NCAA Selection Committee Stopping “Finishing Strong” Emphasis
The NCAA is changing the rules for the criteria used to select at-large teams for the NCAA Tournament. Until now, the Committee has placed an emphasis on how a team finished the year moreso than how it started — which effectively dimished the value of the bulk of the out-of-conference slates for most teams. From [...]
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July 1, 2009
A View from the Cheap Seats - Scandal spooks State supporters
The N&O touched briefly on a subject I’ve been curious about for a while: How the recent events revolving around State’s leadership have affected its revenue stream from donors. “If NCSU can afford to give Mary Easley an $80,000 salary increase, it no longer needs my support.” Beyond the obvious issues of inadequate accountability and the even [...]
Continue reading...June 30, 2009
Bob Holliday gone from WRAL-TV
Folks around Raleigh might have known or recognized this recent development…but those outside of the Triangle would have no reason to know if they aren’t told - WRAL-TV5’s Bob Holliday has ‘retired’. His last broadcast was Friday night. The station is positioning the development as follows: Bob Holliday, whose thoughtful approach has marked his work at [...]
Continue reading...July 1, 2009
Get Well Soon Nate
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Continue reading...June 30, 2009
Update on Nate Irving
“Nate’s got one of the greatest smiles of anybody,” McCollum said by telephone after another hospital visit Monday. “He’s just a great character guy. … It’s a blessing, because he’s got another day, and he’s got a chance to make a difference in people’s lives by fighting through this. And he is a fighter.” Myers said [...]
Continue reading...June 30, 2009
Visit with a purpose
If N.C. State’s leadership quandary has you depressed, you can find some solace in coach Tom O’Brien’s decision to take members of the Wolfpack football team to the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Lejeune. As we approach the Independence Day holiday, we wanted to go back and highlight this story and photo gallery that we didn’t [...]
Continue reading...June 28, 2009
And so it begins - Nate Irving Injured in Car Accident
Within hours of the Charlotte/News & Observer going to press with their selection that NC State would win the 2009 ACC Atlantic Division Football Championship, the Wolfpack’s all-conference junior linebacker Nate Irving was injured in a car accident. Irving was injured on Saturday night and is currently in the Wake Med Trauma Center with [...]
Continue reading...June 27, 2009
Football recruiting keeps on rolling
After a big start to the week with wide receiver Tony Creecy’s commitment, the NC State football staff hasn’t taken their foot off the pedal. Yesterday, the N&O printed an article discussing this very topic with “NCSU builds on success”. N.C. State’s success in football recruiting this spring and summer was a factor in the Wolfpack getting [...]
Continue reading...June 26, 2009
Podcasating football: ‘NC State is a darkhorse’
I was listenting to some podcasts on the airplane this week and heard few football items that I thought would be of interest. From ESPN’s College Football Podcast dated June 2, 2009: Mark Schlabach: “I think NC State is a darkhorse. They are not in the Top 25, but I think Russell Wilson - I think [...]
Continue reading...June 25, 2009
NBA Draft entry & anecdotal underachiever analysis
Last week we had a fantastic entry and poll that you may not have seen projecting the impact of early entrants in the NBA draft on the ACC Basketball landscape that can be seen by clicking here. Tonight we thought we would open an entry for the NBA Draft which can be followed at the NBA [...]
Continue reading...June 24, 2009
2009/10 ACC Hoops - Where Are the Guards?
Another one bites the dust - guard Elliot Williams is leaving Duke for family reasons. This means that the consensus pick for 1st place next season returns only two guards, neither of whom is really that good (Nolan Smith, Jon Scheyer). J.P. Giglio has more on how this potentially shakes up the ACC [...]
Continue reading...June 24, 2009
Only 12% Of State Fans Dislike Krzyzewski
In a Public Policy Polling release, some interesting numbers come to light regarding North Carolina fans and their likes and dislikes in terms of college athletics. NC State is the second in popularity in NC, with 19% of respondents labeling themselves as Wolfpack fan. Nearly twice as many respondents, 37% identified as Tar Heel faithful, [...]
Continue reading...June 22, 2009
Virginia leaves Fowler alone in wilderness of failure
Alternative title: Things I never thought I’d say - ‘Still dreaming of a trip to Omaha’ (Picture above was emailed to SFN from a reader. If anyone out there deserves ‘credit’ then please let us know) Since Lee Fowler became NC State’s Athletics Director, the Virginia Cavaliers - whose overall athletics program ranks near the top [...]
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July 2, 2009
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