A major press conference has been scheduled for 4pm EST this afternoon in Blacksburg, Virgina. Twitter is all abuzz with rumors that Hokie head basketball coach, Seth Greenberg, has been fired…including this tweet just moments ago from Hokies Journal: CBSSports.com just posted this: Virginia Tech will announce at a 4 p.m. press conference that Seth […]
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Monday Musings
December 12, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL EDWARD G. ROBINSON III (N&O) Eagles give Wolfpack a scare N.C. State never trailed N.C. Central, yet it took a greater-than-expected effort to defeat the visitors from Durham. Fighting off the Eagles over the final five minutes of Sunday’s game, the Wolfpack escaped Reynolds Coliseum with a 65-60 victory […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
November 30, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Eric Leak Excommunicated The letter, which was sent Nov. 23 and signed by athletic director Debbie Yow, bars Leak from any contact with current or future N.C. State athletes and from the school’s athletic facilities, specifically for basketball and football. [snip] Leak, 34, is also not […]
TOB ouster speculation begins
A Twitter account called Football Rumor Mill (link) attached to this website posted a few items today that we re-tweeted. Haven’t had time to blog much the last few days — letting our message forums carry the heavy load — but wanted to share the tweets. Multiple sources indicate NC State is likely to dump […]
TOB & Spaziani hitting national ‘hot seat’ radar
Two coaches and programs inextricably linked through personnel moves of the last five years are now coming full circle in the national media. ESPN’s Heather Dinich had this today It’s a game of musical chairs in the ACC, and there are two new coaches trying to stay off the hot seat: NC State’s Tom O’Brien […]
Welcome to the Big Leagues
Alternative Title: You can’t run with the big dogs if you sit on the porch. Or maybe: You can’t run with the big dogs if you pee like a puppy. Then there’s always the politician’s creed: It’s always easy when you’re spending other people’s money. . . . . . …VCU’s overall university fee will […]
Mark Turgeon joins ACC as Maryland Head Coach
Mark Turgeon convened a meeting of the Texas A&M basketball family at 7:45pm Central / 8:45pm Eastern. Fifteen minutes later the news broke that Turgeon had accepted the vacant Maryland men’s basketball job. SFN welcomed Coach Turgeon accordingly. (Link) Yes, BJD95 is on suicide watch.
Maryland rejected by Miller, Dixon, Stevens & Brey in less than 24 hours
“Sean Miller Staying at Arizona” Does that headline look familiar to anyone? Talk about a public spurning?! A very different rejection when the whole world knows that you had a meeting and the guy turns you down before your process even gets going. Link Sean Miller is staying at Arizona. Miller told FOXSports.com he has […]
ACC Coaching Turnover
We’ve been talking for a while about the correlation between the recent deterioration of the quality of Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball and the weak set of coaches in the league. With Gary Williams’ surprise retirement, the ACC lost one of the best coaches the conference will ever see; but, on the other hand, we lose […]
Losing the Bubble: Where Yow is Heading
UPDATE: The following was written in the hours before news broke that Mark Gottfried would be NC State’s new men’s basketball coach. It’s still interesting to note the blunt nature of Debbie Yow and how she has presented the NCSU coaching job. Â It shows that she does not want to “lure” anyone to a position […]
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