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Mays and Smith Say Some Players on Last Year’s State Team Were Selfish
One of the oldest cliches in sports is that there is no “I” in “team.” Like most cliches, there is a solid kernel of truth in the center, albeit one that becomes so overused the people start looking past it. According to an article on WRALsportsfan.com’s website this morning, there was a lot of “I” [...]
Continue reading...Congrats to Josh Powell – NBA World Champion
14. June 2009
With the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA title over the Orlando Magic, former NC State forward Josh Powell has his first NBA championship ring. After playing two seasons for the Wolfpack in 2001-02 and 2002-03, Powell played two seasons overseas in Russia and Italy before making to the NBA. You can click here for [...]
Continue reading...Basketball Bytes – Hansbrough fouls even in celebration (11:15 updated w/ column on Roy)
9. April 2009
So much going on out there that we couldn’t ignore it all and thought you would appreciate a comprehensive entry following-up on a lot of topics. This couldn’t be more classic. The picture to the left was taken by the N&O/Charlotte Observer’s Robert Willett after Monday night’s NCAA Championship game and served as the front page for [...]
Continue reading...Miller changes his mind and accepts Arizona job?(updated 1:25pm)
5. April 2009
Miller changes his mind. (4/6/2009 1:05 PM Update) One of the ideal fits to potentially become NC State’s head basketball coach if Coach Lowe were to head back to the NBA or not get the job done next season may be off the market. It appears Sean Miller has changed his mind and may in fact [...]
Continue reading...Sunday Stats & Conversation, Izzo Style
5. April 2009
And just so we’re clear, understand that I’m not trying to diminish Michigan State’s roster; it’s a fine roster. But I’m not sure how many future NBA players are on that roster, and I am sure it’s not a roster as good as Connecticut’s roster. But MSU’s roster just beat UConn’s roster of pros by [...]
Continue reading...Sources: Tim Floyd to Arizona & more dominoes could fall
2. April 2009
The landscape of the Pac-10 continues to transform as 2009’s coaching carousel continues with this somewhat surprising move – Tim Floyd to Arizona After unsuccessfully trying to woo Rick Pitino and reportedly going after Mark Few and Jeff Capel, Arizona is set to name Tim Floyd as its new head coach according to reports. Fox Sports reports [...]
Continue reading...Wolfpack recruits dominate Georgia All-State Team
29. March 2009
Tip of the hat to Pack Pride for the following video of NC State commit, Ryan Harrow. Friends of mine in Georgia told me at the end of the season that Ryan Harrow was the best player in the State of Georgia not named Derrick Favors this past season. Georgia’s All-State Basketball team has been [...]
Continue reading...Pitino publicly spurns Sendek
29. March 2009
As a follow-up to some of our comments from our most recent Carousel entry I’m not naming a coach and its not my business, but I’ll stick my two cents in, ok? For me, last time around – Billy Gillispie is a terrific coach – I would have immediately hired either John Pelphrey or Travis Ford last [...]
Continue reading...Saturday’s Open Entry
28. March 2009
Please feel free to share comments and information in this thread today. A few couple items of interest: Is Jeff Capel heading back to the Commonwealth state to coach UVA? This scuttlebutt continues. If you haven’t seen the video of Billy Gillispie being chased then you should check it out by clicking here and/or here. If you happen to have [...]
Continue reading...ACC Implosion Now Almost Complete
26. March 2009
Only Ty Lawson’s toe (why won’t the announcers ever mention it?) and Tyler Hansbrough’s will stand in the way of complete conference humilation, after Villanova’s 77-54 curb stomping of Duke tonight. This game was not as close as the final score indicated. It was like the Magic Johnson-era Lakers against a 12-and-under team [...]
Continue reading...2009 ACC Strength of Schedule
25. March 2009
It’s time once again to look and see how unbalanced conference schedules affected the ACC season. This is our fourth year with a 16-game conference schedule in a 12-team conference. Our previous looks are listed below, but some of the tables no longer look quite as nice as they did when [...]
Continue reading...Sunday Round of 32 Open Thread
22. March 2009
BJD95 must be tied up today, so I’ll start one. Strange schedule for today….One game at 12, 4 games at around 2:30 and then three games around 5:00. I deleted a number of comments yesterday and thought about deleting several more. It just seems like we ought to be able to discuss [...]
Continue reading...NCAAT Saturday Round of 32 Open Thread (Geaux Tigers!)
21. March 2009
Great games late last night – in terms of excitement. Not so great for the ACC, as Wake and BC got demolished and Florida State (much like Clemson) played half asleep for most of the game, and paid the price. 3-4 in the First Round for the “mighty” ACC – with 2 of [...]
Continue reading...NCAAT Friday Open Thread (Major update @ 11:50am)
20. March 2009
Note: The comments in this entry are a consolidation of both BJD and Jeff. Thursday Comments * Not very many upsets so far, but those of us who stayed up late last night were rewarded by compelling endings in the VCU/UCLA and Illinois/Western Kentucky games. Clemson also fought back to make things close after 35 minutes [...]
Continue reading...No post season of any kind for Wolfpack
15. March 2009
Despite all the frustration that many State fans are currently expressing — it is weird to think that had the Wolfpack just hit a couple of missed free throws in the last minute of games against Marquette, Florida and Virginia Tech that we would have been guaranteed an NIT bid and would have entered the [...]
Continue reading...NCAA Tourney Thread
15. March 2009
Here are your matchups. Unlike in year’s past, I don’t think the committee gave Duke and UNC laughably easy draws to the Final Four. The weakest bracket is the West, where UConn and Memphis should dominate. I don’t like Arizona as an at-large pick, but am really happy that Penn State didn’t make it [...]
Continue reading...FSU tried to make history; Congrats Duke – Sunday open entry
15. March 2009
Florida State has a legitimate chance to win today if the Seminoles can get a fairly officiated game. The Seminoles are long and athletic and are the type of team that can give Duke fits – especially with Toney Douglas’ advantage in the back court. Of course, we all know how [...]
Continue reading...Saturday Session ACCT Open Entry
14. March 2009
Open entry for you to discuss Saturday’s games after a wild Friday that ended up with this entry. The conversations yesterday reminded many SFN readers of this fantastic conversation we had a few weeks ago. For a little diversion, you may enjoy some of the videos embedded here. Speaking of Jerks, Gary Williams and Coach K [...]
Continue reading...ACCT Open Thread – Welcome to the ACC, Virginia Tech
13. March 2009
N&O’s Joe Giglio: UNC finished the game with 21 attempts from the free-throw line (hitting 15), while VT finished 8 of 11. It’s not like VT took a ton of 3s and the totals were skewed by shot selection. UNC and VT each took 19 3s. And don’t confuse me here, I’m [...]
Continue reading...A Shitty End to a Shitty Season
12. March 2009
Maryland 74, NC State 69. That’s your final. Don’t let the margin let you believe that NC State played well, smart, or with any enthusiasm or sense of urgency. Here is Sidney Lowe’s program in a nutshell – the only guy who consistently played hard and as if he had a brain in his [...]
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19. October 2009
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