Gopack.com’s Tim Peeler posted a very good interview of Sidney Lowe after the basketball team’s trip to Toronto for two exhibition games this past weekend. As you might expect, there were no questions or comments about Ben McCauley not being allowed to make the trip with the team. GoPack.com: Is it safe to say you […]
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Tysiac – Pack Gets Ready for Canada
With so many dark clouds looming on the football front, it would be nice to have a good basketball season to look forward to. Sadly, that’s not the case for us long-suffering Wolfpackers. But we can look forward anyway, as Ken Tysiac does this morning: Courtney Fells, the easygoing senior who recently moved from shooting […]
2008-2009 NC State Baketball Schedule Released (Updated 8/28)
Four games in historic Reynolds Coliseum, including two regular season contests, highlight the 2008-09 NC State men’s basketball schedule that was released Tuesday by the ACC. ACCNow has analyzed the Pack’s schedule in this blog entry. You never want to go into a season thinking NIT (certainly not when your neighbor is blocking off hotel […]
Big Ben Speaks
Ben McCauley reinforces much of what SFN has said about last season, in a surprisingly candid interview with GoPack.com. There are several notable passages, but we’ll start with: I have been here in Raleigh all summer, getting my body right. I have lost 10 to 12 pounds. Last year, I started the season a little […]
Marques Johnson to transfer; 2009 scholarship opens up
According to sources close to the situation, NC State junior guard Marques Johnson has decided to transfer to another program. More analysis later… Projected 2008-2009 NC State Basketball Roster Senior Class (1) Courtney Fells (Wing) (2) Ben McCauley (F/C) Junior Class (3) Brandon Costner (F) (4) Trevor Ferguson (G) (5) Dennis Horner (F) (6) Farnold […]
Offseason Positional Analysis (C)
We previously analyzed the point guard position, the two guard slot, small forward, and power forward. Today, we wrap things up with the center position. J.J. Hickson was frequently dominant in the low post. Unfortunately, none of the other players on the roster had played with this style of center, at least since high school […]
Raycom announces 2009 ACC Basketball television schedule
I’m not sure that Raycom was supposed to do this before the ACC officially released its schedule…but, we’ll take it. You can click here to see the whole schedule and here to download a PDF file. Of interest to NC State fans are the following dates: Sat Jan 10 – NC State @ Clemson, noon […]
Degand working his way back
NC State fans have learned the hard way since our amazing run of fantastic point guards ended 17 years ago with the graduation of Chris Corchiani that there is no substitute for a talented point guard providing key leadership for a college basketball program. We recently discussed the current composition of the Wolfpack’s roster at […]
Offseason Positional Analysis (PF)
As we wait for football to heat up, it’s as good a time as any to analyze the coming basketball season. Over the next few weeks, we will analyze the logical rotation and depth chart, based on position. We analyzed the point guard position, the two guard slot, and small forward previously. Next is the […]
Series with Marquette & other dates (Updated 7/25)
Link MU and NC State have agreed in principle to a home-and-home series beginning this season at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. The series had been in the works for the past month or so, with NC State working behind the scenes to move a guarantee game in order to accomodate MU. Having recently […]
