I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Wake Up Call in Puerto Rico; Pack Falls to Cowboys 76-56
Pack Basketball had a championship game to play tonight against the Cowboys of Oklahoma State. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell them. The Cowboys out-worked, out-hustled, and out-gutted the Pack in every facet of the game. The result was a 20 point drubbing which could have been much worse, quite frankly. With few exceptions, the Pack [...]
NC State 72 Penn State 55
For the first time since the 1998-99 season, the NC State men’s basketball team payed a regular-season games outside the continental United States. It worked out well as the Wolfpack beat the Big Ten’s Penn State Nitany Lions by 17 points in a game that was only close for the first 8 minutes. The Las [...]
Next up: Puerto Rico
The Pack basketball team leaves today for the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, land of plantains and rum. You can see the bracket here. Andy Katz has some initial thoughts on the tournament (ESPN): Initial thoughts: NC State is hardly a lock to win this event. The Wolfpack will be getting all the preseason praise [...]