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 [...]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) NC State’s C.J. Leslie rolls with criticism Go ahead and take your best shot at C.J. Leslie. Find a message board thread to vent about the N.C. State forward’s inconsistencies or cut out the middle man and hammer him on Twitter. After three years, Leslie is not only used [...]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Leslie leads NC State to 81-66 win over Wake Forest Leslie’s 19 points and 10 rebounds helped N.C. State throttle Wake Forest 81-66 for the Pack’s sixth win in seven games and third straight at home by double-digits. N.C. State closed out its home schedule with a 16-1 record, [...]
Monday Musings
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) NC State grinds out 70-57 win over Georgia Tech Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory, whose teams are noted for their defensive intensity, noticed a difference between the Wolfpack’s defense from this game and the Jan.9 win in Raleigh. “When they are dialed in, they are pretty good,” Gregory said. [...]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Warren’s 22 carries N.C. State to 72-55 win over Penn State Last season, N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried might have kept Howell in the game, after he picked up his second foul at 17:04 in the first half, or brought him back in before the end of the half, [...]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) History in the remaking Tommy Burleson is an optimist. One of the stars of N.C. State’s 1974 national title team, Burleson understands just how good the Wolfpack can be in basketball. Maybe it was the nostalgia, or a tinge of wishful thinking, but Burleson left the alumni reunion at [...]
Yow makes 7th head coaching change
NC State announced yesterday that Steve Springthorpe has stepped down as the head coach of the women’s soccer program. (Link) This move will mark the seventh head coaching change in west Raleigh since Debbie Yow became athletics director in June of 2010 and began righting the Wolfpack ship that had was previously rudderless. I absolutely [...]
Pack Golf Alum Kim Leads Q School
Wolfpack Golf alumnus and 1995 ACC Champion Hank Kim found quite a groove on the first day of PGA Tour Qualifying School. The Jonesboro, GA native shot a 7 under 63 to lead by one stroke after the first round on Tuesday. Current Pack golfer, Albin Choi carded a 71 (+1) to finish day one [...]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Thursday Football Notebook NC STATE VS. MARYLAND In the 100+year gridiron series between NC State and Maryland, the overall record stands just where it did when the series started: all tied up. The all-time series, which dates back to 1909, has resulted in 32 wins for the Wolfpack, 32 wins for [...]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack’s Gottfried saw ACC top spot coming N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried saw this coming. For the first time in 37 years, the media picked the Wolfpack to win the ACC on Wednesday at Operation Basketball. Junior forward C.J. Leslie was picked as the preseason ACC player of the [...]