C.J. Leslie had a career game today as NC State rolled over St. Bonaventure 92-73. Leslie had 33 points and 8 rebounds in a game that included Scott Wood adding 23 points as well. Leslie and Wood basically took the Bonnies out by themselves. Overall, it was the best team performance of the year and […]
College Basketball
Thursday Basketball Bytes – Stanford, Officials, UNC & polls
I apologize that we didn’t have more on the Wolfpack’s big win over Stanford yesterday. The real world evidently was calling on all of our author group. A lot of fans found what they were looking for on on our message forums. The following is a nice set of highlights from the game. There are […]
Howell “beasting” as Pack gets ready for Norfolk State
It’s that time of year, mid-December, when all college students are in deep studying mode for exams. As a break, tonight the Wolfpack take on a team who had one of the two biggest NCAA tournament upsets wins from last year, Norfolk State. Norfolk State etched its name into NCAA Tournament lore last year as […]
Worst Free Throw. Great Elbow.
A couple of basketball videos to start off the week. First comes what perhaps is the worst free throw in the history of college basketball that was making the rounds on Twitter on Saturday. I am not exaggerating here. This will put a smile on the faces of all NC State fans who remember Charles […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Late rally not enough, N.C. State falls to Michigan 79-72 On Tuesday, the Wolfpack cut Michigan’s double-digit lead down to five points twice in the final 90 seconds. “We’re a better basketball team today than we were one week ago,†Gottfried said. “I think they are a legitimate top-3, […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Gottfried: Wolfpack trying to regain its groove against No. 3 Michigan There’s something missing from N.C. State’s basketball team and has been for the past two games. Turnovers have hurt, coach Mark Gottfried said, and the execution on offense needs to be better as does the team’s post defense. […]
After 10 minutes of playing time in 2012, Harrow going home from UK
As you see from John Calipari’s tweet above, former NC State guard and current Kentucky player, Ryan Harrow, will be going home with his family and will miss at least the next two games for Kentucky. Some people might choose to title this entry, “Shocker! Bubbleguts going home with mommy”; but, we wouldn’t dare say […]
Puerto Rico Championship Day Headlines
Bret Strelow (fayobserver.com) N.C. State vs. Oklahoma State: Three to know about the Puerto Rico Tip-Off final Oklahoma State (3-0) vs. N.C. State (3-0), Sunday at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2 2. Breaking down the opponent Oklahoma State reached the Puerto Rico Tip-Off final by holding Tennessee to 29.2 percent shooting and a 5-for-23 effort from […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Warren’s 22 carries N.C. State to 72-55 win over Penn State Last season, N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried might have kept Howell in the game, after he picked up his second foul at 17:04 in the first half, or brought him back in before the end of the half, […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Basketball recruiting: N.C. State, Gottfried have ‘street cred’ with top player Mark Gottfried only knows one way to recruit: identify the best players and go after them. Hard. If that means recruiting in the same circles as North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky and Kansas, so be it. “I’m not going […]
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