As many are aware, recently Debbie Yow had to fire Coach Carter Jordan, the 8-season coach of our wrestling team. There has been a lot of discussion on our forums about the issue, but many are still unaware of what is going on in the non-revenue world of NC State athletics. The following comes from my university-centric […]
Tournament Factoids Part 4: Universal Truths
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
Tournament Factoids Part 3: A Generation-Long Rebuild
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
Tournament Factoids Part 2: Prepare For Glory!
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
Tournament Factoids Part 1: The Early Years
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
Historical Context: NC State Tournament Factoids
With today’s first NCAA tournament appearance in 5 years coming up at 12:40PM today, I wanted to take a quick look back on NC State’s appearances in the NCAA tournament through the years for some useless factoids. Since the 1950’s when the NCAA tournament expanded to 16 teams (it has been only 8 conference champions […]
Mythbusting the Wolfpack Sore-Loser Stereotype
The past few days there has been a lot of talk on local sports-talk radio and elsewhere on the ‘interwebs’ about NC State’s irrational obsession with officiating particularly in the wake of a tough loss against UNC in the ACC tournament. Granted, we all have our mini-meltdown moments after tough loses, and quite frankly the […]
NCAA Ruling on UNC to be Released Today
According to Inside Carolina, and brought to the attention of many here by packplantpath, the NCAA said today that they would release their ruling on UNC’s football program sometime this afternoon. Just for review, let’s hit the highlights: – Review of UNC’s Self-Imposed Sanctions Part 1, Part 2 (by NCSU1987) – Why We Care/Write About […]
Rational Letter to Commissioner Swofford
Commissioner Swofford, The Atlantic Coast Conference has a deep and rich tradition full of many instances of honor and pride for it’s member institutions. Â From it’s foundings as one of the first major, modern conferences in the country, it has represented over a hundred national titles, a total of 15 major institutions and over a […]
NC State University 125 Years: Tradition and Transformation
For those who missed it, NC State is celebrating 125 years since being first established in March 7, 1887. NC State was founded to support the people of North Carolina. Since it’s humble beginnings as a university with a plot of land and no money for staff or programs, it has swelled to become the […]
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