The ACC is 4-0 after the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten got six bids and is 3-3 – nice work Iowa & Wisconsin and Michigan State. Based on this and the performance of other conferences, Florida State has got to feel more jobbed than they did on Sunday. Why does the […]
Sendek: “Complete Body of Work”
I told you about the new buzz phrase earlier in the week. I honestly don’t know why anyone spends the time interviewing him when everything is exactly the same: “I’m much more inclined to put my finger on all the things that have gone well and not continue to dwell on those last couple of […]
63 Greatest Games in NCAA Tournament History
Each March, the air becomes full of lists, “look backs” and NCAA nostalgia. Last year we highlighted that NC State dominates one writer’s All-Time Comeback List. This year, we add to the mix NC State’s presence in the 63 Greatest Tournament Games ever played with 3 of the top 34 games. One game that I […]
Lavin: Don’t Lose in the First Round
“You don’t want to lose in the first round at UCLA because your whole offseason is miserable. Talk Radio. Letters to the editor. Wooo!” Former UCLA Head Basketball Coach, Steve Lavin on ESPN Television talking about the standards of the great programs. Related Kentucky quotes here. Similar Carolina quotes here. Lavin was 5-1 in first […]
“Five Straight NCAA Tournaments”
“Five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances” You hear it all the time. This^ factoid has become this year’s primary and almost exclusive battle-cry of the Herb Sendek Sunshine Squad. It is the foreward written for the 2006 edition of the HSSS Handbook. It is everywhere. You cannot hide from it. And, it is quite an accomplishment…isn’t […]
Tudor Turns Up The Heat
UPDATED @ 11:45AM This entry has received a lot of positive comments from various sources. I am going to continue to clean the entry and make additions/subtractions/links to it. With the presence of hyperlinks, I think that this piece can eventually evolve into a centralized, “Definititve piece” about the coaching issue. When I was younger, […]
Use “Bracket Brains”
We are going to pin this to the top of the blog for the next couple of days…so, don’t miss any of our new stuff that will be logged below this. Additionally, don’t miss our most recent update on the current coaching situation in Raleigh. If you never check out our constantly-evolving set of links […]
The Oregon Job: AD Meeting with Kent
After StateFansNation shared this link today, the eyes of the NC State community are turning to Eugene, Oregon as a potentially spot for the embattled coach to jettison. But, as the SFN piece also higlighted, it doesn’t look like the interest is mutual. Obviously Oregon people don’t know basketball like Lee Fowler. We found this […]
2006.03.13_NC State Basketball Bytes
Cal We aren’t going to spend a ton of time previewing Cal or talking about NC State’s “chances” in the Big Dance. I just don’t have the time this week, nor the desire. About all that you need to know is the name – Leon Powe. If you want to surf some Cal stuff, then […]
Palm Moves Pack to the Bubble
VaWolf and I highlighted this possible scenario yesterday in this entry. With NC State’s recent losses, Jerry Palm of CollegeRPI.com has moved NC State to the bubble. His most recent bracket lists the Pack as a #10 seed projected to play Indiana, who has run their coach off despite an NCAA Tournament appearance this year […]
