As much as State fans will hate to hear it, all signs point to Archie Miller spurning NC State. Just a little while ago, Joe Giglio, a man who is as plugged in to NC State athletics as any outsider can be, posted this tweet: Immediately afterwards, Giglio was bombarded with […]
Sidney Lowe
1983 team goes to Washington
h/t Mark Armstrong It took 33 years, but today the Wolfpack’s 1983 national championship basketball team was recognized and honored with a trip to the White House. Several of the local sports broadcasters went along on the trip, including Mark Armstrong and Jeff Gravley. At the time, the school wouldn’t cover the players’ transportation to […]
Sidney Lowe (not Junior) arrested
Sidney Lowe, NC State’s former Head Basketball Coach and starting point guard on the 1983 National Championship team, has been arrested for failure to file state tax returns. Good God I hope that this is the only former/current NC State coach that has had a run in with the law recently. Link Sidney Lowe, former […]
View A Screening of “Survive And Advance” March 11 In Reynolds
Today, thirty years ago — February 14, 1983 — things were looking bleak for the NC State Wolfpack. The Pack had just lost to Notre Dame 43-42 the night before and the team’s record stood at 13-8. Â They definitely were not in the conversation for the NCAA tournament, and were an afterthought for the ACC […]
Tournament Factoids Part 3: A Generation-Long Rebuild
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
The Importance of Qualifications: Gottfried and His Staff
Ever since the hiring of Mark Gottfried to NC State, we’ve heard a few people saying “wow, what a great hire”, a few people saying “I can’t believe that it happened AGAIN” and a ton of people saying “well, I didn’t know if I liked it at first, but I guess it’s ok, but maybe […]
Friday Findings
August 12, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Thurs. practice report: O’Brien feels good about RB’s A healthy offensive line and strong running game are two keys to NC State’s success this fall. O’Brien said that after two weeks of practice, fifth-year senior Curtis Underwood, Jr. and junior James Washington are still atop the […]
WRAL reports Harrow to Kentucky
I have to admit I am a little shocked by this. Maybe Cal believes with good coaching and strength and conditioning he can get Harrow to live up to his high school ranking. link to the article
Poll Translation
In yesterday’s N&O, Ken Tysiac penned an article about a Public Policy poll suggesting that Wolfpack fans are apathetic about Gottfried. Now I’m not a professional pollster but I have reviewed enough of them to know there are several variables that go into a poll to produce the results: sample size, target group, what questions are […]
The Sidney Lowe Timeline & Memories
The Wolfpacker has put together a summary of the Sidney Lowe timeline that is probably valuable to review. (Click here) Sidney Lowe took the NC State coaching job in the spring of 2006 and quickly got to work on the recruiting trail, signing highly-regarded forwards J.J. Hickson and Tracy Smith. He also wasted little time […]
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