ESPN is reporting that Monte Towe has accepted on offer to join Sidney Lowe’s staff at NC State. “It hasn’t been an easy decision, but I’m going to go to NC State,” Towe told ESPN.com. “The issue making it hard for me is how much I love this team, this city. But all things being […]
Weekend Open Entry
Weekend open entry: * We encourage everybody to attend the post-press conference event for Coach Lowe and fly your car flags today. * Some readers have noticed that we haven’t chimed in with any opinion on the Lowe hire as of yet. We will be doing it in the comingn days. * Perspective from N&O […]
Fans to Greet Coach Lowe on Saturday
From GoPack.com Greet the New Men’s Basketball Coach at Paul Deer Track Fans encouraged to congregate at Paul Deer Track to meet the new coach. RALEIGH, N.C. – Because of the large number of fans who would like to greet NC State’s new men’s basketball coach on Saturday, the athletics department will open the Paul […]
Lowe’s Rumored Staff (Updated 11:15am)
The Sidney Lowe era will begin soon and substantial rumors are circulating focused on the potential make-up of Lowe’s first staff in Raleigh. The composition of Lowe’s staff is going to be of the most extreme importance due to his lack of experience of collegiate coaching experience. We are NOT confirming these names as definite […]
Jones: Dreaming of Lengthy NCAAT Runs
“With the right person, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that NC State can be at a level where its fans every October 15th can dream of a lengthy run in the NCAA Tournament. I don’t see any reason why the program is not like that. It should be like that every year. […]
NC State to Hire Sidney Lowe (6:45 pm – Towe to join staff?)
Chip Alexander and Caulton Tudor of the News & Observer broke the story today that NC State will hire alumnus and former Wolfpack point guard, Sidney Lowe as the program’s Head Basketball Coach. N.C. State is set to hire Detroit Pistons assistant coach Sidney Lowe as its new head basketball coach, sources with knowledge of […]
ACC – Big 10 Challenge Pairings Set
Open your Outlook calendars and start typing – the pairings for this year’s ACC-Big10 Challenge have been set. NC State will host Tommy Amaker’s Michigan Wolverines on ESPN2 on the first night of the Challenge. (November 27th). You will remember that State laid a fat egg in Ann Arbor a few years ago in the […]
Tuesday Morning Coaching Comments
The following are some very quick coaching comments, some in replies to comments/questions made over the last few days: * Almost everyone we know has grown weary through this search. Over the weekend, it is almost like someone finally flipped the switch on people’s interest that had experienced some intermittent flickering over the last month. […]
Falling Behind Carolina
We don’t link to The Robesonian very often. But, why not give the other set a bone or two? (You will know that things have gotten really bad here when we drive traffic toward’s the Asheville Citizen-Times; that is so bad that we won’t even hotlink the name of the newspaper here). The Robesonian proclaims […]
Glenn Details the Academic Issue
Dave Glenn had a nice update today on his blog that focused on some of the “Hidden Factors” of Lee Fowler’s search for a new basketball coach. The issue of academic standards were discussed at length in both Rick Barnes and John Calipari’s discussions with NC State. (You know, the Rick Barnes conversations that didn’t […]
