“Duke, Wake Forest and N.C. State have finished in the top four in each of the last three seasons in the ACC. N.C. State is heading south while North Carolina is back to its rightful perch, meaning this league will likely be somewhat predictable in the coming years again (with Georgia Tech likely near the […]
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Quote of Note: Tudor on Reynolds
“The noise level and crowd atmosphere in Reynolds matched Cameron’s…” Caulton Tudor News & Observer February 1, 2005
Pack Continues Mastery of Tech
* NC State finally wins a game decided by less than 3 points and continues our mastery of Georgia Tech! * The Pack’s RPI should now improve from triple digits to double digits. (It did. State’s RPI is now #96) * The Good, Bad, Ugly from R&WState * In Herb Sendek’s 9 years in Raleigh, […]
Friedlander Embarrasses Fayetteville Observer
Wolfpackers around the country woke this morning to read their internet news and were hit with a dose of reality that will change all of our moods related to our beleaguered basketball program!!! We learned some important information that will change our view of the last nine years that we obviously have overlooked in the […]
Cut Sendek Some Slack In His 9th Season
Dave Johnson of the Hampton Roads Daily Press wrote an article on Saturday saying that state fans should “give sendek a pass” this year. Here are a couple quotes: State fans seem just as concerned with how others – namely, Duke and North Carolina – are doing. And true enough, the Wolfpack is third in […]
Quote of Note: Gary Williams’ Will
From Duke-Maryland rivalry needs more respect by Jay Bilas: The Duke-Maryland rivalry is so vicious now in large measure because of the incredible success of Gary Williams. He fought tooth and nail to resurrect the Terps program from the ashes, after sanctions, probation and a television ban that would have buried most programs for years […]
Penders has UH flying high
In light of the relationship that NC State’s basketball history has with the University of Houston, I found today’s article in the Houston Chronicle regarding the immediate impact of Tom Penders quite an interesting read. I thought that I would share it. There he goes again: Penders has UH flying By Michael Murphy Copyright 2005 […]
It’s Safe to Say the Votes Are In
Although a few odd precincts are still trickling in, the outcome is clear, according to this PackPride poll. An overwhelming 87% of participants believe that Herb Sendek should not be retained as NC State mens’ basketball head coach. That’s 1,126 “no” votes, for those trying to track Fowler’s “lunatic fringe 50.” How much longer can […]
Media Notes Groundhog Day in Raleigh
A couple of weeks ago my new favorite reporter, John Brasier, wrote a fantastic article that made a lot of great points related to NC State Basketball under the leadership of Lee Fowler and Herb Sendek. Among Brasier’s points was a perspective on the inexplicable support that NC State’s administration has thrown behind Sendek through […]
Flashback: Feb 9 & 10, 2001
The following article originally appeared in the February 10, 2001 edition of Raleigh’s News & Observer. I had originally planned to share this this article and some comments on February 9th to observe the ‘anniversary’ of the day that Lee Fowler came clean with the public and proclaimed that wins/losses and on court performance was […]
