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What a week!!! In addition to more than 30 front page blog entries over the last week, we have caught fire on Twitter at times. If you missed all of the ‘nuggets’ that were flying last night then you should check out our page by clicking here and do some reviewing. It isn’t just [...]
Continue reading...Post-Selection Sunday Bubble Review
16. March 2010
I normally like to get my last bubble review up as soon as possible after the NCAAT Selection Show. Normally that means getting things pulled together on Sunday night. But unfortunately business travel means that “as soon as possible” is today. (But of course, Lake Erie is quite [...]
Continue reading...Must Listen: Taylor Zarzour begins new show with a bang! [Updated at 10:30am]
11. March 2010
We’re sorry that it took us a couple of days to get this posted to the website…but, the comments and perspectives espoused in the following audio by local sports radio host, Taylor Zarzour are timeless. This is the very first segment of Zarzour’s brand new show, “Sportsdrive with Taylor Zarzour” heard on 620 The [...]
Continue reading...On March 8, 1968…
8. March 2010
On March 8, 1968… …NC State defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semi-finals by a 12-10 score in one of the more unusual games in Tournament history. The Wolfpack was primarily responsible for slowing the pace and scored only one basket in the first half, trailing Duke 4-2 at halftime. NC [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...On March 7, 1970…
7. March 2010
On March 7, 1970… Unranked NC State defeated Frank McGuire’s 3rd-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks in double overtime by a score of 42-39 to win Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in the Charlotte Coliseum. South Carolina had achieved immortality by compiling an undefeated conference record of 14-0 in the regular season. The loss kept the Gamecocks [...]
Continue reading...To rush or not to rush?
5. March 2010
If you tune in to much college basketball during any given season, you’re bound to see it. Thousands (or hundreds, depending on the conference) of 18-22 year old college students running on to the court to celebrate their teams victory over a team they presumably shouldn’t have beat. The immortal storming of the court. It happened [...]
Continue reading...An Interview with Lee_Folwer
1. March 2010
StateFans Nation is certainly no friend of Twitter sensation, Lee_Folwer. So, it was no surprise to us that he was elusive to our many requests for an interview. Although he eventually relented, he refused to meet us in person, but initially offered to do an interview via email for $1,000; before we could even [...]
Continue reading...‘Ballin is a Habit’ needs to make ‘Accuracy a Habit’
17. February 2010
Link to Ballin is a Habit (before they go in and fix a crucial mistake that completely changes the premise of their lead-in). Dear random blogger, fan, &/or media member — How about doing yourself and your credibility a service and have some clue of reality and fact before deciding to implicitly or explicitly draw a [...]
Continue reading...100 Years of NC State Basketball by the Numbers: Sidney Lowe
12. February 2010
As we celebrate 100 years of NC State basketball tradition, it can be interesting to take a look back at our heritage and make comparisons with the current program. Over the last century, there have been 18 head basketball coaches, 13 of which coached in either the Southern Conference or the ACC. Currently [...]
Continue reading...Please Support SFN
9. February 2010
Just wanted to pass along a quick plea to the community on a couple of basic items. First, THANK YOU so much for choosing to spend your time and energy here at SFN. We hope that you have enjoyed many of the upgrades we made in 2009 and we will continue to strive to improve in [...]
Continue reading...ACC UPDATE
7. February 2010
. . The ACC teams are about half-way through the conference season so it seems like a good time to update where the teams are with respect to making the NCAAT. Note that none of the “numbers” presented in this entry include the effect of Sunday’s game…but the outcome of UNC at UMD won’t have [...]
Continue reading...How to get out of a hole
25. January 2010
. . . If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Will Rogers . . With the current state of the US educational system, how many of the scholarship BB players in the ACC do you suppose have ever heard of Will Rogers? In any event, Will certainly identified the first step in getting out of hole. [...]
Continue reading...Let’s See If We Can Blow The Final Gasket In Ole Roy’s Head
25. January 2010
Tuesday night’s game against the Tar Heels couldn’t be more critical. Not from a strategic perspective and the need to win some ACC games, but from a personal perspective. We all heard the jeers from the Tar Heel faithful during their exodus from Carter-Finely having been beaten by a single point: “Wait till basketball season!” [...]
Continue reading...How Weak is the ACC?
19. January 2010
There has been a lot of discussion (going back to last April) about how the ACC would be “down” this year. I even saw one comment this season proclaiming that this year was the weakest ACC in memory. So I thought it would be worth the time to put a little [...]
Continue reading...Please welcome Chancellor Woodson!
8. January 2010
The UNC Board of Governors made it public today that the new Chancellor at NC State will be former Purdue Provost and administrator Dr. William “Randy” Woodson. Please look here for a small statement from Chancellor Woodson from this morning’s BOG meeting. “I think the most important thing going forward is to get to know [...]
Continue reading...Mid-Season ACC Review
7. January 2010
As we reach the mid-point of the regular season and move into conference play, I thought it would be interesting to take a little time and look at what has been accomplished thus far in the season. So here is a summary of State’s season to date: RPI Rank – 96 OOC SOS Rank [...]
Continue reading...SFN in 2010
6. January 2010
Before we begin, we’d like to once again thank our amazing community for the support that you have provided SFN in the past year. Although we still have a lot of room to grow, the SFN blog and message boards generated over 4.4 million pageviews on 1.8 million visits from over 330,000 unique visitors [...]
Continue reading...The Lunatic Fringe “Only Cares About Beating Carolina”
25. November 2009
The myth of State Fan only caring about beating UNC came back to life today in the News and Observer’s ACC Today blog, this time coming straight from an NC State fan’s mouth: Inside Carolina editor Ben Sherman said that since September, UNC fans’ attention on his independent Tar Heels-devoted site has turned to their own [...]
Continue reading...Football and Fishing
24. November 2009
This entry from SFN’s forums is exactly what Jeff had in mind when the forums were started here. I am moving it here to make sure that everyone gets to see it. Many thanks to basspacker for this: Doing a re-broadcast via YouTube of an episode fishing with Clemson Asst Football Coach [...]
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17. March 2010
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