Why Sidney Lowe Should be Sendek’s Choice

On Saturday, The News & Observer‘s Caulton Tudor authored a really good look at the currently vacant assistant coaching position within NC State’s basketball program created by the departure of Larry Hunter. Tudor’s article flows nicely from (a) discussing Hunter to (b)providing historical perspective on his arrival at State to (c) highlighting his impact on [...]

More Thoughts on Football Scheduling

We are already into May of 2005, with football season a mere four months away – yet the long-running daytime soap drama that is NC State’s non-conference football scheduling continues, as we previously discussed here. In more generally applicable news, by now you’ve all heard about the NCAA and chief pinhead Myles Brand allowing a [...]

Two Good Reads

The Wolfpack took 2 of 3 on the diamond from Carolina this weekend. That is always nice. We’re going to have some good stuff this week related to State & Carolina, as well some insight into the assistant basketball coaching position and discussions on the ever-evolving 2005 football schedule. In the meantime…I’ve gathered a couple [...]

Chalk it Up – Larry Hunter is Gone

Many media outlets are reporting that NC State Assistant Basketball Coach, Larry Hunter, has been offered the Head Coaching job at Western Carolina University. Folks…you can chalk it up that Hunter is gone. Larry Hunter joined the Wolfpack staff in May of 2001, coming to Raleigh simultaneously with the “Julius Hodge recruiting class” that was [...]

ACC Postseason Football Talk

As we look toward the 2005 Football Season and are in the middle of a scheduling snafu with Temple, I thought that it may be interesting to highlight some offseason news on the ACC Championship and Bowl schedule. ===> ACC Championship Game: The ACC’s first ever college football championship game, which will be aired on [...]

Another ACCeptional Season

The Atlantic Coast Conference posted its final weekly press release of the season on its website last week. Congratulations to Julius Hodge who earned ACC Player of the Week honors on five different occassions, more than any other ACC player. Conference Envy After the media tried to make so much of the success of a [...]