You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
Gottfried speaks…and I continue to like what I hear
Luke DeCock gives us the following from this entry today. N.C. State is close to a home-and-home series with Kansas, new basketball coach Mark Gottfried told the Raleigh Sports Club on Wednesday. The Wolfpack would go to Lawrence in December 2012, with Kansas coming to the RBC Center in December 2013. Gottfried said the contract [...]
0–4 Out of Conference puts Pack in a bind
In the previous four years of Sidney Lowe’s guidance, NC State’s Basketball team has proven an ability to win tough out of conference games whether played in the RBC Center or on the road – Villanova, Cincinnati, Davidson, Seton Hall, Marquette, others. Unfortunately…that didn’t happen for the Wolfpack this year and we now find ourselves [...]
Coach Lowe delivers one of nation’s toughest OOC basketball schedules
Back when NC State’s basketball schedule was originally released, I noticed some fans referencing/complaining about the out of conference schedule. Making a subjective observation in a vacuum without comparing the relative strength of the schedule just doesn’t add up. Who am I (or an fan) to boldly proclaim the magnitude of strength or weakness of [...]
NC State Future Out of Conference Football Schedule
A couple of times a year we highlight the current/known future opponents on the Wolfpack’s out of conference football schedule just to keep the the information fresh and accessible to our readers. In light of this weekend’s trip to Greenville and the recent announcement on September 15th that NC State’s future series with Oklahoma State [...]
Even more proof that basketball expectations should be restrained
If you thought the out of conference schedule for NC State was going to be tough in 2010 (games against Wisconsin, Syracuse, Arizona and potentially Georgetown), take a look at the ACC schedule. N.C. State (8 to 10) Twice: UNC, Wake, Clem, Duke, FSU Home only: GT, Miami, VT Road only: BC, Md, UVa Joe [...]
Basketball Adds Syracuse to 2010/2011 schedule?
According to a poster on the Pack Pride message boards, Sidney Lowe announced at the Asheville WPC Caravan a two game series with Syracuse starting with a trip to the Carrier Dome next season. This adds to what appears to be the most exciting out-of-conference schedule in a long time. It was announced last week [...]
Future NC State Football Out of Conference Schedule
This recent article out of Richmond sparked us to update our perpetual following of NC State’s Out of Conference football scheduling. A few quick bullets: * The question marks beside Tennessee 2013 is a function of our not knowing if the scheduling of the 2012 game in Atlanta serves to consolidate and replace the two [...]
Stat of the Day: Sagarin Strength of Schedule ratings (2000-2008)
State to play in ’09 Glenn Wilkes Tourney?
Relevant Background: April 23rd: Lowe in Media; Pack playing in Hawaii April 24th: Katz Correction, no Hawaii for Wolfpack In this article today we ran across the following: Look for N.C. State to be a part of the eight-team field that will participate in the third annual Glenn Wilkes Classic in Daytona Beach from Nov. [...]