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10/15/2005: Letter to the Wolfpack Nation from NCSU Director of Athletics Lee Fowler

Raleigh, NC – Dear Wolfpack Fans: I know this is a time of great frustration and disappointment for all of you who care deeply and passionately about Wolfpack football. As Athletic Director, I can say that we all feel badly about losing–our coaches, our players and our staff, as well as our thousands of fans. [...]

Ryan Harrow Signs National Letter of Intent (report from Sammy’s)

Today at Sammy’s Tap and Grill in Raleigh, national top 25 recruit Ryan Harrow signed his National Letter of Intent to play basketball at NC State. It was a packed house with standing room only on an otherwise dreary day here in Raleigh. On hand for the occasion were Ryan’s parents, his cousins, his high [...]

The State of State 2.0 – Men’s Basketball

With the season officially getting underway this week, I thought I would share some historical stats on our men’s basketball program. Similar entires for football, women’s basketball and championships can be found here and here and here. Men’s Basketball I. Records ACC Record: 397-401 (.497) ACC Record Pre-Fowler: 331-323 (.506) ACC Record Under Fowler: 66-78 [...]

The Unholy Trilogy and Other Groups of Distinction

On a blog entry on Buster Sports, author Dave Nathan has discovered what he believes to be the three worst college football and basketball teams from 2006 to 2009. There are three BCS schools that have had 3 straight losing seasons in football while also missing the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Of course, NC State [...]

Cheap Seats Basketball Introspective

After that debacle within Carter-Finley last weekend, the timing for this just seems eerily appropriate, especially since I’m not at all hopeful about the upcoming basketball season. My original intent was a more comprehensive basketball retrospective similar to the one I did for football back in the summer. But I decided that nothing good can [...]

Nine Years of Sellouts – What Have We Gotten In Return?

This season is the 9th consecutive where football season tickets have sold out at Carter-Finley. Here is a recent entry about selling out season tickets. For this entry, I am going to focus only on home football games. Set aside the LTRs, gas, hotel and airfare for road trips, donations to the Wolfpack Club, merchandise, [...]