7 junior can be streaky good shooting the ball or slashing to the basket, then force up a shot so poor […]
