NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Life after Duke, UNC wins hasn’t been so kind to Wolfpack Lorenzo Brown is happy that N.C. State knocked off No. 1 Duke on Saturday and that the Wolfpack is 3-0 in the ACC, but he’s also tired of talking about the last game. A road game with Maryland, […]
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Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Barry Jacobs (accsports.com) Wolfpack Can Dream Big Again Twenty-five years ago Jim Valvano supervised installation of “The Room of Dreams†in a little-used conference space at the Case Athletic Center on N.C. State’s Raleigh campus. Acting in his dual capacity as head basketball coach and director of athletics – a marriage of […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Brown, Wood lead N.C. State to 83-70 win over Georgia Tech N.C. State (13-2, 2-0 ACC) won its ninth straight game and improved to 2-0 in the ACC for the first time in nine years with a balanced effort from its veterans. Brown added 10 assists to go with […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Stung last season, Wolfpack warily prepares for Yellow Jackets N.C. State avoided most of the pitfalls on the ACC schedule last season with a notable exception. Georgia Tech beat N.C. State 82-71 in Raleigh last January. It was one of only four ACC wins for Georgia Tech last season […]
Wolfpack: 2012 Year in Review
As we all know by now, the Mayans were not correct and the world did not end. Since that day has come and past, we can look back on the highlights of the past 366 days (this year was a leap year people). In David Letterman fashion, here is this year’s top 10 list of […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Late rally not enough, N.C. State falls to Michigan 79-72 On Tuesday, the Wolfpack cut Michigan’s double-digit lead down to five points twice in the final 90 seconds. “We’re a better basketball team today than we were one week ago,†Gottfried said. “I think they are a legitimate top-3, […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Gottfried: Wolfpack trying to regain its groove against No. 3 Michigan There’s something missing from N.C. State’s basketball team and has been for the past two games. Turnovers have hurt, coach Mark Gottfried said, and the execution on offense needs to be better as does the team’s post defense. […]
Monday Musings
NC STATE FOOTBALL Luke DeCock (N&O) Yow’s culture change continues N.C. State’s next football coach will be the seventh head coach Debbie Yow has hired in 29 months as athletic director. Some of those coaches left of their own accord and some were fired. Tom O’Brien, unquestionably, was among those fired. That decision to fire […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Basketball recruiting: N.C. State, Gottfried have ‘street cred’ with top player Mark Gottfried only knows one way to recruit: identify the best players and go after them. Hard. If that means recruiting in the same circles as North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky and Kansas, so be it. “I’m not going […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C. State basketball: Getting stops will dictate how far season goes N.C. State played its best basketball in March and N.C. State played its best defense in March. This was not a coincidence and it’s not lost on the Wolfpack. “We’re always going to be able to score,” senior […]
