How will Carolina’s small hotel rooms impact the Tarheels’ quest to advance to the Quarterfinals of the NIT? Will a few days of well-deserved rest help boost the Wolfpack? Can Wake Forest pull a big upset and upset the ‘almost Wolfpacker’ crew of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and John Calipari? Talk about everything you want […]
ACC & Other
On March 20, 1979…
On March 20, 1979… …The McDonald’s All-American High School game was played in the Charlotte Coliseum. The group of players who attended the game included the following: Sidney Lowe, Derek Whittenburg, Ralph Sampson, Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, James Worthy, Sam Bowie, Clark Kellogg, Antoine Carr and Byron Scott.
Random Day One NCAAT Observations (and Looking Ahead)
First, of all – let me state the obvious, in a poorly done Comic Book Guy voice: Best. First Day. Ever! (We aren’t the only people that hold this opinion.) Those of you who’ve been reading my drivel for any length of time know that I absolutely loathe blaming losses on officiating. It’s typically the […]
NCAA Tournament opens without State or Carolina (Updated 11:45am)
March Madness starts today…and, for the first time since 1973 the Tournament will be played without either NC State or North Carolina being represented. Wow. We’ve already promoted our coverage platform and message forums in this link, so no more of that. Despite NC State’s omission from the tournament, the show does in fact go […]
Panthers sign Marcus Hudson
Great news for Wolfpack fans who like to follow former players in the NFL… …former NC State defensive back, Marcus Hudson, has signed a contract with the Carolina Panthers. (Link) Hudson, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound product of North Carolina State, joins the Panthers after playing four seasons for the San Francisco 49ers. He comes off a […]
Post-Selection Sunday Bubble Review
I normally like to get my last bubble review up as soon as possible after the NCAAT Selection Show. Normally that means getting things pulled together on Sunday night. But unfortunately business travel means that “as soon as possible†is today. (But of course, Lake Erie is quite beautiful this time of year, so it’s […]
Coaching Carousel Begins in Earnest – Lutz out at Charlotte
Wow. Judy Rose doesn’t play around. Just a day after a case could be made that UNC-Chapel Hill’s political prowess stole an NIT bid from the Charlotte 49ers, Rose moved to fire the 49ers all-time winningest coach after failing to land in postseason play for the second consecutive season. (Link to article and conversation) The […]
Sunday College Basketball Stuff
Thought we would open this entry for folks to interact if you weren’t interesting in some of the topics being discussed on our message boards. Yesterday was a tough for one for WolfpackNation. If you were looking to cut through the clutter of the 300+ comments in our game entry, then I think you will […]
Comprehensive ACCT Thoughts
I decided to hold my thoughts on State’s ACC tourney performance until it was all over (and since I had stuff going on last night, I waited until today). So here goes: 1) State’s half-court defense against Clemson and Florida State was as good as I’ve seen us play in many, many years. Even against […]
NC State downs Florida State, advances to ACC Tournament semifinals
NC State might be the No. 11 seed in the ACC Tournament programs available at the Greensboro Coliseum, but for the second night in a row the Wolfpack certainly didn’t play the part. One night after upsetting No. 6 seed Clemson, NC State picked up another victory, picking off No. 3 seed Florida State 58-52 […]
