In light of the relationship that NC State’s basketball history has with the University of Houston, I found today’s article in the Houston Chronicle regarding the immediate impact of Tom Penders quite an interesting read. I thought that I would share it. There he goes again: Penders has UH flying By Michael Murphy Copyright 2005 […]
It’s Safe to Say the Votes Are In
Although a few odd precincts are still trickling in, the outcome is clear, according to this PackPride poll. An overwhelming 87% of participants believe that Herb Sendek should not be retained as NC State mens’ basketball head coach. That’s 1,126 “no” votes, for those trying to track Fowler’s “lunatic fringe 50.” How much longer can […]
Media Notes Groundhog Day in Raleigh
A couple of weeks ago my new favorite reporter, John Brasier, wrote a fantastic article that made a lot of great points related to NC State Basketball under the leadership of Lee Fowler and Herb Sendek. Among Brasier’s points was a perspective on the inexplicable support that NC State’s administration has thrown behind Sendek through […]
Flashback: Feb 9 & 10, 2001
The following article originally appeared in the February 10, 2001 edition of Raleigh’s News & Observer. I had originally planned to share this this article and some comments on February 9th to observe the ‘anniversary’ of the day that Lee Fowler came clean with the public and proclaimed that wins/losses and on court performance was […]
Sendek vs Big Four
(Updated: 2/11/05 @ 10:00am ET) NC State dropped its fourth game in its last five outings tonight (thank you for exisiting, Clemson) tonight in an 86-75 loss at Wake Forest. The Wolfpack is currently tied with Virginia and Florida State for next to last place in the ACC with a 3-7 record (13-10 overall). * […]
Benched Hodge Tries to Rally The Pack
Julius Hodge tries to rescue the Pack, but it isn’t enough. NC State drops another one in Winston Salem 86-75. More to come.
The Mind Of Lee Fowler
Article by: Michael Byrne Looking at today?s (February 9) News & Observer creates a disturbing sense of déª vu. The newspaper lauds for page after page tonight?s marquee game between Duke and North Carolina, programs finding their usual February place (in Carolina?s case fully recovered from Matt Doherty) at the top of the ACC heap. […]
Littlepage Leads by Example For Fowler
For what may be the first time in Lee Fowler’s 4+ years in Raleigh, the man has been publicly quiet. Silent. I mean, silent as a mouse. He hasn’t popped-off in a newspaper interview for weeks. I hope someone has taken the time to check his temperature?
(Good, God. Has he really been here that long? How many SEC jobs can one guy fail to land in an election cycle?! Surely one has to come up with something after all of those swings of the bat? Don’t worry, Lee. Your behind the scenes jockeying for the Ohio State job might pay off yet….oops…did I just say that? Was that supposed to stay quiet?)
As the season has progressed, I have cited Fowler’s conspicuous silence to my friends as a reason for optimism that this dismal basketball record may actually have an opportunity to come to an end this year. (Please let me dream).
* One of my all-time favorites is how Lee gave his cell phone number to all of the newspaper reporters when he first got to State because he wanted to make sure that they always had the truth. LOL!!! As we soon learned, they always had the truth, and Lee always had his name in the paper.
ESPN: State “Biggest Disappointment”
It really shouldn’t be a big surprise to most people that can swallow water without a machine, but Joe Lunardi of ESPN named NC State the “biggest disappointment of the college basketball season.” Additionally, Lunardi named Boston College, next year’s new member of the ACC, as the biggest surprise. * Since Al Skinner of BC […]
GASPing at straws
A friend called me about 8:20 or so this evening, heaving laughter. “You — heeheehee — You’re not going to believe what Herb just said on his show.” (I suppose at this point I should mention that I don’t listen to Sendek’s show, which I consider only marginally less entertaining than his offense and only […]
