Pre-ACCT Bubble Watch
As time begins to run out on bubble teams, let’s see who can coast into the NCAAT and who still has some work to do in the ACCT to avoid the two tournaments for losers. If you have missed our past discussions on exactly what it takes to clear the bubble and land [...]
Continue reading...March 9, 2010
Breaking Down State’s NIT Chances
By winning 3 of our final 4 regular season games, Sidney Lowe put NC State back on the NIT bubble after a horrific middle stretch of conference play. When the NCAA purchased the NIT in 2005, the selection process was changed to mirror the process used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Before [...]
Continue reading...March 8, 2010
Glennon’s wait is over, starting Tuesday
He’s got it all – exceptional height, above-average arm strength, solid decision-making abilities and a winner’s mentality. Mike Glennon had all that down when he came to NC State two years ago. Patience might not have been high on the list. It is now. The highly-recruited, highly-decorated quarterback from Westfield High School in Chantilly, VA was supposed to [...]
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ACC Tournament Tickets- A Buyer’s Market
Here is something you don not see everyday. Complete books of ACC Tournament tickets going for fifty cents on the dollar. You can see the ‘Pack (and Heels) play for $13 on Thursday night. Do you tink it is the economy, ACC expansion, lack of decent ACC teams? Share This Article:
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On March 8, 1968…
On March 8, 1968… …NC State defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semi-finals by a 12-10 score in one of the more unusual games in Tournament history. The Wolfpack was primarily responsible for slowing the pace and scored only one basket in the first half, trailing Duke 4-2 at halftime. NC [...]
Continue reading...March 7, 2010
2010 All-ACC Basketball Picks
In what we hope to make an annual tradition, we once again announce our selections the same night regular season play is complete. Yes, you will notice a distinct Terrapin flavor with respect to the major awards, but if you have watched them play down the stretch, I think you’ll understand (even if you [...]
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NC State takes down Boston College on Senior Day, 66-54
When Dennis Horner hit the RBC Center hardwood with 18:13 left in Saturday’s game with Boston College, he got up with blood streaming down the right side of his face. Head coach Sidney Lowe said he wasn’t sure if the senior forward would return. Return he did. All it took was a few stitches and some [...]
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Open Post Update – Men win and women’s tank hits empty in 2nd half
It’s a busy day for Wolfpack basketball. The women’s team, led by first year coach Kellie Harper, will take on Duke in the ACC Championship from the Greensboro Coliseum at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Net. The men’s team wraps up its season this afternoon against Boston College at 2 p.m. [...]
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On March 7, 1970…
On March 7, 1970… Unranked NC State defeated Frank McGuire’s 3rd-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks in double overtime by a score of 42-39 to win Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in the Charlotte Coliseum. South Carolina had achieved immortality by compiling an undefeated conference record of 14-0 in the regular season. The loss kept the Gamecocks [...]
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Wolfpack Women Advance To ACC Finals
BREAKING UPDATE: NC State’s Lady Wolfpack defeated Boston College 63-57 to advance to the conference tournament finals against Duke. Trailing 29-23 at half, the Wolfpack put together a 15-0 second half run to rally back into the game, and then relied on hard-nosed defense and the deadeye shooting of Nikitta Gartrell in order to close out the [...]
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Lowe: ‘We’re going to get there’
Sidney Lowe met with the media Friday morning to discuss Sunday’s regular season finale against Boston College and the ACC Tournament. He even chimed in on the ACC Player of the Year discussion. By Sunday you will know what seed you are in the ACC Tournament and what you have to do. Do you care [...]
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To rush or not to rush?
If you tune in to much college basketball during any given season, you’re bound to see it. Thousands (or hundreds, depending on the conference) of 18-22 year old college students running on to the court to celebrate their teams victory over a team they presumably shouldn’t have beat. The immortal storming of the court. It happened [...]
Continue reading...March 4, 2010
Perspective from a ‘younger’ Wolfpacker
There is no way around it, you have to teach ‘em young. Real young in this case. That video brings to mind some other classics from younger Wolfpack fans. Anyone remember Locke? And again… Share This Article:
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March 9, 2010
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