NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Good at home, Wolfpack can’t let successes cloud road games “When we start off a game on fire, the momentum just kind of wears down,†Howell said. “I feel like it’s just a matter of keeping our head in the game.†Consistency has mostly been an issue on defense. […]
Miscellaneous & Fun Stuff
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Three Points: Warren bounces back, classic Booker and black uniforms 1) Winning with the changeup There’s winning without your fastball and then there’s winning without your fastball, curveball or slider. That’s what N.C. State did on Sunday. C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown scored six points each and the Wolfpack’s […]
Monday Musings
Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Wolfpack still learning to play with a bullseye on its back If last week’s win against Duke was a celebration for the N.C. State basketball team, then the two games that followed it have been an education. So what’s the lesson the Wolfpack has learned from Wednesday’s one-point loss at Maryland and […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
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, […]
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 […]
Wheelchair: Greatest floor storming in history
H/T here That’s a person in a wheelchair storming the court. Or rolling the court. However you want to look at it. They received some assistance, sure, but with that help the wheelchair was first to center court. It’s hard to see what happens next, though it looks like the incoming crush of students plows […]
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 […]
SFN Bowl Mania Champion: TheAliasTroll
Congratulations to SFN Community Member TheAliasTroll for winning the SFN College Bowl Mania Challenge on ESPN. Go to any local Walmart to collect your UNC Diploma in a major of your choice. Top 5 1. TheAliasTroll, 463 pts, 98.1 percentile 2. civilwolf85, 462 pts, 98.0 percentile 3. batten0603, 461 pts, 97.8 percentile 4. brandondearman, 445 […]
UNC Scandal Cited In Pennsylvania Antitrust Litigation With The NCAA
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit against the NCAA’s treatment of Penn State University in the wake of the school’s Jerry Sandusky sex scandal has an extremely interesting local angle: it cites the  UNC athletics academic fraud scandal.  The litigation claims that the Penn State is being punished for matters outside of the scope and reach […]
