The ‘Wolfpack Nine’ finished the ACC Baseball season in 6th place, but was playing very well in the later part of the season. The Pack’s solid play has continued into the ACC Tournament where State defeated #3 seeded Miami on Wednesday. You can follow the whole tournament at the ACC.com’s website. It is an important […]
Football Facilities Arm Race…in High School
Pigskin Priorities “Looking six stories down from the VIP-ready “Texas Room” to a field made of the same brand of artificial turf on which the Dallas Cowboys play, Ken Purcell declares, “This is probably the best high school football stadium in the country. I’m not making any apologies.” Purcell, Denton Independent School District’s athletics director, […]
ALERT: Reynolds Coliseum Fire
WRAL News WTVD News Pack Pride’s Message Boards can sometimes be source for on-the-ground information: Reynolds Fire Link
ACC Baseball Seeds are Set
The seeds are set for the ACC Baseball Tournament that begins tomorrow in Jacksonville, Florida. The Wolfpack is the conferences 6th seed after taking 2 of 3 from 4th seed, Florida State, this weekend. The University of North Carolina bested Lee Fowler’s Athletics Department in yet another sport as the Tarheels finished the regular season […]
Nate Watch
From today’s Houston Chronicle: “Losing the Waiting Game? The Sonics left Nate McMillan dangling on the last year of his contract. Now they’re going to pay for it. The Knicks have dragged their feet long enough in their coaching search for the Sonics to be done with their season, having done nothing but raise McMillan’s […]
Former Wolfpacker on UC’s Potential List
Earlier this week, the University of Cincinnati announced that it was ceasing contract negotiations with current Head Basketball Coach, Bob Huggins. Huggins has only two years remaining on his contract and UC has decided not to negotiate an extension. he has announced that he will not accept a buyout and that he plans to remain […]
SI: State is Origin of Final Four’s Greatness
“To me, 1983 is when the Final Four became the greatest single sporting event in America.” – Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated on Sports Illustrated’s 50 Years of the Final Four Television Special
Tuesday: NBA & NC State
Four quick NC State Basketball items related to the NBA to share: (1) Nate McMillan has already earned NBA Coach of the Year honors for what he did in Seattle this season. Tonight, the Sonics have a chance to take a 3-2 series lead against heavily favored San Antonio. On Sunday, the Sonics amazingly found […]
Jobs for Life
A few months ago, a couple of posters on Pack Pride’s Message Boards shared a detailed analysis of the performance of NC State’s non-revenue Athletics Programs. The results were not good. Some of the results of the programs were nowhere close even being mediocre. They were embarassing. One such program that fits that mold is […]
Going Back to Two (Important?) Issues
I’m just a little curious about a couple of quick items/questions related to some of the changes on our basketball staff that I have not seen addressed and I wanted to revist on the blog. I know a lot of folks over on Pack Pride’s message boards have grown to severely dislike my Internet persona…but, […]
