This is the second in a series of posts breaking down the defensive deficiencies of State’s men’s basketball team. If you missed part one, check it out here, then come back and dive into our next category of defensive failings: Off-Ball Awareness This next category is a sort of catch-all for our problems with off-ball […]
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[Bball] A Defensive Breakdown: What Are We Doing Wrong?
This is a repost from this forum post. User Xphoenix87 did such a fantastic job that it had to be re-posted here. The N.C. State Wolfpack have defensive problems. That’s no secret. There’s been no shortage of discussion about it among State fans. Often, though, our discussions of defensive problems are abstract and vague, commonly […]
daU Comes for a Visit – Miami Open Thread
Greetings Wolven brethren. I’m getting a late start again today, so this is going to be short and sweet probably. Another Hurricane arrives today at Carter-Finley. Hopefully this one won’t flood my house like the last one. Miami (6-4/3-3 ACC) rolls into town today. They’ve had a somewhat similar season to our own Wolfpack . […]
Pack Heads to the HVAC Dome to Face ‘Cuse
Wolfpack Football has had a tough go of it for the past four weeks. A beatdown at the hands of Louisville and a WTF home loss to BC, were bookended by close heartbreaking losses to Clemson and Florida State. Instead of being 6-3 right now (or even 7-2…up yours BC), they find themselves beaten and […]
Basketball Doth Approach
It’s getting closer. I’m honestly not sure what to expect this year. The talent is there, but we’ll have to wait and see how it all comes together. But two Pack players are getting some big time ink. One of whom hasn’t even suited up yet. Ranking the top 100 (and one) college basketball players […]
Here comes Dennis Smith Jr.
h/t for picture from NC State basketball Even though that this is a few days old, we wanted to make sure that everyone saw this really good profile of incoming freshman basketball point guard Dennis Smith Jr. Joe Giglio of the News and Observer. In the article, Smith says: “I want to come in and […]
Markell Johnson signs with State – Gott does it again
Today Mark Gottfried added another highly rated player to the 2016-17 roster by getting Markell Johnson to sign with the Wolfpack. Johnson, who recently reclassified from a 2017 recruit to a 2016 recruit, is a 4 star point guard out of Ohio. He chose the Wolfpack over Ohio State and Texas A&M. Johnson, a 6-foot-1 […]
NC State Basketball Update
In the past ten days the college basketball Gods have been on NC State’s side. Although State fans at times have had their fair share of unfortunate luck in the past with numerous transfers plus players entering the draft during the Mark Gottfried era, Coach Gottfried and the staff have been on a roll of […]
NC State Basketball Scholarship Distribution & Discussion
Obviously, the events of this past week serve to completely change the outlook for NC State Basketball, at least for the 2016-2017 season. Suddenly, NC State has enough talent among our top seven players to compete for an NCAA Tournament berth if we can avoid key injuries throughout the season. But, depth, experience and cohesion […]
Reports: Abu to Return!!!
It started with this, and today we got more great for NC State Basketball: Big news #pack fans really big news! https://t.co/Qrwgtp1EHy — NC State Fan (@NCSUFANMAN) May 19, 2016 Obviously, the events of this week serve to completely change the outlook for NC State Basketball for at least the 2016-2017 season. The roster remains […]
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