We’re #34!!

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NC State finished #34 in this year’s Directors’ Cup standings, a noticeable impovement from last year’s #51. Congratuations!

Recent Wolfpack finishes have been as follows:

—Lee Fowler Years—-
2005-06 – #34
2004-05 – #51
2003-04 – #39

2002-03 – #43
2001-02 – #46
2000-01 – #56
—Les Robinson Years—
1999-00 – #40
1998-99 – #63
1997-98 – #43
1996-97 – #57
—Todd Turner Years—
1995-96 – #34
1994-95 – #32
1993-94 – #59

The Wolfpack’s #34 ranking equates to 6th place in the 12-team Atlantic Coast Conference, a nice improvement from last year’s #9 placement. Additionally, State was able to best the programs of Wake Forest and Miami this year, both small, private institutions with a fraction of the resource base as NC State. The ACC’s schools finished the season as follows:

(4) UNC-Chapel Hill
(8) Duke
(17) Florida State
(26) Virginia
(27) Maryland
(34) NC State
(39) Clemson
(42) Miami
(44) Wake Forest
(45) Virginia Tech
(50) Georgia Tech
(51) Boston College

Last season, one of our best readers took the time to outline NC State’s finish in every single sport. The following were the results of NC State Athletics in all sports in the 2004-2005 academic year:

Baseball: 6th place (5th place in the old ACC)
M. Basketball: 7th place (5th place in the old ACC)
M. Cross Country: 1st place
Football: 9th place (7th place in the old ACC)
M. Golf: 4th place
M. Soccer: 6th place
M. Swimming/Diving: 6th place
M. Tennis: 10th place (8th place in the old ACC)
M. Track (Outdoor): 7th place (6th place in the old ACC)
M. Track (Indoor): 8th place (7th place in the old ACC)
Wrestling: 2nd place

W. Basketball: 3rd place
W. Cross Country: 3rd place
W. Golf: 3rd place tie
W. Soccer: 9th place (8th place in the old ACC)
Softball: 4th place
W. Swimming/Diving: 8th place (7th place in the old ACC)
W. Tennis: 10th place (9th place in the old ACC)
W. Track (Outdoor): 5th place (4th place in the old ACC)
W. Track (Indoor): 8th place (7th place in the old ACC)
Volleyball: 11th place (9th place in the old ACC)

We would welcome similar information for this year from our readers in the comments section of this entry.

Related link to ACC’s story on Director’s Cup

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30 Responses to We’re #34!!

  1. choppack1 06/30/2006 at 2:32 PM #

    UVA – $59,825,403
    FSU – $56,412,748
    UNC – $54,6127,880
    MD – $46,508,648
    GT – $40,942,114
    Clemson – $39,977,199
    Va Tech – $37,465,129
    NC State – $37,048,794

    Now – what you do is break down their Director’s Cup finish and determine what you get in terms of finish per dollar spent.

  2. tcthdi-tgsf-twhwtnc 06/30/2006 at 3:50 PM #

    I stand corrected on the shower. The guy I’m thinking about is not a Dean but he is an Executive Director of one of the university departments.

    Yes, I think the Alumni building is beneficial to the University as a whole but many of the facilities will not be open to all alumni but to donors or members of clubs. Also the scale of the project is incredible and almost impossible to justify- One of the largest alumni centers in the country? The money raised for this project takes money that alumni may very well donate to other projects that help students.

    Just drives me crazy that priorities seem to really screwed up when you build a marbled floor alumni center on centennial campus before you build a library or cafeteria for students.

    SFN: This is the first that we’ve heard about NC State not having a library or dining halls for students.

    Call me old fashioned to think the university mission is research and education not building clubs and suites for white hairs to sip brandy.

    SFN: If the “white hairs” are paying for it and the university is not, how is it negatively impacting the university. It is their money to do with as they please.

  3. GoldenChain 06/30/2006 at 7:11 PM #

    I’m not sure that making post season play constitutes “success” with the expanded fields in the NCAA these days (especially when we struggle to beat you-know-who at anything). That’s like saying we’d (or ‘me’ anyway) would be satisfied with last years f’ball season because we went to a bowl.
    I say we need to consistently be able to compete with our peers (ie Big 4) regardless of how the Director’s Cup thing shakes out.
    The fact still remains that unx has made a decision that we haven’t and that’s to be competitive in every sport they play both men’s and women’s.
    (I know, I know, except f’ball).

    You know, if we were competitive with our peers across the board then we actually would be competitive on the Director’s Cup by default!

  4. redfred2 07/05/2006 at 12:06 AM #

    ^GoldenChain

    Is that really possible? Can a school such as NC State, with it’s limited resources, still be considered part of the big Four?

  5. blpack 07/05/2006 at 8:09 PM #

    Still only scratching the surface of our potential at 34. LF has a lot to improve upon.

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