Tag Archive | "Ben McCauley"

Mays and Smith Say Some Players on Last Year’s State Team Were Selfish

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Mays and Smith Say Some Players on Last Year’s State Team Were Selfish

One of the oldest cliches in sports is that there is no “I” in “team.”  Like most cliches, there is a solid kernel of truth in the center, albeit one that becomes so overused the people start looking past it. According to an article on WRALsportsfan.com’s website this morning, there was a lot of “I” [...]

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Sunday Stuff – July 12th

Sunday, July 12, 2009

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Sunday Stuff – July 12th

====> Please no Lorenzo Brown comments in this entry. Once we get over our devastation we will post its own entry.     ====> Stud outside linebacker, Kendall Moore, of Southeast Raleigh choose Notre Dame over NC State this weekend. (Link to the story) This one hurts, as Moore would have been a fantastic complement [...]

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McCauley Closes Out in Style

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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BC (20-10) 34 35 69 NCSU (16-12) 43 31 74 Playing his last regular season home game (don’t expect a home game in the NIT, either), Big Ben walks off the court a winner – with his rebound and free throws sealing the deal. His final numbers? 20 points and 6 rebounds, with each rebound being crucial. The other stat we can feel great [...]

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Basketball tips tonight! 3 Questions for the Wolfpack

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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WOW!  I can’t believe the time is already here for exhibition basketball.  Section Six actually has a preview of what appears to be a pretty bad Fort Valley State team with whom we will do battle tonight in Reynolds Coliseum. NC State opens its 2009 season with an exhibition game against Div-II Fort Valley State on [...]

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Tysiac – Pack Gets Ready for Canada

Saturday, August 30, 2008

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With so many dark clouds looming on the football front, it would be nice to have a good basketball season to look forward to. Sadly, that’s not the case for us long-suffering Wolfpackers. But we can look forward anyway, as Ken Tysiac does this morning: Courtney Fells, the easygoing senior who recently moved [...]

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Big Ben Speaks

Friday, August 15, 2008

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Ben McCauley reinforces much of what SFN has said about last season, in a surprisingly candid interview with GoPack.com. There are several notable passages, but we’ll start with: I have been here in Raleigh all summer, getting my body right. I have lost 10 to 12 pounds. Last year, I started the season a little [...]

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N&O: 15 Reasons for 15 Losses

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

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SFN will have a lot of analysis regarding the 2007-2008 NC State Basketball season and the future of the Wolfpack Basketball Program when this season mercifully comes to a conclusion. Today, the News & Observer’s Chip Alexander chimed in with a very good look back at 15 reasons why the Wolfpack stunk it up this year. [...]

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Phantom Call Gives Duke Final Two Points

Saturday, March 1, 2008

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As both replays in this entry indicate, there was the slightest bit of contact during the first part of Nelson’s drive that was obviously initiated by Nelson’s hook. No whistle blew at the time of the contact. The whistle didn’t blow (and a foul wasn’t called) until a part of the play where [...]

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Denial Runs Deep at NC State

Monday, February 25, 2008

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I didn’t expect to get even madder when I read the sports page this morning. But then I read these quotes from Ben McCauley: “It may seem like it but we’re still trying to [win],” junior forward Ben McCauley said. “We’re definitely trying to. “I don’t think we’ve forgotten how to win [but] I think we’re kind [...]

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Video from Sunday and Student Cheering Conversation

Monday, February 4, 2008

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We already have post-game entry open open for comments about the game. The excellent video in this entry is from the N&O’s great coverage of the Wake-State game. Additionally, we’d like to offer a special thanks to the N&O for covering the end of the game so well as you will see in the video below. [...]

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Big Ben Beats The Clock (NC State 67, Wake 65)

Sunday, February 3, 2008

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Video Highlights | Box Score | Recap| Photos| Take THAT ghost of Chris Paul and the decade where NC State couldn’t win a close game if our life depended on it! BEFORE the last play of the game, I had already written the following for the postgame entry - Player of the game – Ben McCauley. He did [...]

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Wake Forest Game Entry; N&O – Pack Lacks Identity

Sunday, February 3, 2008

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Halftime Update: Wake 31 State 24 * Simple reason why NC State is not winning this game – SHOOTING. It’s not just that State only hit 2 of 11 three pointers (both by Courtney Fells. It is that State missed/bricked multiple WIDE OPEN threes – at least three of which were from the top of [...]

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Anyone Want to Discuss Florida State? (Updated 3pm)

Friday, January 25, 2008

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As you might have gleaned from my comments in the GT post-game thread, I don’t really have the stomach for it. We are sending the kids to grandma’s house in order to attend tonight’s Ween concert in Durham. Thus, I may not be awake that far in advance of tomorrow’s 1:30 tip-off. Have any insight on [...]

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