Oh the joy of Selection Sunday, when you know your name will be called. Is any day (well, other than Glorious May Day) sweeter? Mark Gottfried goes 4-4, which is a nice preamble to what could be an extremely special Year Five. And hell, this season has been pretty special in its own right, at […]
Notre Dame takes ACC crown
Well, the overwhelming majority of StateFansNation woke up happy today as 90% of those surveyed yesterday indicated what appeared to be a very strong preference for the Fighting Irish to win UNC Tar heels to lose last night. Check out our polls here real quickly — and THANK YOU to so many friends who took […]
Saturday Polls: Pulsing the Pack community
Really want your votes here!! Two polls for you below. Don’t miss the second one. Have to press “Vote” for each poll. (1) (2)
One of these is not like the other (& Cat Barber cleared to play)
Cat Barber averages 12.1 points and 3.81 assists per game. He is averaging 16.0 points over the last 11 games. pic.twitter.com/eSgNg4INEh — Pack Pride (@PackPride) March 14, 2015 Cat Barber got cleared to play yesterday. Before we talk more about that, we thought you’d enjoy something else that happened yesterday that was kind of related […]
Variations in ACC BB Schedules
As we all know, the ginormous conferences have led to a situation where teams are technically in the same conference, but hardly ever play each other. This is worse in football, where you only play teams in the other division about twice per decade (except for your designated rival). In football, the difficulty of your […]
Move ahead, put it in the past
As weird as it may sound, NC State’s loss improved the Wolfpack’s RPI to somewhere around the range of ~38 to 40 and keeps the strength of schedule amongst the top five in the country. The *good* news is that Thursday’s loss could very well serve to send NC State to a #10 seed in […]
Quarterfinals! UNC State vs. Duke!
Three more…and LOTS to talk about!!! Is Adidas going to fix our uniforms and get ‘UNC State’ on them in time for the game tonight? #UNCStateSheeeeeeet — statefansnation (@statefansnation) March 12, 2015 @jwgiglio this why officiating is SO IMPORTANT. movement freedom = Pack wins. UNC State also won most games w/ consistent calls on […]
Cat Barber ‘unstoppable’ vs Pitt (Updated)
In Cat Barber’s first 56 games as NC State Wolfpacker he hit seventeen three pointers. In his last ten games as a Wolfpacker he has hit nineteen threes. WOW! If you are seeking a highlights package for the entire game, you can click here and while yu are there please jump ino other threads on […]
Tourney time! NC State vs. Pitt Game Thread!
One score and 8 years ago, Jimmy V and Vinny D led their NC State team to a surprise championship in the 1987 ACC tournament. In three memorable games, the sixth-seeded Wolfpack would defeat each of their Big 4 rivals in succession: an overtime win over 3-seed Duke, a double-overtime win over 7-seed Wake Forest, […]
ACC Tournament is coming
Just a little follow-up related to this entry yesterday previewing the 2015 ACC Tournament. Go forth and read if you haven’t done so yet! The N&O has Tournament capsules for every ACC team linked here. No. 7 N.C. State Record: 19-12 overall, 10-8 ACC Coach: Mark Gottfried (6-3 ACC tournament) Key player: Senior guard Ralston […]