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 [...]
Pack 9 Drops Game Two @Wake
In what seems like a theme for the day for Wolfpack sports, State Baseball (15-5, 2-3 ACC) fell behind early and never could quite make a run as they fell in game two at Wake by a final score of 13-4 to even the weekend series at one game apiece. The Deacs jumped on the [...]
Senay, Pack, Down Deacs In Game One
Powered by big days at the plate from Tarran Senay and Jake Armstrong, and a workmanlike outing by State starter Carlos Rodon, Wolfpack Baseball took the first game of this weekend’s three game series against Wake Forest on Friday night in Winston-Salem by a final score of 12-6. Senay would go 5 for 5 on [...]
Pack Tops Deacs, 81-66
Wolfpack Basketball kept things rolling toward the post-season tonight as they dispatched Wake Forest 81-66 in Raleigh on Senior Night. The win moves the Pack to 22-8 (11-6) for the season. Elsewhere, Carolina beat UMd in Chapel Hill (thanks a lot Terps…really gonna miss ya next year). And in a game that just went final, [...]
State/Wake ACC Opener Open Thread (Live Blog)
I hear tell that we play basketball today. I’m picking my kids up at the airport at 3:00, so I probably won’t watch or listen to very much of it. Wake is worse than most of the sub-200 RPI cupcake teams we’ve played the last few weeks, so today is really just an exercise in [...]
State/Wake Forest Game Thread
OK, I’m not made of stone. Despite my earlier pledge, I can’t help myself – I will be watching today, and the next two weeks. We need a win today against an awful opponent, then two road wins against mediocre foes. Then, NC State will be Atlantic Division champions for the first time in the [...]
The ACC’s best combined coaching 1-2 punch
September 9th, 9:15 pm: This entry originally posted earlier in the week, but got buried in the UNC scandal coverage. We’re going to bring it back to the top of the blog since we are getting so much traffic from various ACC blogs today. Please don’t miss out on the other big entries we’ve got [...]
Fox Sports: Wake to hire Bzdelik
Stay tuned for more on this…check back later. Wake reaches deal with Bzdelik Wake Forest has agreed to a deal with Colorado head coach Jeff Bzdelik, according to multiple sources. Bzdelik, 57, has been at Colorado for the past three years and spent two seasons in the NBA as the head coach of the Denver [...]
Wake Forest fires Dino Gaudio
After three seasons and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, it looks like Dino Gaudio has been fired by Wake Forest. A press conference is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Check back later today for more and check out the forums for more discussion. WXII: Gaudio out at Wake Forest Wake Forest University head basketball coach [...]
NC State plays a full 40 minutes, beats No. 23 Wake Forest 68-54
After finding multiple ways to lose leads and playing inconsistent basketball for much of the last month, NC State finally finished a game against Wake Forest Saturday, picking up a 14-point victory after dropping seven straight conference games. NC State forced 23 Wake Forest turnovers (15 in the first half) and held down Ish Smith, [...]