In light of Carolina’s out of conference basketball success this season….I thought that I would open up the forum for your thoughts on the topic of NC State’s out of conference success over the last decade. Let’s try to compile a list of NC State’s Ten Best Out of Conference Basketball victories of the Herb […]
SFN Stuff
Bilas Concurs: ACC not as Strong as Usual
“The ACC has not performed as well this year as they have performed traditionally.” Jay Bilas on ESPN’s College Basketball Gameday, further emphasizing my exact point that has been argued here and on Pack Pride multiple times this year. It is really not that big of a deal. But, it is a relevant point that […]
Saturday Stat
From ESPN’s Saturday morning Sportscenter: Home Team Winning Percentage in Conference Games 73.5% Big Ten 61.1% ACC 58.3% Big East 56.3% SEC 53.1% Big 12 52.4% PAC-10
ESPN: ‘Every Game Counts’
“Hey, a Joe Lunardi warning. We are just six weeks away from college basketball’s “Selection Sunday”. …Every game counts…flat out play….defending your home court down the stretch is key…” ESPN Morning Sportscenter
RPI Graph Update-4
Wednesday night was disappointing on many fronts, not the least of which is the RPI calcs. With the new formula, home losses hurt much more than road losses and it shows in State’s drop down frightfully close to bubble territory: State’s RPI through 1/26 As predicted, GW fell out of the top-50 (to #55) giving […]
…and then came State
Louis Orr and Seton Hall hadn’t defeated a ranked opponent since the 2003-2004 season…and then came NC State. “Louis Orr finally has a win against a ranked opponent….one that he can talk about for a long time.” ESPN Commentator signing off after Seton Hall snapped its 10 game losing streak against ranked teams.
Stat of the Day – Large Margins
We are more than half way through the basketball season and I was reflecting today on how solid the year has been. I also was thinking about how “odd” some of the season felt and started contemplating the games on our schedule and found the following particularly interesting: Of the 18 games that NC State […]
STATEistically Notables
Saturday’s victory over Wake moves Herb Sendek a little closer to a .500 record against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. For his career at State, Sendek is + 9-13 overall vs the Demon Deacons + 6-13 vs Wake Forest in the regular season. + 5-6 vs Skip Prosser + 4-6 at home vs Wake Forest […]
Kiper Predicts Mario to Green Bay
NFL draft guru Mel Kiper, Jr. (as related by ESPN Radio’s Erik Kuselias) apparently is sold on Mario Williams. In his first mock draft including declared underclassmen, Mel predicts he’ll be snatched up by the Packers with the 5th overall pick. Williams would be the first defensive player selected. Kuselias also likes Williams – let’s […]
RBC Crowd Improving
The RBC Center has (unfortunately) never really ‘caught fire’ as big home court advantage for Herb Sendek’s basketball program. Theories and rationalizations on the topic range from the arena’s off-campus location to a growingly apathetic student population to just bad teams. Surely, many of the opinion’s of the RBC’s environment are framed against a backdrop […]
