4:10pm Update Murray State was unimpressive, but they eeked out a 2 point win over Tennessee State that insured that the Ohio Valley Conference will only receive NCAA Tournament bid. ———- Original Entry First order of business – congrats to former Pack assistant Eddie Biedenbach, as he takes UNC-A to a second straight NCAAT. We […]
College Basketball
Wolfpack Women upset top-seeded Duke in ACC Tournament
Today Coach Kellie Harper’s team upset the top seed in the ACC Tournament, Duke, 75-73. After coming back from a halftime deficit for the first time all year yesterday in defeating Florida State 74-71, the Wolfpack women won the right to play the ACC’s top seed with a gaudy 15-1 conference regular season record. History […]
Friday Farrago
March 2nd, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Caulton Tudor (N&O) Wood’s back and so is the Pack The prevailing theory among N.C. State basketball fans for the past several games was that Scott Wood had to resurface at some point. Those fans were right. After missing 31 of his last 38 field-goal attempts, the normally accurate […]
Thursday Compendium
March 1st, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Bret Strelow (FayObserver.com) Wolfpack’s Alex Johnson comes through in clutch With Williams enduring a rough senior night, Johnson gave the Wolfpack a welcomed boost. He sacrificed his body defensively and provided N.C. State with a second ball-handler, finding open teammates without putting possessions at risk. And when Johnson needed […]
Gameday Headlines — Pack vs. Canes
February 29, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Bret Strelow (FayObserver.com) C.J. Williams will have support of his family, as always, on Senior Night at N.C. State N.C. State’s senior night has arrived; reason for Jack Britt High School alum C.J. Williams to celebrate and his parents to reflect. C.J.’s father, Wendell, is amazed at how well […]
ACC Attendance Declining
I have written several articles lately about ACC officiating bias. Here is an article that talks about how ACC basketball game attendance is dropping. IMO the two subjects are related. The article explains: As a whole, the ACC is averaging 9,406 fans through Wednesday. It would be the lowest average for the league since the […]
NCSU is not alone in our disgust at the Duke/UNC double standard
Other people are beginning to tire of the obvious “kid glove” treatment Duke and UNC have been receiving by the ACC. It is a subject that has been discussed on our blog many, many times. In this article in the Augusta Free Press, Chris Graham makes many of the same observations we have made. […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
February 22, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Bret Strelow (FayObserver.com) Despite loss to North Carolina, N.C. State still has shot at NCAA Tournament bid Goal unreachable N.C. State no longer can reach the 11-5 league mark that Gottfried established as a goal, but victories against Clemson (road), Miami (home) and Virginia Tech (road) would put the […]
Corchiani and Gugliotta should be Recognized at UNC Game
I received an email last night from a friend promoting the idea that these two “martyrs of sorts” should be honored or at least recognized before our game on Tuesday. At first I chuckled at the idea as it’s fantastic on its face for the most simple reasons. However, to honor these guys would be […]
FSU/NCSU game day thread
I am not sure I have much left in me. FSU has been missing from three for a while now so it means we will probably see their best shooting in weeks. After the last game, I expect the refs to let them play which is to FSU’s advantage. We can still make the tournament […]
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