“The ACC has not performed as well this year as they have performed traditionally.” Jay Bilas on ESPN’s College Basketball Gameday, further emphasizing my exact point that has been argued here and on Pack Pride multiple times this year. It is really not that big of a deal. But, it is a relevant point that […]
Saturday Stat
From ESPN’s Saturday morning Sportscenter: Home Team Winning Percentage in Conference Games 73.5% Big Ten 61.1% ACC 58.3% Big East 56.3% SEC 53.1% Big 12 52.4% PAC-10
ESPN: ‘Every Game Counts’
“Hey, a Joe Lunardi warning. We are just six weeks away from college basketball’s “Selection Sunday”. …Every game counts…flat out play….defending your home court down the stretch is key…” ESPN Morning Sportscenter
RPI Graph Update-4
Wednesday night was disappointing on many fronts, not the least of which is the RPI calcs. With the new formula, home losses hurt much more than road losses and it shows in State’s drop down frightfully close to bubble territory: State’s RPI through 1/26 As predicted, GW fell out of the top-50 (to #55) giving […]
2006 NC State Football Schedule
Updated @ 10pm ET GoPack.com has released NC State’s 2006 Football Schedule. Please don’t hold it against them if they don’t update the schedule ever again, it wouldn’t be “nice” to expect anything like that of them. (Evidently, the website’s listing of last night’s basketball game against Seton Hall did not include the television listing […]
What the Hell Happened?
Well, NC State came out as lackadasical as it did against Wake. Against a slightly better opponent, that spelled disaster in the form of an 83-65 home loss. No undefeated home season, and question marks abound. How do you come out that flat 2 games in a row? In short, everybody sucked. I was glad […]
Maybe it is the Color, Blue?
Our blog is always looking for long term trends upon which to base judgements and have discussions. Instead of looking too deep at things like records against good teams compared to bad teams….and records in close games….and not so close games…. ….maybe the trend is more simple that that…maybe we just struggle against teams that […]
…and then came State
Louis Orr and Seton Hall hadn’t defeated a ranked opponent since the 2003-2004 season…and then came NC State. “Louis Orr finally has a win against a ranked opponent….one that he can talk about for a long time.” ESPN Commentator signing off after Seton Hall snapped its 10 game losing streak against ranked teams.
The Dance Card
As the season winds down, discussions of the NCAA tourney bubble will surely heat up. Talking heads will guarantee that 75 different teams are “inâ€?. Terms like quality wins, bad losses, finishing strong, and stumbling down the stretch will be daily discussion points on the internet and in the main-stream media. Past experience has led […]
Justin Gray’s Gum For Sale
A guy at work sent me this link today to an EBay Auction of Justin Gray’s discarded chewing gum. Had to share it…it even has pictures. JUSTIN GRAY’S USED BUBBLE GUM* THROWN IN FRUSTRATION AFTER LOSS TO WOLFPACK ON JANUARY 21, 2006. I FOUND THIS COLLECTIBLE AFTER THE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT. CONTRARY TO PUBLISHED REPORTS, […]
