NCAA Tournament opens without State or Carolina (Updated 11:45am)
March Madness starts today…and, for the first time since 1973 the Tournament will be played without either NC State or North Carolina being represented. Wow. We’ve already promoted our coverage platform and message forums in this link, so no more of that. Despite NC State’s omission from the tournament, the show does in fact go [...]
Continue reading...March 17, 2010
State @ UAB gametime set
When checking the NIT’s website earlier today, it appeared the only option for NC State’s 2nd round NIT game against Alabama Birmingham on Saturday would be the 5pm time slot to be televised on ESPNU. Tonight we get the confirmation that is indeed the case. We’ll have more in the coming days. In the meantime, don’t [...]
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Panthers sign Marcus Hudson
Great news for Wolfpack fans who like to follow former players in the NFL… …former NC State defensive back, Marcus Hudson, has signed a contract with the Carolina Panthers. (Link) Hudson, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound product of North Carolina State, joins the Panthers after playing four seasons for the San Francisco 49ers. He comes off a [...]
Continue reading...March 16, 2010
NC State 58, South Florida 57
Cardiac Pack indeed. No. 6 seed NC State used solid defense and a late-game pass and layup from Scott Wood to Richard Howell to defeat No. 3 seed South Florida in Orlando. The “upset” win sets up a second round trip to No. 2 seed UAB, a team many believed to be on the NCAA Tournament [...]
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Cothron Decommits
It is being reported on other sites that Cothron has decided not to attend NCSU. It is doubtful he would have been a starter ahead of Smith and Howell but he could have provided some depth. Jerry Meyer of Yahoo Sports reported on Cothron’s decision Monday night. Four-star prospect Luke Cothron has been considered a soft commitment [...]
Continue reading...March 17, 2010
Coverage all over the place!!
What a week!!! In addition to more than 30 front page blog entries over the last week, we have caught fire on Twitter at times. If you missed all of the ‘nuggets’ that were flying last night then you should check out our page by clicking here and do some reviewing. It isn’t just [...]
Continue reading...March 16, 2010
Wolfpack Women earn NCAA berth, will face UCLA in first round
While the men’s basketball team may have been relegated to finishing its season in the NIT, the Wolfpack Women earned a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will face off against No. 8 seed UCLA in the Kansas City Regional. State’s first game will be in Minneapolis and a victory would likely [...]
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Post-Selection Sunday Bubble Review
I normally like to get my last bubble review up as soon as possible after the NCAAT Selection Show. Normally that means getting things pulled together on Sunday night. But unfortunately business travel means that “as soon as possible” is today. (But of course, Lake Erie is quite [...]
Continue reading...March 15, 2010
Coaching Carousel Begins in Earnest – Lutz out at Charlotte
Wow. Judy Rose doesn’t play around. Just a day after a case could be made that UNC-Chapel Hill’s political prowess stole an NIT bid from the Charlotte 49ers, Rose moved to fire the 49ers all-time winningest coach after failing to land in postseason play for the second consecutive season. (Link to article and conversation) The [...]
Continue reading...March 14, 2010
NC State advances to NIT
In what is a logical progression on the road to next year’s NCAA Tournament, the NC State Wolfpack hold a 6th seed will play at 3rd seeded South Florida at 8pm Tuesday night on ESPNU. Link to TampaOnline article: The Bulls (20-12) will seek their first postseason win in 15 years against the Wolfpack (19-15), [...]
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Sunday College Basketball Stuff
Thought we would open this entry for folks to interact if you weren’t interesting in some of the topics being discussed on our message boards. Yesterday was a tough for one for WolfpackNation. If you were looking to cut through the clutter of the 300+ comments in our game entry, then I think [...]
Continue reading...March 14, 2010
Comprehensive ACCT Thoughts
I decided to hold my thoughts on State’s ACC tourney performance until it was all over (and since I had stuff going on last night, I waited until today). So here goes: 1) State’s half-court defense against Clemson and Florida State was as good as I’ve seen us play in many, many years. Even [...]
Continue reading...March 13, 2010
Wolfpack dribbles away shot at championship game
Georgia Tech 57 NC State 54 NC State may have lost today’s ACC semifinal game against Georgia Tech back in January of this 2009 when then high school stud recruit, Derrick Favors, ultimately picked Georgia Tech over NC State. Link to N&O Freshman forward Derrick Favors scored 17 points to lead the seventh-seeded Yellow Jackets to a [...]
Continue reading...March 13, 2010
CHN: NC State strongly in NIT
I genuinely believe that projecting the NIT field is much more difficult than projecting the NCAA Tournament field because of a lack of visibility of criteria and fans’ historical lack of familiarity of the process – that has changed multiple times in recent years. The website, NIT-ology, has become a central spot to visit for lots [...]
Continue reading...March 13, 2010
Looking to Saturday Through The Lens of 2007
NC State’s strong play and run to the ACC semi-finals has people asking if this team can exceed the run achieved by Sidney Lowe’s first Woflpack team in 2007. (Link) Can this N.C. State team go a step further than its 2007 edition and actually win four ACC tournament games and a berth in the [...]
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March 18, 2010
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