Luke DeCock wrote a good article today about the hot topic of ACC scheduling/expansion. The following quote really resonated with me as a point that I’ve been trying to make for a while: The ACC’s dominance and success was built on rivalries like N.C. State and North Carolina, not the television markets delivered by ex-Big […]
College Basketball
Sunday Webrun
February 5, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Wood, Pack make it five straight over Wake Forest N.C. State will always have Wake Forest. The ACC will regularly take a game against North Carolina away from the Wolfpack when the league expands to 14 teams, but State and Wake will continue to play twice […]
Gameday Headlines: Pack vs. Deacs
February 4, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack’s Brown looks to rebound Lorenzo Brown has no difficulty assessing the recent flaws in his game. Since a 20-point outing in the Wolfpack’s 76-40 win over Wake Forest on Jan. 14, the N.C. State point guard hasn’t been “playing too well,” by his own account. […]
ACC Halfway Review
Since State has reached the half-way point of its ACC season, I thought we would take another look around the ACC and summarize where everyone is. Here are the ACC standings, RPI rankings, and performance versus RPI Top-50 after Wednesday’s games. Bubble definitions justified here. If you went back and compared these standings to those […]
Thursday Compendium
February 2, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Wood, Leslie help Wolfpack salvage win against Eagles Boston College started the week at No. 229 in the Rating Percentage Index, one spot ahead of Savannah State and one behind Lafayette. That’s not the kind of company N.C. State can afford to keep if it wants […]
Are ACC Basketball Officials Overworked?
I’m sure many of the readers of SFN have jobs that require them to travel. If you are one of those people (or even if you’re not), imagine this is your travel schedule after the Christmas break. Starting on December 27th through January 29th your travel itinerary reads like this: St Louis MO Syracuse NY […]
Gameday Headlines: Pack vs. Hoos
January 28, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Pack looking for its offensive touch There were moments in N.C. State’s loss at North Carolina on Thursday when Wolfpack senior C.J. Williams didn’t recognize his own team. The Wolfpack could not create enough shots from the perimeter and struggled to get shots off from the […]
Gameday Headlines: Pack at Heels
January 26, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL GoPack.com Pack Travels to No. 7 North Carolina NC State makes the short trek down I-40 Thursday to take on Triangle rival No. 7 North Carolina. Gametime is set for 7 p.m., and the game can be heard on the NC State Radio Network and seen on ESPN. The […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
January 25, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Caulton Tudor (N&O) Gottfried keeping it simple in prep for UNC game N.C. State basketball coach Mark Gottfried wants to keep things simple in preparations for his first game against UNC as the Wolfpack’s coach. State (15-5 overall, 4-1 in the ACC) goes to UNC (16-3, 3-1) on Thursday […]
Tuesday Tidbits
January 24, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Caulton Tudor (N&O) Pack-Heels game seems special again It’s been a long time – too long – since a North Carolina vs. N.C. State regular-season basketball felt as special as the one coming Thursday in Chapel Hill. Sure, the ACC is down this season. Sure again, UNC was beaten […]
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