State Perspective: ‘Barnes Beats out UNC, UConn’

The headline on the 4th page (Welcome to Texas) last week’s Houston Chronicle says it all: UT stages coup by luring recruit from powerhouses Barnes beats out North Carolina, UConn for Durant The NC State Message Boards have been having some (surprisingly) calm discussions about the topic…that invariably produces the question: “Depsite NC State’s significant [...]

Hiatus Almost Over

The Blog team has been out of pocket for the last couple of weeks but we expect to start being a little more active starting next week. We just wanted to thank those that had checked in on us to make sure that we were alright!

Ouch, Mel

As I was blissfully surfing my XM Radio Saturday afternoon, I happened to stumble across ESPN Radio’s ACC preview. I forget the second member of the broadcast tandem, but the primary analyst was NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper (who must be branching out). Unsurprisingly, they pegged Miami, Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Boston College as [...]

Athletics Season Over

NC State’s baseball team unfortunately joined the teams from Virginia and UNC-CH and was eliminated from the NCAA Baseball Tournament on Sunday. The Wolfpack lost two games over the weekend to lower-seeded Creighton. The Wolfpack ended the season 41-19. Quick Review * The highlight of this year’s season was easily the Wolfpack’s dramatic series with [...]

Pack Falls; Sorry, ACC

Logged on to the internet this morning excited to learn how our Wolpack did in the NCAA Baseball Tournament this weekend…the news wasn’t good. Well, actually, at PackPride.com the news just didn’t exist. Which…of course…was how I knew that the Wolfpack lost. Similar to last week’s ACC Tournament where State won the first round game [...]

June 2: We’re #50!!!!

The most recent NACDA Directors Cup rankings of College Athletics Programs were released today. (You may recognize the “Directors Cup” from its former identity of “Sears Cup”). The June 2, 2005 rankings have Lee Fowler’s NC State Athletics Department holding firm at an embarrassing, but not surprising #50. Fowler’s program has averaged finishing #46.5 in [...]

Please, not Another Steve Francis!

Gary Williams and the University of Maryland has added one of the best Junior College players in the country to this season’s recruiting class. The Terps got a commitment from 6-foot-1, 175-pound, combo guard Parrish Brown from Chicago, Illinois. He averaged 22 points per game, five assists and five rebounds and was rated as a [...]

 

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