“Sidney’s been there. He remembers the glory. He knows we hate Carolina. We hate Duke. Back then it was a rivalry. It wasn’t a nice friendly game. If we came back to campus and we had lost to North Carolina, man, it was dark on campus. And if we beat them, it was like a […]
SFN Stuff
Packman to Raleigh Again
Our friends over at 850 The Buzz have announced some line-up changes for their affiliate-station, 620 The Bull. (Link) Beginning Monday, July 31st – WDNC will carry Primetime With The Packman – hosted by Mark Packer each weekday afternoon from 3:00pm – 7:00pm. The program originates from Charlotte where it has gained top ratings since […]
Lowe: On Recruiting
“My feeling is that it’s an even playing field. You watch and take the good and utilize it yourself. But, if you want a kid, you have to get in there and battle. You have to work harder than they work. My thing is I’m going to do what I have to do to get […]
Fair Thought…Wrong Reason
As we stated in one of our biggest and best entries of the summer: Over the next couple of weeks SFN will have some entries focusing on the tough summer that Chuck Amato is having in the national media. Then we went on to defend Coach Amato to TSN based on the incorrect premise and […]
Lowe is “Ready for this”
“The support and the passion we have for basketball here at N.C. State is special,‿ Lowe said. “I’m here to continue and restore those glory days that we once shared. I’m ready for this. I can’t wait.‿ During the barrage of Sidney Lowe news in the month of May, we chose to hold off linking […]
Happy 4th of July
You can click on this link for a host of July 4th multimedia links, or you can click on this direct link to YouTube to see Jimmy V’s speech (that we have also embedded below). On February 21, 1993, NC State honored the 1983 NCAA Championship basketball team in Reynolds Coliseum. Jim Valvano was working […]
Those Bad Charleston Fans
From ESPN: “Charleston bought out (Tom) Herrion on June 15 despite his four-year record of 80-38. Because he had four years remaining on his contract, the school paid close to $1 million (his contract initially called for him to receive $250,000 a year for each of the remaining years) to oust him. Herrion received his […]
Does recruiting matter?
People certainly take it seriously. Thousands of LSU fans flock to the daylong Bayou Bash Recruiting party every year and pay $25 a head to sit and watch letters of intent come across the fax machine. But does it really matter? Will February 1st have any impact on January 1st (2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th)? […]
Rodney Monroe – Where is he now?
Rivals.com is running a nice little series on “Where are they now”. Even though the two ACC “experts” on Rivals Radio (available exclusively on Sirius, and also via podcasts) couldn’t answer the simple question of which players were “Fire & Ice”…they did do a nice feature NC State great, Rodney Monroe. (Link) Additionally, if you […]
Katz Blogs Lowe/Pack
If you have a premium subscription at ESPN then you can access Andy Katz’s blog today that focuses on NC State and Sidney Lowe – NC State makes peace. There wasn’t too much there. Just a little more behind the scenes of the recent release of Larry Davis from his letter of intent and some […]
