“This is a great university. I didn’t realize how good it was until I got here.” – NC State Women’s Basketball Coach, Kellie Harper Link to Ken Tysiac’s blog entry
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BMOC: The man who doesn’t make excuses
(Wake Forest Athletics Director Ron) Wellman will soon complete his 17th year as the director of athletics at Wake Forest University. The university’s teams have flourished under him, winning conference and national championships while generally exceeding expectations for the smallest school in the Atlantic Coast Conference and one of the smallest to play major-college football. […]
1974 NC State – ACC’s All-Time Best Hoops Squad (and more glory years items)
We ran across a couple of recent news items that take us back to a happier time… First, this article takes a pretty fascinating look some of the greatest recruiting classes in NCAA Basketball history by using John Calipari’s current recruiting class at Kentucky as a launching pad. Some interesting candidates are proposed in the […]
NC State’s AD views his program as home to athletes not good enough to get scholarships from SEC schools
Tuesday we ran a damning numbers-centric entry regarding Lee Fowler’s Athletics Department. Today, we thought we would just throw out a few interesting items and insight that evolve more from recent off-the-field developments. “The Mind of Lee Fowler” One of SFN’s all-time greatest entries was written over four years ago by Michael Byrne. The essay […]
AD Quote of the Day: ‘Performance-based profession’
Back in September we made a really big deal about Coach Tom O’Brien’s comments regarding his program’s position as a ‘Performance-based organization’. The entry and the good conversation that resulted can be viewed by clicking here. “McKeen played very well. He’s got a lot of pass rushing ability. I think he performed better than Markus […]
Coach Lowe’s Quote of the Day
“There’s only one voice, and that’s my voice,” Lowe said. “… It’s my way. And our guys understand that”……”I can assure you, we will never have that situation again,” Lowe said. “They’re going to accept their roles, and I think our guys know that. And if they don’t, they won’t play.” – NC State Head […]
WRAL: NC State and ECU play three times from 2010-16
Several gems in this article, so make sure to read the whole thing. The following is really interesting: “We play them in ’10, ’13, and ’16, and we haven’t scheduled any further out than that,” said (Lee) Fowler. “We had more games over those six years and I think Skip (Holtz) and Terry (Holland) got […]
Coach O’Brien’s comments don’t fit NC State
Some great quotes and information came out of Coach O’Brien’s press conference yesterday and can be seen and heard by clicking here. Fortunately for all of us – Coach O’Brien’s comments indicate that he employs a management style that in no way is consistent or congruent with the value structure with Lee Fowler’s Athletics Department […]
The Larry Brown Final Four
“This is a nightmare for Roy Williams” — Billy Packer, 9:31 remaining in the first half with the score Kansas 33 UNC 10 “This game…is OVER” — Billy Packer, 7:31 remaining in the first half with the score Kansas 38 UNC 12 It would take a blind person less than a nanosecond to recognize the […]
Tough loss, on dealing with one — Valvano philosophy
If you’re a passionate fan as I am, who believes as Vince Lombardi does that “Show me a ‘good loser’ and I’ll show you a loser,” it’s good to keep this Valvano advice in mind: Jimmy V says he’ll allow his players 24 hours to feel sorry for themselves and curse the basketball gods. Then, […]
