I have always been proud of State’s strong football fan support, particularly on bowl trips. This season, there have been various discussions about NC State’s Meineke Car Care Bowl ticket sales that feel just a little ‘different’ than normal. I am not in agreement with the direction of some of the conversations. So, in the […]
SFN Stuff
RPI and the ACC
Now that we’ve seen what the RPI rankings of Final Four teams look like, let’s look to see how various ACC coaches have done with respect to the RPI rankings and head-to-head comparisons. Notes: – For simplicity, I will only look at those coaches who have taken their team to the NCAA tournament at least […]
Fowler Talks to 1090…no…really..he does
Even though this is dated, I couldn’t let it go by without chronicling it. “Coach Fowler” gave a 10 minute interview to Triangle Sports Talk 1090 a couple of weeks ago. To be fair…I thought that his comments were pretty good. The problem is like the little boy who cried wolf — he just talks […]
RPI and the Final Four
To me, it was always intuitively obvious that a team’s record versus the RPI Top-50 was a key stat to use when evaluating a team or when evaluating a coach over time. Anyone can beat the Stetsons of the world (current RPI – 326), but it takes something more to beat good teams. However, some […]
Out-of-Conference Strength of Schedule
One of the sites that I use extensively during basketball season is kenpom.com. Ken Pomeroy calculates the RPI for every Div 1 basketball team and displays the information on his website. He updates the page daily throughout the basketball season and provides a lot of other interesting stats as well…such as breaking down where each […]
Georgia Tech Is Really Angry About Bowl Selection
You neve hear ACC AD’s say to many things that are controversial. For the most part, they toe the university and the ACC company line. Georgia Tech’s Dave Braine is really upset. Here is an article from Doug Doughty of The Roanoke Times. “When you have a 7-4 record, which is better than Virginia’s, and […]
Vitale: Keep Eye on Wolfpack
After highlighting (amongst others) Gonzaga, Washington, Coach K, Jim Boehiem, UConn, Jim Calhoun, UNC-CH, Roy Williams, Memphis, Drexel, Old Dominion, UNC-W, Hofstra, Northeastern, Indiana, Maryland, USC, & JJ Reddick…Dick Vitale had some ‘exciting’ comments for NC State fans in his Roundball Chatter. In ACC country, all the talk has been about the Duke Blue Devils, […]
Sendek’s OOC Record
The following is the year by year detail of NC State’s basketball records in out of conference games played off of the Wolfpack’s home court: 1996-1997 (Year One) Record: 1-1 Nov30 A 67 46 W Memphis State Dec21 A 56 84 L Kansas (ranked) 1997-1998 (Year Two) Record: 1-2 Nov11 N 47 45 W Georgia […]
Tudor: Importance of Quarterbacks, II
Before the 2005 Football Season, Caulton Tudor crystalized NC State’s precarious situation at the quarterback position. You can see the quote here. In an article on Sunday following State’s victory over Maryland, Tudor followed up on his comments: …it’s difficult to hide an average quarterback, and it’s next to impossible to win championships without one. […]
GMoronski on Saturday
One thing that I evidently missed when my cable box died this weekend was Mike Gmoronski’s continued chest thumping about his love for Herb Sendek and for where NC State’s basketball program belongs — below Duke. I’m tired of it; and I hate it because Gminski (and his Duke teams) were amongst my all-time favorite […]
