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N.C. Pro-Am kicks off with a bang, sort of

In the first game of the 2010 N.C. Pro-Am Thursday night Tracy Smith got to team up with incoming freshman CJ Leslie and two NC State recruits, Rodney Purvis and Joseph Uchebo. The four put on a show — Leslie and Smith both scored 20+ points — but fell to Team Hendrick of Durham in [...]

Looking at Yow’s legacy from the other side

There has been plenty of discussion about Debbie Yow’s arrival at NC State and what she plans and hopes to do with the NC State athletic program. There hasn’t, however, been much intelligent discussion of Yow’s legacy at Maryland after 16 years of service. Of course there has been the generic message board “response” from [...]

Uchebo officially enrolls at Word of God

Just a few days after being dismissed from the team at Oak Ridge Military Academy, 2011 big man Joseph Uchebo has landed much closer to the NC State campus to finish out his high school career. Uchebo enrolled at Word of God Academy and will look to graduate in the spring of 2011. It is [...]

ACC’s expansion plan isn’t much of a plan

“Opportunities never come to those who wait. They are captured by those who dare to attack.” This quote pretty much sums up what the ACC is doing right now with regards to expansion. A whole lot of nothing. It’s a shame too, because I definitely think the ACC has — or maybe had — the [...]

Johnny Thomas to graduate, move on from NC State

Pack Pride is reporting that Thomas will graduate and move on from the program. After graduating he could also transfer and play right away somewhere other than NC State. According to NC State head coach Sidney Lowe, redshirt junior Johnny Thomas is graduating this summer and could look to move on from NC State, possibly transferring [...]

NC State is Nation’s Fifth Most Profitable Hoops Program

Financial statements of the nation’s 344-odd Division I NCAA teams are out and and NC State’s hoops program is among the nation’s best in terms of profit margin. Looking at the numbers above, you will see that UNC-CH generates almost twice as much revenue as NC State, but that it’s matching expenses are more than [...]

Coaching Legend John Wooden dies at 99

6/4 Update ESPN Story John Wooden, college basketball’s gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was 99. The university said Wooden died Friday night of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, [...]

Vegas Odds on 2011 National Basketball Champion

While we’ve been spending some time providing you a lot of valuable information to help you craft realistic expectations for next basketball season some schools have a little more reason to be excited about next year. This link will take you to some conversations focused on some preseason polls, and this link will take you [...]

Think the hype’s bad now? Wait until October

The hype machine regarding NC State basketball has reached a fevered pitch in the last week with every local media outlet running story after story about how expectations for next season are rising and how the Wolfpack should be a contender in the ACC. Based solely on what the roster should look like that’s a [...]

ACC’s new TV deal coming within 10 days

It was a busy Thursday evening for several NC State coaches as hundreds of fans packed a Wolfpack Club Caravan at the football practice facility. With the exit of Lee Fowler coming at the end of June and all of the excitement surrounding men’s basketball, the caravan was quite a big draw for local media. [...]

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N.C. Pro-Am kicks off with a bang, sort of

Looking at Yow’s legacy from the other side

Uchebo officially enrolls at Word of God

ACC’s expansion plan isn’t much of a plan

Johnny Thomas to graduate, move on from NC State

NC State is Nation’s Fifth Most Profitable Hoops Program

Coaching Legend John Wooden dies at 99

Vegas Odds on 2011 National Basketball Champion

Think the hype’s bad now? Wait until October

ACC’s new TV deal coming within 10 days

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