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Wow, this sums it up pretty well: http://kentsterling.com/2010/12/02/north-carolina-state-basketball-thrashed-by-wisconsin-sidney-lowe-owes-me-two-hours/
My guess is a 25+ point loss at Syracuse and the team coming unglued like it did in Hickson’s only year. Ironically, it seems the coaching IQ declines as the alleged talent level increases.
Just think, if we had all the “next David Thompson” recruits from the last 15 years on one team, we could be NIT semis material! Wilkins, Hodge, Hickson, Leslie, and who else? Schea Cotton? LOL
Hodge at least mostly lived up to the hype and improved year to year.
Ah yes, the 1999-2000 season of Gainey/Wells/Inge/Harrington/Thornton, wherein we lost 14 games by an average of 16 points. You’re speaking of the 46-point loss to Maryland, but don’t forget that season there was also a 30-point loss to Duke and a 29-point loss to Wake Forest. In fact, only five losses that year were by single digits, and State lost a home first-round NIT game to Princeton by three. Of course, we didn’t have a ridiculously hyped recruiting class and were at least getting our asses handed to us by highly ranked teams, as Duke and Maryland were top 5 most, if not all, season (though the Wake blowout was a head scratcher). See what we have to look forward to this season? Sigh.
