On January 8th, I logged this entry citing the RPI rankings of Atlantic Coast Conference Teams. Now that we are half the way through the ACC schedule, I thought that we would re-address the info: (#2) Wake Forest (#3) Boston College (enters the ACC next year) (#7) Duke (#8) North Carolina (#33) Maryland (#35) Georgia […]
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Quotes of Note: Fallout from Beating
Lots of fallout from the local media regarding the Wolfpack’s (lack of) “effort” against Carolina. My general reaction to most of these writers who are suddenly following the lead of John Brasier’s incredible article this weekend is, “Where the hell have you been for the majority of the last nine years?” But, no reason to […]
Sick Irony: Exactly Four Years Ago
Life’s little ironies can be very, very cruel. Sometimes, indescribably cruel. I present the following article run EXACTLY three years ago to the day of last night’s pounding at the hands of Carolina. February 3, 2001 The News & Observer Beleaguered Sendek says he won’t resign Chip Alexander, Staff Writer RALEIGH — The question was […]
Thursday’s “Throwdown”
= > Throwndown ESPN names its Thursday night games “Thursday Throwdown”. Obviously, they only use the abbreviated version of the official title — “Thursday Throwdown, kick in the stomach, break a leg, spit on, and embarassing beating within an inch of your life.” = > Remind me Again? Wasn’t it just last year when you […]
Quotes of Note: ESPN on State-Carolina
ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb: “Just an embarassing loss for NC State; not to lose, but the way they lost. It looked like effort wasn’t there…This was a thumping” ESPN’s Len Elmore commenting on NC State’s offensive philosophy: “That is the part of the game that I still don’t understand. You have a lay-up and you throw […]
That Didn’t Take Long
“Herb Sendek I think desperately needs a timeout right now. He is making no motion to get one. His team is being run out of this building right now.” Mike Patrick ESPN Television 4 minutes and 34 seconds into the first half of tonight’s State @ Carolina game
Game Day!!
Earlier in the week, a Carolina student posting on Inside Carolina.com shared that many of his friends were considering taking the following sign to tonight’s game in the Dean E. Smith Center. I can’t much blame him since Herb Sendek is only 5-13 against Carolina despite the fact that Carolina employed four different coaches in […]
Quotes of Note: Tudor on NC State BBall & Sendek
February 3, 2005 News & Observer “Sendek is on the clock Herb Sendek has proven to be a good — not great — coach for the Wolfpack. “ By Caulton Tudor Simply being good is not good enough to raise N.C. State basketball to the level that most Wolfpack fans desire. In these parts, “good” […]
Sign of Gillen’s Death Spiral
Barring a miraculous late-season run to an ACC or NCAA Tournament Championship, little doubt remains that Pete Gillen will (and should) be fired as Head Basketball Coach at the University of Virginia Basketball at some point in the next 45 days. If you weren’t smart enough to realize this simple truth based solely on the […]
Quotes of Note: Amato on Signing Day
Chuck Amato in his signing day press conference — * “The guy that we had to fight the hardest to get was Marc Trestman…and that was the biggest fish that we got…that was the biggest recruit that we got in signing him.” * “Some people quote poetry. I quote sportswriters.” * “We just had one […]
