Last week’s report where the NCAA honored 712 different teams throughout the country laid the groundwork for today’s broad release of the NCAA’s Academic Progress Report that effectively takes a scholarship away from NC State’s wrestling program. You can access NC State’s specific report by clicking here. * NC State is the ONLY school in […]
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NCAA & ACC Championships since 2000
The table below that can be seen in larger a format by clicking here ranks Atlantic Coast Conference institutions by the number of ACC Championships claimed since 2000 (the year that Lee Fowler came to NC State). Additionally, the italicized numbers in parantheses is the rank for each school in the designated column. For example, […]
NCAA honors 712 teams, 192 schools (NC State not one of them)
No wonder Lee Fowler was so defensive last night as discussed in this entry, the news just keeps getting worse. The men’s teams at the two national powers(UNC & Kansas), which met in the Final Four earlier this month, were included among 712 Division I squads singled out by the NCAA for their solid academic […]
ACC Championship Weekend yields no titles for Pack
The Atlantic Coast Conference hosted a series of Championships this weekend that provided 33% of Atlantic Coast Conference members an ACC Championship when: * Florida State won its FIRST men’s golf championship * Virginia won men’s tennis * Clemson won the women’s tennis championship * Duke won women’s golf Additionally, we haven’t yet taken the […]
ACC Track: Men meet Lee’s original benchmark with 3rd place showing; Women meet new benchmark with 11th place finish
Congratulations to the Men’s track team for posting a 3rd place finish at this year’s ACC Track Championship. This is the highest performance of the winter/spring sports schedule among NC State athletics. At the end of Friday, NC State’s men stood atop the ACC Track and Field Championship standings behind solid scoring performances in the […]
Pack’s win over Pirates raises RPI rating to #5
Updated: Pack wins 7-6. NC State now sitting at #5 in this updated RPI Rating. NC State (23-11, 10-7) is hosting East Carolina (26-9, 2nd place in Conference USA) tonight @ 6:30 pm in Doak Stadium. There might be a few tickets remaining only available to WPC members. If you are interested in going, then […]
More “Coach Fowler” Wisdom
Fowler’s talking to Tim Peeler on gopack.com, so you knew that some unintended hilarity would ensue. Although there are actually some good points in the article (SFN heartily welcomes the promised changes in the basketball office), we can’t resist commenting on this nugget: “Regarding basketball, when I was an assistant coach at the University of […]
Why would LSU choose Joe Alleva over Lee Fowler?
Lee Fowler‘s interest in other Athletics Director jobs have not been a secret since his arrival in Raleigh in September of 2000. In the seven-plus years of Fowler’s tenure, the man that likes to be referred to as “Coach” has expressed interest and interviewed for multiple jobs of all shapes and sizes. As anyone who […]
Baseball Double-Dip vs Wake Forest Today
Mother Nature decided not to cooperate yesterday, so a double header is underway. I’ve commented on these before- I love double headers against a superior opponent, hate ’em against inferior competition. The basic reason is, well, they’re hard to sweep! State took Friday’s season opener 7-2 behind an outstanding pitching performance by Clayton Shunick including […]
NC State/UNC grudge match today in men’s tennis(UNC wins 5-2)
Today at 3 pm in Chapel Hill, UNC and NC State will faceoff in a crucial match. NC State needs this win to help solidify an NCAA tournament bid. We have won four straight ACC matches, but unfortunately we still have the toughest stretch of our schedule ahead. We face what might be the five […]
