Gee…I wonder!? Great catch by the guys at 850TheBuzz! Will wonders ever cease? Ken Tysiac has more on ‘Bannergate 09’ linked here. There was company for N.C. State in its misery. Louisville’s 1980 title is listed, but its 1986 championship is not. UCLA won 11 titles, but only six are listed. 850’s picture is below. […]
Tradition
ACC Basketball Championships
BY TEAM Duke – 17 North Carolina – 17 N.C. State – 10 Wake Forest – 4 Georgia Tech – 3 Maryland – 3 Virginia – 1 South Carolina – 1 Clemson – 0 Florida State – 0 Boston College – 0 Miami – 0 Virginia Tech – 0 Florida State – 0 BY COACH […]
Alums and Fans Under 25 Have Never Seen Glory. Will They Live Long Enough To Ever See It?
In the wake of yet another disappointing basketball season with yet another lackluster ACC Tournament one-and-done, I got to thinking about some of the current students, younger alumni and fans of NC State — and how much I feel sorry for them because they have rarely if ever gotten to feel the absolute joys that […]
35th Anniversary of Greatest College Game Ever Played
It is undoubtedly fitting that NC State and Maryland will battle in this year’s Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament since today is the 35th anniversary of the unforgettable 1974 ACC Championship between the Wolfpack and the Terrapins in Greensboro Coliseum. Today’s Charlotte Observer contained an article focusing on Tommy Burleson written by Ron Green, Jr. […]
SMD: The Gap Grows Greater
SFN: Long time readers may remember some of our old entries (from 2005-2006) that we named “Perpetually Disappearing Pieâ€. We won’t link them here since our most recent server transition removed the key graphs from the entries. Today’s entry is a special submission from one of our long time contributors, SMD, and brings with it […]
Carolina Journal defends the Free Expression Tunnel
The Free Expression Tunnel is a unique feature to NC State, but it has come under fire recently. A few jerks wrote some offensive racial comments in the tunnel after election night aimed at Barack Obama, but all the authorities brought in to investigate prevented them from being expelled and brought up on charges of […]
Stepping into basketball season by stepping into the past (Updated 5pm)
Today is the day. Monday, December 22, 2008. Today is the day that we naturally step into elevated interest in the 2008-2009 basketball season. You can almost say that today is the day that we really kick off our attention to the season as the Wolfpack will host Top 25 ranked Marquette in the RBC […]
Laugh. Think. Cry.
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would […]
Jimmy V’s Farewell Speech In Reynolds
Jimmy V Week is underway on ESPN, and while my wife and I were out at dinner, we saw V’s incredible speech at the ESPY Awards in 1993 replayed on the World Wide Leader. It was moving, as always, but the farewell speech I remember the best from Jim Valvano was one far more direct […]
Carter-Finley Karaoke
NC State’s athletic department is currently taking votes for a sing-along anthem to be played between the third and fourth quarters at Carter-Finley Stadium. You can find the article and vote here. Let’s take a look at the 3 songs mentioned in the first paragraph of the gopack.com article. First, “Sweet Caroline†was played at […]
