Tag Archive | "Sidney Lowe"
Comprehensive ACCT Thoughts
I decided to hold my thoughts on State’s ACC tourney performance until it was all over (and since I had stuff going on last night, I waited until today). So here goes: 1) State’s half-court defense against Clemson and Florida State was as good as I’ve seen us play in many, many years. Even [...]
Continue reading...The Sidney Lowe Rebound
Thursday, January 21, 2010
As a 2004 NC State graduate, there wasn’t really much to write home about when it came to sports. A few years of Philip, a Gator Bowl win, and a few really disappointing ACC Tournament Championship games… I moved to the midwest after college and was in a small bar watching Julius Hodge take on [...]
Continue reading...Sidney Speaks
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Asking for some forgiveness from you guys as I have been down for the count sick the last couple of days. Was feeling guilty about not updating the blog, so wanted to quickly throw a couple of interviews with Coach Lowe up for your review. Dave Glenn interviews Sidney and Coach Lowe does an excellent [...]
Continue reading...Mays and Smith Say Some Players on Last Year’s State Team Were Selfish
Monday, October 19, 2009
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” [...]
Continue reading...Katz: “NC State Working Back To Good Times”
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sometimes, it’s said, it is hard to see the forest for the trees. That might be the case for NC State’s fans where its hoops program is concerned, at least in the eyes of ESPN college hoops scribe Andy Katz. According to him, the Wolfpack is working their way back to respectability, albeit with a [...]
Continue reading...Headscratching Hire – Strength and Conditioning Coach
Friday, August 21, 2009
As I alluded in the comments section of this thread, Robbi Pickeral penned an interesting article last Sunday, noting that Sidney Lowe had named a new strength and conditioning coach. Lowe’s choice? Wright Wayne, Lowe’s coach in 1983, who had been reassigned to other programs within the athletic department for the last 12 [...]
Continue reading...[Updated 5:30pm] #119 in the country – Is NC State Basketball going to be this bad?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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CollegeHoops.net is counting down their preseason ranking of every college basketball team and unfortunately for us the Wolfpack’s preview popped up three full months before the season is slated to tip-off. This link will take you to CollegeHoops’ preview for the #119 ranked NC State Wolfpack, who the site selects to finish last in the ACC [...]
Continue reading...Lorenzo Brown – Another One Bites the Dust
Sunday, July 12, 2009
I apologize for not being more timely – I’ve been on vacation and out of the loop. But yes, what you may have heard is indeed true – Lorenzo Brown is headed to prep school and will not suit up for the 2009-10 Wolfpack squad. No matter how down the ACC may be, [...]
Continue reading...From the Comments – An Outside View of NC State Hoops
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Long-time commenter (and very gracious guest in Wolfpack Blogistan) nycfan gave a very detailed assessment of our basketball program under the “stewardship” of Fowler and Lowe. Many times, a knowledgeable outsider can give a more honest, objective assessment – since emotion doesn’t get in the way. I just wanted to highlight this comment [...]
Continue reading...NC State Basketball in the News
Friday, June 19, 2009
Apparently there was a press conference yesterday, here is some coverage from WRAL: - Lowe looking to put his own stamp on the program: This offseason, coaches like Tom Izzo and Tubby Smith told Lowe this was his season to put his own stamp on the Pack program. “No question about it,” said Lowe, who has yet to [...]
Continue reading...Sidney Lowe 2.0
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Interview on 850TheBuzz. NC State basketball coach Sidney Lowe dropped by the morning show to catch us up with his offseason. The man has been busy golfing at the Rex Hospital Open, checking out the Carolina Hurricanes, making the rounds for Wolfpack Club caravans, and quietly putting together an exciting recruiting class. After a 3-year transition, [...]
Continue reading...Fox Sports places Coach Lowe on hotseat (again)
Monday, June 1, 2009
I am sure that some coo-coo for coco puffs ‘hater’ of SFN will somehow blame us for this article, but please note that we are only linking to stories in the national press while generally stating the obvious. There is not much that we can do about the fact that a real world revolves [...]
Continue reading...SFN is ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
SFN would like to thank the great folks from the ACC Sports Journal for inviting us to partner with them on their weekly ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’. They posted the feature to their website last night and it can be read by clicking here. Over the last 12 months the blog has generated more than 3.5 [...]
Continue reading...Lowe in the Media; State playing in Hawaii
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The following is some biting criticism from one of the more prominent national college basketball blogs: Let’s run through the challengers for Duke in the state of North Carolina (NC State left out for Sidney Lowe obvious reasons). Ouch! It is very painful to continue to be ridiculed for our complete irrelevance as a competitive college [...]
Continue reading...Revisiting Last February’s Analysis
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
We will come back to this once the 2008-09 season is completely over. But I think it’s a good time to look back at this entry from last February, after a particularly brutal loss to Boston College. Many of our current commenters posted thoughts on that thread. Now that a little over [...]
Continue reading...Basketball: Offense & Defense
Friday, February 27, 2009
Joe Giglio and ACCNow are at it again!!! Here they go again putting together some great work and elevating the News & Observer’s credibility!! (potentially with some guidance from our own choppack…see our comments section) This morning Giglio offers some fantastic insight into both the 2008-2009 version of the Wolfpack basketball team and into [...]
Continue reading...Welcome to the Death Spiral, Sid!
Monday, February 9, 2009
I am prepared to make it official – Sidney Lowe has entered the Death Spiral. What did he learn from yesterday’s meltdown? “I thought Javi played well,” Lowe said after Gonzalez scored nine points with six assists in a 91-87 overtime loss at Virginia Tech. Lowe liked the way Gonzalez pushed the ball up the floor [...]
Continue reading...ACC Coaches on the Hotseat? Debated (Updated 2:10pm)
Monday, February 2, 2009
One has to wonder what the brain trust at the News and Observer knows that we don’t: “With at least four ACC basketball coaches in some degree of trouble — Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, Maryland’s Gary Williams, N.C. State’s Sidney Lowe and Virginia’s Dave Leaito” — Caulton Tudor, in “Finding The Next Coach” This list is is [...]
Continue reading...Caulton Tudor – A Fair Summary of What Yesterday’s Win Means
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I don’t know what’s going on with ol’ Caulton Tudor, but he’s made sense lately. Really, you should read the whole article, if you haven’t already. Here’s some excerpts and gut-level analysis: The long-suffering Wolfpack entered Saturday’s game in a delicate way. There was no profound upside to beating a Tech team that now [...]
Continue reading...Updated “State of the Program” Thoughts
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
OK, dark side – you win. Last night’s disastrous effort pushed me over the edge. Taking a cue from Sidney Lowe’s motivational techniques and substitution patterns, I will not order my thoughts logically and just throw crap against the wall to see what sticks: - Sidney Lowe has clearly lost this team, for the [...]
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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