The NCAA Tournament is now in full effect, so why not spend a moment focusing on NC State’s performance against NCAA Tournament teams? We’ve done a little research and couldn’t believe what we learned. Scratch that. We totally believed what we learned. What we learned was exactly the kind of perspective and statistic that we […]
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Oh, say, can you see a class act all the way?
Add dignity, patriotism and class to heart and mental toughness and all the other accolades for Coach Sidney Lowe and his Wolfpack. Local sports humorist, icky tarheel but otherwise all-’round great guy BobLee Swagger makes an observation in his post-ACC Tournament column that will make you proud: Yesterday at 1:00 PM EDT, everyone in the […]
ESPN: What we learned in Tampa
I’m going to tease with Bomani Jones’ second lesson first before delving into the real meat of this piece. Here is that second lesson: “The nation should be glad NC State didn’t make the NCAAs.” Jones praises NC State and Sidney Lowe highly here:
Championship Post-Game
Where the winds of Dixie softly blow o’er the fields of Caroline, There stands ever cherished, N.C. State, as thy honored shrine So lift your voices! Loudly sing from hill to oceanside! Our hearts ever hold you, N.C. State in the folds of our love and pride.
Sorenson: ‘NC State is Special Again’
The Wolfpack is as deep as a kiddy pool. Yet as tired and depleted as they are, they have a quality that wasn’t there three long days ago when the tournament began. Around them there is calm, a sense that when the game turns tense, they won’t. A scrub will hit a huge shot. The […]
ESPN’s Pat Forde on Lowe’s Miracle Run
If ever there was a “must read” article, this one is it. You can’t buy press this good. Something special is brewing in Raleigh, win or lose tomorrow afternoon. Sit back and feel the magic, and tell the kids your own stories about 1974, 1983, 1987, and every other moment of NC State’s proud basketball […]
Flashback – Is the Roanoke Times Right?
Let’s hope their article after the Pack’s 81-56 win in Raleigh proves to be accurate foreshadowing. Beyond the reporter’s glum thoughts, you have these choice player quotes: – A.D. Vassallo: “In sports there’s always that one team or that one player that always performs good against you, and I think N.C. State’s got the upper […]
4-2 vs The Big Four; Red Jacket goes 2-0-1 [UPDATED 11:20pm]
“Our fans are comparing ourselves to Duke and North Carolina…I understand that our fans want to be able to compete with them; we all do. But you can be real good on a daily basis and not be better than those two programs.” Lee Fowler NC State Athletics Director March, 2005 ESPN.com * Thanks to […]
Media naysayers (and Lee Fowler): Come and get some more crow!
For every last one of you who said it — and you jackasses know who you are, and so do we — NC State fans are delusional if they think they can expect to compete against Duke with Coach K and UNC with Roy Williams! What coach is going to want to go there?
Watching Tyler Hanswalk Fart is Special
With all of the talk of the Tyler Hanswalk – Gerald Henderson talk this week, I was reminded of an old blog entry that I had saved but had never shared. Check this out and thank the author for being honest and insightful and not just another media stooge. During a timeout earlier this season, […]
