I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Carolina’s sad escape
I guess it is just a day for videos. We opened an entry on the message boards last night after Carolina received multiple gifts from the three blind officials on the floor of Madison Square Garden to allow them to advance to the NIT Championship. I particularly liked Dr. BadgerPack’s comments: So the NCAA should [...]
Video: I really feel bad
I saw this on Sportscenter the other night and couldn’t help to feel horrible for this girl. If you didn’t see these two wide open layups that would have sent Xavier to the Final Four then you can watch below: Hat tip to The Dagger that supplements ^this with more commentary and some historical perspective [...]
Four Bytes for the Final Four
Home cooking in 1974 It is always nice to be remembered. (Link) 1974 – NC State (@ Greensboro) – 80 miles. This NC State team led by David Thompson was really, really good, but make no mistake, UCLA in the semis and Marquette in the finals were playing road games. There was a serious pride [...]
Boston College Fires Al Skinner, Lavin to St. John’s [Updated 3 pm]
Boston College basketball coach Al Skinner has been fired, according to sources at Boston College. A press conference is scheduled for noon today. We will have much more later. For the moment, Eagle in Atlanta has put together his initial list of potential candidates (faster than Lee Fowler was able to find a single telephone [...]
Flying under the radar – Wilson to return? Baseball’s struggles
NC State’s unexpected success on the hardwood in the Atlantic Coast Conference and National Invitation Tournaments served to drive a lot of focus away from a couple of developing stories that we didn’t want to ignore. (1) Russell Wilson returning to the gridiron? Buried in this little recap in the N&O/Charlotte Observer a couple of [...]
Ahead of the curve on Scott Drew, Bruce Pearl
As you watch(ed) the 2010 NCAA Tournament Regional Finals on Sunday, we thought we would take a quick look back to some past entries on the blog that had particular relevancy today. First, let’s take a moment and draw your attention to this entry from April 15, 2009. It is a good entry in general. [...]
In case you missed it, Tom O’Brien is on the hot seat
In more football news, apparently Tom O’Brien is on the hot seat. Thanks to 99.9 FM’s Joe Ovies for bringing this to my attention this morning via Twitter. O’Brien’s ‘rebuilding’ window is closing fast Three seasons ago, Tom O’Brien surprised more than a few people by jumping abruptly from Boston College to N.C. State. At [...]
Baker, Young hope for improved stock following Pro Day
How fast can you run 40 yards? How high can you jump? How many times can you push 225 lbs. off your chest? NFL Scouting is a numbers game. Whether or not those numbers have any impact on who can actually play football is anybody’s guess, but every NFL team relies on a select few [...]
Statistical Analysis of Player Development under Sidney
…from one of our All-Star message board posters… “I was curious to see how players developed under Lowe looking strictly at their numbers from each season under Lowe. Some players that played for both Lowe and Sendek I included their last season under Sendek just for information purposes, Grant was the only one to play [...]