December 17, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Wolfpack has a realistic shot at knocking off No. 1 Having the nation’s top team come to town is a big deal, to be sure. But it’s not like a sighting of Halley’s Comet, something that happens only once or twice in a lifetime. Saturday’s game […]
Miscellaneous & Fun Stuff
Friday Farrago
December 16, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL GoPack.com Pack Hosts Top-Ranked Syracuse On Saturday For the first time since 1979, NC State will host a top-ranked non-conference foe when it plays Syracuse on Saturday at a sold out RBC Center. Game time is 6:30 and set for broadcast on ESPN2 with Jon Sciambi describing the action […]
Monday Musings
December 12, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL EDWARD G. ROBINSON III (N&O) Eagles give Wolfpack a scare N.C. State never trailed N.C. Central, yet it took a greater-than-expected effort to defeat the visitors from Durham. Fighting off the Eagles over the final five minutes of Sunday’s game, the Wolfpack escaped Reynolds Coliseum with a 65-60 victory […]
Jimmy V Week
This was originally posted by LRM three years ago (Laugh. Think. Cry.), but seems fitting to post again during Jimmy V week, especially the for the younger fans that may not realize there was once a time when State basketball was anything but an afterthought. V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After […]
Tuesday Tidbits
December 6, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL CHIP ALEXANDER (N&O) No rest for bowl bound Pack It was just before noon on Thanksgiving Day when N.C. State football coach Tom O’Brien was spotted jogging near Carter-Finley Stadium. Told that it was a holiday, that he should be home eating turkey, O’Brien smiled and replied, “It’s a […]
Saturday’s Headlines
December 3, 2011 JP GIGLIO (N&O) Pack’s Vandenberg sidelined with shoulder injury N.C. State forward Jordan Vandenberg has missed the past two games with a shoulder injury, Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said Friday. Vandenberg, a 7-foot junior, is day-to-day, Gottfried said, but the coach hopes the forward will be able to play against Stanford on […]
Thursday Compendium
December 1, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack falters against Hoosiers N.C. State and Indiana turned the RBC Center into a time machine on Wednesday night. Both proud programs have seen their national standing usurped by in-state rivals, but the only ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchup between two teams with multiple national titles felt […]
Cody Zeller (and Indiana Game Thread in the Comments)
Given Pack fans distaste for UNC’s absurdly awkward Senior, Tyler Zeller, we found it only appropriate to highlight his younger brother, Cody: the lone freshman in Tom Crean’s starting rotation. I can’t wait to see how the students go after him. For starters, the family resemblance is impeccable. Apparently his teammates aren’t trusting young Cody […]
Tuesday Tidbits
November 29, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL GoPack.com Hoosiers Visit Pack For The ACC-Big Ten Challenge NC STATE-INDIANA, THE SERIES: This will be the third meeting ever between the two programs and the first since 1968. The Hoosiers have won the previous two contests with the Wolfpack. Indiana won the first game 101-97 at Reynolds Coliseum […]
Monday Musings
November 28, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Bryan comes up big in final home game for Wolfpack Bryan’s most satisfying moment came with 2:18 remaining on a third-and-seven play with 2:18 remaining. Finding himself wide open after a beautiful play fake by Glennon, Bryan grabbed a pass and walked into the end zone […]
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