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Closer Look at the Directors’ Cup
The Directors’ Cup is defined on their website as “A program that honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports, both men’s and women’s. Began in 1993-94 for Division I by NACDA and USA Today, it was expanded in 1995-96 to include Division II, III and the NAIA.” All-Time (1994 to 2010) [...]
Continue reading...Financing College Sports – Part 3
29. July 2010
SFN: This entry is too good to get lost in the middle of a lot of the news that we’ve had breaking in recent days, so we are moving it back to the front of the blog to make sure that the community sees it. If your attitude going into this latest entry on financing [...]
Continue reading...NC State Athletics Year In Review Summary
7. July 2010
Thought I would share a brief summary of NC State’s performance in the 2009-2010 school year as well as a few observations. For each ACC sport (as well as gymnastics and rifle) I have listed State’s finish in the standings, overall record, ACC record, the ACC champion, the national champion and the finish and points [...]
Continue reading...CFN ranks Russell Wilson as top ACC QB
24. May 2010
Not much of a surprise here (at least IMO), but still worth looking at. While Josh Nesbitt and Christian Ponder are arguably more important to the success of their teams in 2010, Wilson is an extremely talented player who has room for improvement. Nesbitt is limited somewhat by the offense he plays in and Ponder [...]
Continue reading...Athletic Department Goals – Straight From The Horse’s Mouth
3. May 2010
Back in May of 2008 I posted an entry based on these two quotes from Lee Fowler: “My goals have always been to be in the top three in the conference. If you’re in the top three you always have a chance to win the championship. That’s an obvious goal as well. Minimum goals, we [...]
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 beautiful this time of year, so it’s [...]
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...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 Sidney Lowe [...]
Continue reading...The State of State 2.0 – Men’s Basketball
10. November 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...The Unholy Trilogy and Other Groups of Distinction
28. October 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...TSN: Annual Top Sports Cities List
8. October 2009
Sporting News‘ annual list of the top sports cities in America is out today and can be seen by clicking here. Raleigh+Durham+Chapel Hill comes in at #17 while Charlotte hits the list at #23. Mike DeCourcy has a good essay on this year’s owner of the top spot – ‘Pittsburgh lives in you, even when [...]
Continue reading...The State of State 2.0 – Championships
31. August 2009
The new school year is upon us and I still have some summaries of the 2008-2009 season to share, better late than never I suppose. This entry will take a look at conference and national titles for both the 2008-2009 school year, for the 9 year tenure of Lee Fowler as AD and for the [...]
Continue reading...Giglio’s Top 25 (Pack at #24)
23. August 2009
We link to lots of J.P.’s stuff, because he’s interesting and fair in his coverage and analysis. Today, we have another reason to link him, as he has NC State as his pre-season #24 team: 24. N.C. State (6-7): If the Pack can figure out the start, you know Tom O’Brien has the closing kick [...]
Continue reading...The State of State 2.0 – Women’s Basketball
21. July 2009
Women’s Basketball I. Records ACC Record: 284-168 (.628) ACC Record Pre-Fowler: 216-102 (.679) ACC Record Under Fowler: 68-66 (.507) State’s all-time ACC winning percentage has dropped 5.1% since Lee Fowler has been AD. Our ACC winning percentage in the 9 years under Fowler is 17.2% worse than the preceeding 23 seasons and is statistically significant [...]
Continue reading...It’s like reverse “Stage One” thinking
20. July 2009
I know that we are going to give this guy more traffic than he ever imagined, but we just wanted to call your attention this entry from The ACC & SEC Blog because for some reason it really stuck me the wrong way. The goal of the entry was supposed to “rank the toughest stadiums [...]
Continue reading...The State of State 2.0 – Football
8. June 2009
Last year I did a series of entries with summaries of ACC records and titles(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5). This year I will be posting entries by sport and at the end of the school year I am planning on doing some overall summaries for the athletic department. I will [...]
Continue reading...1974 NC State – ACC’s All-Time Best Hoops Squad (and more glory years items)
3. June 2009
We ran across a couple of recent news items that take us back to a happier time… First, this article takes a pretty fascinating look some of the greatest recruiting classes in NCAA Basketball history by using John Calipari’s current recruiting class at Kentucky as a launching pad. Some interesting candidates are proposed in the [...]
Continue reading...ESPN Mag: Carter-Finley’s student section among five most spirited
27. April 2009
I know this article is old. But, this is why I save old links so as to not forget them! You can click here to ESPN The Magazine’s ranking of student sections in college football stadiums across the country. The only two ACC programs that gain a mention in the rankings are NC State and [...]
Continue reading...ChltObs: 2009 Top 25 NC HS Football players
19. April 2009
Charlotte Observer ran a list of the Top 25 high school football recruits in the state of North Carolina today. (Link) It’s nice to see our big man sitting on top of the heap. 1. Robert Crisp Chapel Hill, 6-8, 300, OL: Committed to N.C. State and a top-30 national recruit. Had more than 30 [...]
Continue reading...Top Basketball ADs and Boston College News
16. April 2009
Here is a list of the “Top 10 Athletic Directors in Basketball”. Two ACC athletic directors made the list, but for some reason the author forgot to include Lee “I know basketball” Fowler. There is a suggestion on that site (not from us) for the author to come up with a list of the 10 [...]
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17. August 2010
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