We wanted to make sure that you good folks knew about the newest developments on PJ Hairston’s excellent adventure to Durham and had a place to voice your thoughts on the matter. You can refresh a little by reading this quick piece… UNC’s top scorer P.J. Hairston charged with possession of marijuana (USAToday.com) According to [...]
Weekend open thread
You can use this entry for various conversations with so many different things going on out there. State 78 Lipscomb 58 The Wolfpack advanced to 7-1 on the hardwood with a twenty point win over Lipscomb. The headline at the N&O says, “Mays leads Pack” (Click for article) Thrust into a suddenly prominent lineup spot, [...]
Curry 32-Footer Sinks Pack
WRAL Sports: Curry Drops 44 Points, Davidson 72 – NC State 67 Overall, I was really pleased with State’s performance and Sid’s gameplan. Without Curry’s prayer, State would have had the ball at the end shooting for the win (with OT as worst-case scenario). The effort was there, and the defense was much better. Until [...]
Sidney Lowe’s Plans To Slow Stephon Curry
Via Ken Tysiac of the Charlotte Observer’s ‘Observations From Above The Rim’ Blog, here is a glimpse into the defensive plans that State coach Sidney Lowe plans to employ tomorrow in Charlotte against Davidson: No junk defenses. “I don’t think you change your defense. You just have to be more aware. You have to be [...]
NC State vs. Davidson: Wildcats Are On a Mission (Updated 3:15pm)
Tomorrow at 12pm in Charlotte, the Wolfpack tips off against Davidson in the Pack’s first game against an opponent that will be close to the caliber that they can expect to see night after night in conference play. To kick off SFN’s coverage, here’s an article I found about the Wildcat team’s commitment to not [...]
Davidson Basks in Tournament Success
This is the new reality for Davidson College in the post-tournament world: Orders for commemorative T-shirts from China, Australia and Italy. A 262 percent increase in Web site traffic. Worries there won’t be enough freshman housing next year Congratulations to the entire Davidson College community. This article provides detail on some of the impacts of [...]
Saturday Bytes – Tarheels defeat Wolfpack (sound familiar?) OR State’s/Davidson irony (Updated 2pm)
……crunch….. Carolina’s third ranked baseball team beat the Wolfpack 5-2 yesterday (I thought we had some new authors who were excited about covering baseball on SFN? hello? anyone out there?). The Tar heels are 21-4 overall and 8-2 in the ACC. After a one-hit loss to Marshall, the Wolfpack are tracking just perfectly to an [...]
Friday Basketball Bytes
=======> Congratulations to Sean Miller and Xavier! In just 4 years he has already taken Xavier to a place in the NCAA Tournament where his former boss at NC State couldn’t achieve in a decade. It’s kind of hard to blame the strength of Duke and Carolina for our failure to succeed in anything outside [...]
HUGE Weekend for NC State Basketball
Make NO MISTAKE about it — NC State’s tournament-like schedule (Friday/Sunday) of home games against Davidson (7pm tonight on Fox Sports South) and Cincinnati (7:30pm Sunday on all Fox Sports networks) represent pivotal and highly important games for the Wolfpack’s 2007-2008 post season dreams. Beacuse of State’s two unacceptable losses to New Orleans and East [...]