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 [...]
Just Incase You Missed It: Officiating
There is a massive flurry of discussion on the boards and the blog against last night’s game against Duke. So ‘Pride, why are you writing yet another article about the game? Simple: because I found something that had been posted prior to last night’s game that was interesting. Ironically, it was sitting right under my [...]
NC State vs NCAA Tournament teams
Now that the season is over, and Duke has won the national championship for 2010, we can fully take stock of the Wolfpack basketball team and see how well they performed against NCAA Tournament teams. As many of us know, this year’s team was 7-7 against NCAA Tournament teams. How does that compare to past [...]
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 [...]
NC State closes season with loss to UAB
An unfortunate end to what had become an exciting little run for the basketball team. NC State never really came to play against UAB Saturday, falling behind by 20 early and never getting close for the rest of the game. In his final game with the Wolfpack senior Dennis Horner scored 23 and pulled down [...]
Random Day One NCAAT Observations (and Looking Ahead)
First, of all – let me state the obvious, in a poorly done Comic Book Guy voice: Best. First Day. Ever! (We aren’t the only people that hold this opinion.) Those of you who’ve been reading my drivel for any length of time know that I absolutely loathe blaming losses on officiating. It’s typically the [...]
State @ UAB gametime set
When checking the NIT’s website earlier today, it appeared the only option for NC State’s 2nd round NIT game against Alabama Birmingham on Saturday would be the 5pm time slot to be televised on ESPNU. Tonight we get the confirmation that is indeed the case. We’ll have more in the coming days. In the meantime, [...]
NC State 58, South Florida 57
Cardiac Pack indeed. No. 6 seed NC State used solid defense and a late-game pass and layup from Scott Wood to Richard Howell to defeat No. 3 seed South Florida in Orlando. The “upset” win sets up a second round trip to No. 2 seed UAB, a team many believed to be on the NCAA Tournament [...]
NC State advances to NIT
In what is a logical progression on the road to next year’s NCAA Tournament, the NC State Wolfpack hold a 6th seed will play at 3rd seeded South Florida at 8pm Tuesday night on ESPNU. Link to TampaOnline article: The Bulls (20-12) will seek their first postseason win in 15 years against the Wolfpack (19-15), [...]
Comprehensive ACCT Thoughts
I decided to hold my thoughts on State’s ACC tourney performance until it was all over (and since I had stuff going on last night, I waited until today). So here goes: 1) State’s half-court defense against Clemson and Florida State was as good as I’ve seen us play in many, many years. Even against [...]