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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 [...]
Continue reading...Statistical Analysis of Player Development under Sidney
24. March 2010
…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 [...]
Continue reading...NC State closes season with loss to UAB
20. March 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Random Day One NCAAT Observations (and Looking Ahead)
19. March 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...State @ UAB gametime set
17. March 2010
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, [...]
Continue reading...NC State 58, South Florida 57
16. March 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...NC State advances to NIT
14. March 2010
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), [...]
Continue reading...Comprehensive ACCT Thoughts
14. March 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wolfpack dribbles away shot at championship game
13. March 2010
Georgia Tech 57 NC State 54 NC State may have lost today’s ACC semifinal game against Georgia Tech back in January of this 2009 when then high school stud recruit, Derrick Favors, ultimately picked Georgia Tech over NC State. Link to N&O Freshman forward Derrick Favors scored 17 points to lead the seventh-seeded Yellow Jackets [...]
Continue reading...CHN: NC State strongly in NIT
13. March 2010
I genuinely believe that projecting the NIT field is much more difficult than projecting the NCAA Tournament field because of a lack of visibility of criteria and fans’ historical lack of familiarity of the process – that has changed multiple times in recent years. The website, NIT-ology, has become a central spot to visit for [...]
Continue reading...Looking to Saturday Through The Lens of 2007
13. March 2010
NC State’s strong play and run to the ACC semi-finals has people asking if this team can exceed the run achieved by Sidney Lowe’s first Woflpack team in 2007. (Link) Can this N.C. State team go a step further than its 2007 edition and actually win four ACC tournament games and a berth in the [...]
Continue reading...NC State downs Florida State, advances to ACC Tournament semifinals
12. March 2010
NC State might be the No. 11 seed in the ACC Tournament programs available at the Greensboro Coliseum, but for the second night in a row the Wolfpack certainly didn’t play the part. One night after upsetting No. 6 seed Clemson, NC State picked up another victory, picking off No. 3 seed Florida State 58-52 [...]
Continue reading...NC State survives, advances to ACC Tournament quarterfinals
11. March 2010
In the nightcap of day one action from the ACC Tournament NC State used 19 points and eight rebounds from Tracy Smith to advance past No. 6 seed Clemson, 59-57. With the win NC State became the third lower seed of the day to pick up a victory. No. 9 seed Virginia and No. 12 [...]
Continue reading...NC State vs Clemson Live Blog
11. March 2010
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Continue reading...ACC Tournament Coverage (Live Blog at 9:15 p.m.)
11. March 2010
For those interested in keeping up with the games during the day Thursday, check out the forums throughout the day. Work schedules may keep some of you from being in front of television sets, but I asked for the day off just to have the chance to sit down and watch every minute of the first [...]
Continue reading...Breaking Down State’s NIT Chances
9. March 2010
*************************************************** N. Texas beat Troy last night sending Troy to the NIT by winning the regular season. That leaves 28 NIT bids left. More later…. *************************************************** 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 [...]
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 don’t [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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