A shorthanded and fatigued Wolfpack rolled into Mizzou Arena in Columbia, MO last night. And for the first 8 minutes of the contest they looked every bit the shorthanded and tired team, ready to take a road loss and just go home. And then, someone woke up the Kitty, as Anthony “Cat” Barber proceeded to […]
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Basketball 2Nite at Mizzou
Pack travels to Columbia, MO tonight to face Mizzou. The Tigs are 5-4 with losses at Xavier and UofA, and neutral court losses to KState and NW’ern. – 6pm, SECN –
It’s worth another look
Pack needs buzzer beater to best High Point
Cat Barber saved the day and maybe the Wolfpack’s hopes for an NIT bid in March last night as he drained a step-back three pointer as time expired as part of his game-high 26 points against High Point in PNC Arena last night. Barber played all 40 minutes and dished out 6 assists while committing […]
Michigan 66 NC State 59
State drops to 4-3 on the season. Michigan pretty much controlled the entire game. State shot a WOEFUL 33% (23% from three point line) from the field while the Pack’s porous defense allowed Michigan to shoot 50% from the floor including 35% from three point land. Strangely, State had more rebounds (36-32), less turnovers (7-11) […]
Barber scores 37, Pack bests Winthrop by 8
We’re going to need this type of leadership and performance every night…particularly until Terry Henderson returns. Link A player with Ben Simmons’ reputation and skill set you can see coming a mile away. But Jimmy Gavin? The graduate transfer from a Division II school caught N.C. State off guard on Friday night and nearly pulled […]
Pack picks up big win in Brooklyn, downs #22 LSU in OT
It wasn’t beautiful, but the Wolfpack played better and more focused tonight and was able to squeeze out the kind of win on which a young team can build and gain valuable confidence and experience. smart of Gott throwing game yesterday so we could beat LSU today &have that quality win against a team that […]
State falls to ASU, long season ahead
Our big men look more like freshmen than juniors and sophomores with reaching and over the backs that are more akin to AAU junior high school players than ACC caliber talent. We don’t have enough bodies to weather the foul trouble that we experience because, for some reason, Mark Gottfried thinks that he can’t recruit […]
Game Thread: I waited a decade for this game…
…and then the greatest basketball coach in college basketball history went and got himself fired! Oh well, let’s go Wolfpack in NYC! Here is something that will do the opposite of brightening your day… Also, Jamie Luckie working the State game with two other officials I don't recognize — Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) November 24, 2015
NC State 88 South Alabama 70
Pack improves to 1-1 and still has an opportunity to get better vs IUPI on Wednesday before heading to Brooklyn next week to take on Arizona State and LSU or Marquette. The Pack replaced Terry Henderson with Maverick Rowan and played only seven players most of the night. Cat Barber had a double double by […]