Hey fellow Wolfpackers, it’s July so that means it’s the slowest sports news cycle of the year but there have been a few headlines across the web over the past few days that I’d like to post just so we don’t let the news pass us by. First we’ll start off with a little NC […]
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Wednesday Misc: Some Basketball Links
Tuesday provided the first “on the court” look at the pieces of the ’13-’14 edition of Wolfpack Basketball as it was the first day for summer workouts. NC State trying to solidify ‘program in transition’ (WRALSportsFan.com) Tuesday marked the first day of on-court workouts as freshmen and transfers joined returnees Tyler Lewis, TJ Warren and […]
Purvis Banned From Transferring to Cincinnati and Missouri (Among Others)
In something that’s become standard practice across the landscape of college basketball, when Rodney Purvis was given his release by the Wolfpack to transfer, he was also given a list of schools he couldn’t transfer to:Â Â Missouri, Cincinnati, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville. Why Cincinnati and Missouri? Â State plans to schedule the schools in the […]
Gottfried to UCLA Is In The Rumor Mill
The rumor mill for coaching changes is already cranking up for the offseason, and on that State fans might find interesting is this: per multiple sources, UCLA head coach Ben Howland has been notified that he will be terminated, and one of the names already being floated around is NC State head coach Mark Gottfried: […]
It wasn’t supposed to be this way
We will downloading and de-briefing all sides of the NC State basketball program in the coming days. To start, we’d love your thoughts on any of this that you would like to tackle. From @joeovies Twitter account this morning. (Link) In a less flippant approach, Ovies penned these talking points about the season’s end. 1. […]
Random Fact that may only interest me
Taking a title that is used in Peter King’s weekly MMQB column on SI.com, I see a pattern when it comes to NC State and the NCAA Tournament. It seems like every time this century when the Wolfpack makes the tournament they wind up playing the first game of the day. State has been to […]
Syracuse basketball program under investigation by the NCAA
CBS reports Sryacuse basketball program is under investigation. More criminals being brought into the ACC by Swofford. Between Miami, UNC and now this we have no right to look down on the SEC. At this point it seems like the question is who is not cheating rather than who is. College sports is a big […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL R. Cory Smith (N&O) No. 8 seed NC State hopes experience helps against Temple in Dayton But despite the woes throughout the season, State finished with a 24-win season and returned to the NCAA tournament. With Gottfried reaching the tournament this season, he becomes just the third ACC coach to do so […]
NCSU Earns a 8 Seed, And Will Face Temple In The East Regional
The NC State Wolfpack has earned an 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will face Temple in Dayton Ohio in the East Regional.  Should State defeat the Owls, they’ll almost certainly face regional top-seed Indiana. The Hoosiers will face the winner of the James Madison/LIU game. Louisville is the overall first seed in the […]
Preparing for the much ballyhooed UVA defense
We get to play the top “defensive” team in the ACC today. They hold teams to 54.5 points per game. As the image below attests, UVA does not like to let other teams score so prepare yourself for a low scoring, brutal basketball game. In preparation for the game I hear Gottfried hired a wrestling […]
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