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Breaking Down State’s NIT Chances
By winning 3 of our final 4 regular season games, Sidney Lowe put NC State back on the NIT bubble after a horrific middle stretch of conference play. When the NCAA purchased the NIT in 2005, the selection process was changed to mirror the process used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. Before [...]
Continue reading...2010 All-ACC Basketball Picks
7. March 2010
In what we hope to make an annual tradition, we once again announce our selections the same night regular season play is complete. Yes, you will notice a distinct Terrapin flavor with respect to the major awards, but if you have watched them play down the stretch, I think you’ll understand (even if you [...]
Continue reading...NC State takes down Boston College on Senior Day, 66-54
7. March 2010
When Dennis Horner hit the RBC Center hardwood with 18:13 left in Saturday’s game with Boston College, he got up with blood streaming down the right side of his face. Head coach Sidney Lowe said he wasn’t sure if the senior forward would return. Return he did. All it took was a few stitches and some [...]
Continue reading...Open Post Update – Men win and women’s tank hits empty in 2nd half
7. March 2010
It’s a busy day for Wolfpack basketball. The women’s team, led by first year coach Kellie Harper, will take on Duke in the ACC Championship from the Greensboro Coliseum at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Net. The men’s team wraps up its season this afternoon against Boston College at 2 p.m. [...]
Continue reading...Wolfpack Women Advance To ACC Finals
5. March 2010
BREAKING UPDATE: NC State’s Lady Wolfpack defeated Boston College 63-57 to advance to the conference tournament finals against Duke. Trailing 29-23 at half, the Wolfpack put together a 15-0 second half run to rally back into the game, and then relied on hard-nosed defense and the deadeye shooting of Nikitta Gartrell in order to close out the [...]
Continue reading...Lowe: ‘We’re going to get there’
5. March 2010
Sidney Lowe met with the media Friday morning to discuss Sunday’s regular season finale against Boston College and the ACC Tournament. He even chimed in on the ACC Player of the Year discussion. By Sunday you will know what seed you are in the ACC Tournament and what you have to do. Do you care [...]
Continue reading...NC State 59, Virginia Tech 71
3. March 2010
Sorry for the lack of live blog. Work got in the way. Post thoughts about the game along with the crappy Internet feeds you’re watching here. Check back for more later.
Continue reading...Preview: NC State vs Virginia Tech
3. March 2010
Game Notes NC State Travels to Virginia Tech NC State concludes a two-game ACC road trip, as the Pack heads up to Virginia Tech to face the Hokies in the final road game of the season Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. NC State head coach Sidney Lowe is 4-2 all-time against the Hokies. The Pack has won [...]
Continue reading...Lowe talks NIT, effort
1. March 2010
During his weekly press conference Monday Sidney Lowe spoke about the possibility for NC State to receive an invite to the NIT following the regular season and ACC Tournament. WRAL’s Tim Hall looks at NIT possibilities here. Postseason play has almost been reduced to a distant memory at N.C. State. Argue all day about what kind [...]
Continue reading...Preview: NC State vs Miami
26. February 2010
Game notes provided by Media Relations. NC State Travels to Miami After having the past week off, NC State returns to ACC action as the Pack heads down to Miami for a Saturday afternoon contest. This is the first meeting between the teams this season, and last year each team won on its own home court. The [...]
Continue reading...NCSU basketball by the numbers
24. February 2010
I compiled statistics from several years to get an idea how this years team is doing compared to previous teams. I have also included numbers from the middle of the current year so we can see how ACC play changes the numbers. For fun, I added Sendek’s last year just to see how they compare. I wanted to [...]
Continue reading...NC State plays a full 40 minutes, beats No. 23 Wake Forest 68-54
20. February 2010
After finding multiple ways to lose leads and playing inconsistent basketball for much of the last month, NC State finally finished a game against Wake Forest Saturday, picking up a 14-point victory after dropping seven straight conference games. NC State forced 23 Wake Forest turnovers (15 in the first half) and held down Ish Smith, forcing [...]
Continue reading...Preview: NC State vs Wake Forest
20. February 2010
Game Notes via Media Relations. would cut that lead to four points at 42-38 with 14:31 left, but Wake went on a 6-0 run and never had a lead under seven points the rest of the game. Javier Gonzalez had a team- high 18 points to go with eight rebounds, and Tracy Smith had his fifth double-double with 11 [...]
Continue reading...State goes cold in 67-58 loss to Terps
18. February 2010
Different night, same story for NC State. The Wolfpack hit just one field goal in the final ten minutes against the Terps, allowing Maryland to erase a 10-point halftime deficit and pick up a nine-point win in its third game in five days. The Terps (18-7, 8-3), led by Greivis Vasquez, climbed into second place in [...]
Continue reading...NC State vs Maryland Live Blog
17. February 2010
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Continue reading...Preview: NC State vs Maryland
17. February 2010
NC State returns to the RBC Center tonight after traveling to Chapel Hill over the weekend to take on Maryland. The Terps are coming off a 19-point victory over Virginia Monday night and will look to continue the solid play which has them sitting in third place in the ACC. The Wolfpack, losers of six straight [...]
Continue reading...Ryan Harrow has a message for Wolfpack fans
16. February 2010
Let’s try this again. There is a healthy amount of discussion on the forums about this already. This letter originally showed up on PackPride a couple days ago. “To all my Wolfpack fansI want to say thank you for all the support and faith that ya’ll have in Lorenzo and I. We are very excited to be [...]
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9. March 2010
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