NC STATE BASKETBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) N.C. State has opportunity to accomplish something special. But will it? Coach Mark Gottfried offered up some words of wisdom to his N.C. State basketball team last March as it prepared to play Kansas in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 in St. Louis. The advice has become even more […]
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Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL R. Cory Smith (N&O) Purvis at the point for NC State “It’s going to be different because I haven’t played as many minutes as Zo,†Lewis said. “But not a lot of freshman are in this situation right now, so I have to take advantage of it.†Lewis said this might give […]
Home Cookin’ vs. Dining Out
If you’re a basketball stats geek then the term Tempo Free Stats (TFS) gets your heart going and you cringe every time a media personality starts quoting per game stats to compare players or a player from season to season. For those who aren’t familiar with TFS it’s basically this, each game is going to […]
Dereck Whittenburg, ACC Tournament Legend!
AWESOME honor for Dereck! Whitt probably could justify this honor on the back of a single half of basketball – his semi-finals performance vs UNC in 1983. I know that Lorenzo Charles has already been named Tournament Legend, so this now at least 2 off of our 1983 Championship team. Others joining Whitt on this […]
Tuesday Tidbits (Updated 1:00pm)
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Good at home, Wolfpack can’t let successes cloud road games “When we start off a game on fire, the momentum just kind of wears down,†Howell said. “I feel like it’s just a matter of keeping our head in the game.†Consistency has mostly been an issue on defense. […]
Wolfpack 91 – Holes 83 “Butt Kicking” Headlines
Remember, if you haven’t re-registered for our new (and significantly improved) Message Forum community, then you need to click here and start getting familiar with the all of the new features. Joe Giglio (N&O) Energized N.C. State beats UNC 91-83 Caulton Tudor (N&O) Brown’s size, experience too much for Paige Luke DeCock (N&O) Pack shines […]
Friday Farrago
NCAA Peter Tiernan (BracketScience.com) Champ Check: Six have inside track to title Selection Sunday is 45 days away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start narrowing in on your choice for the tourney’s ultimate champ. By monitoring a few key factors from now until the brackets are set, you can reduce your list of champion […]
Champions or Also-Rans? Wolfpack Players Will Have To Decide Which They Want To Be
This year’s NC State team has a simple question they need to ask themselves: are we willing to do what it takes to be champions? Judging by the results during the Duke game, the answer would have seemed like it was “yes.” Ever since, not so much. Compare and contrast: against Duke, NC State shot […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Three Points: Warren bounces back, classic Booker and black uniforms 1) Winning with the changeup There’s winning without your fastball and then there’s winning without your fastball, curveball or slider. That’s what N.C. State did on Sunday. C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown scored six points each and the Wolfpack’s […]
Monday Musings
Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Wolfpack still learning to play with a bullseye on its back If last week’s win against Duke was a celebration for the N.C. State basketball team, then the two games that followed it have been an education. So what’s the lesson the Wolfpack has learned from Wednesday’s one-point loss at Maryland and […]
