Despite the holidays, we’ve posted a ton of stuff to the site in recent days…so, if you haven’t been visiting a lot then we ask that you don’t overlook some of our entries like the ACC expansion pieces and our comprehensive “BC fans” piece. ===> We obviously followed the Wolfpack’s win over Western Carolina closely. […]
07-08 NC State BBall
State Rides Hickson to 74-62 win
Larry Hunter‘s return to Raleigh was SIGNIFICANTLY closer than the score indicates. JJ Hickson shot 10 of 11 from the floor en route to scoring 33 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and blocking 3 shots to lead NC State to a come from behind victory over another directional school in the state of North Carolina. Additionally […]
Survive and Advance- NC State 79, Seton Hall 73
Video Highlights | None of the basketball was particularly artful, and it would be a grave mistake to pronounce that the 2007-08 Wolfpack has turned the corner. However, the season is back on track, after surviving a grueling stretch of 3 games in 6 days (with Christmas in the middle). NC State had to win […]
Tonight’s Big Game Evolves into Survival Mode (Updated 4:45pm)
The theme that we have attached to basketball this past week is one of major importance for NC State. Sunday night’s win over Cincinnati basically allowed the Wolfpack to hold serve while waiting for tonight’s opportunity to strengthen our NCAA Tournament resume’ with a road game at (RPI #25) Seton Hall. Over the last two […]
Cincinnati Cries Foul In Loss at N.C. State
RALEIGH — Cincinnati tried to turn up the defensive pressure on N.C. State and paid for it with a huge number of fouls, a whopping disparity at the free-throw line — and its fifth straight loss.Brandon Costner scored 20 points Sunday night, leading N.C. State to an 85-77 victory and helping the Wolfpack stretch its […]
Degand Tears ACL, Out For The Season
Merry Christmas, Wolfpack style. NC State head men’s basketball coach Sidney Lowe has announced that sophomore point guard Farnold Degand will miss the remainder of the 2007-08 season after tearing his ACL last night in the win over Cincinnati. Degand will undergo surgery at a later date.
NC State 85 Cincinnati 77
Box Score |Recap| VERY NICE and BIG win tonight as the Wolfpack keeps scraping back to ‘par’ after the UNCO and ECU losses. You can see the importance of tonight’s game by clicking here. * NC State wins three in a row and is now 2-0 against the Big East for the season. * State […]
Sunday: #2 of 6
We discussed the importance of the remainder of the Wolfpack’s non-conference in this great entry that you should read if you haven’t. In the piece we discuss that the Pack has an opportunity to run the table against a nice stretch of six opponents that would produce an 11-3 record (and a Top 50 RPI) […]
HUGE Weekend for NC State Basketball
Make NO MISTAKE about it — NC State’s tournament-like schedule (Friday/Sunday) of home games against Davidson (7pm tonight on Fox Sports South) and Cincinnati (7:30pm Sunday on all Fox Sports networks) represent pivotal and highly important games for the Wolfpack’s 2007-2008 post season dreams. Beacuse of State’s two unacceptable losses to New Orleans and East […]
Andrew Jones said a lot; N&O added to it; SFN finishes it off
On Monday we asked why should we put ourselves through the pain of typing it when Andrew Jones’ article says it all? On Tuesday, the News & Observer chimed in with their heavy hitters. First, Chip Alexander asked, “What is going on with the Wolfpack” and then Caulton Tudor calmly opined that “The Wolfpack isn’t […]
