Since the beginning of the 1992-1993 athletics season, NC State University is the only full-time BCS affiliated institution that has failed to win single conference championship in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball or baseball. Today marks the start of the 57th Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, and perhaps the last of almost 57 attempts for […]
ACC & Other
ACC Tournament Coverage (Live Blog at 9:15 p.m.)
For those interested in keeping up with the games during the day Thursday, check out the forums throughout the day. Work schedules may keep some of you from being in front of television sets, but IÂ asked for the day off just to have the chance to sit down and watch every minute of the first […]
Wolfpack Beer Summit
I had a chance Wednesday night to meet up with James from Yet Another NC State Sports Blog and Steven from Backing the Pack to eat, drink and talk a little basketball. We recorded some of our thoughts and James was nice enough to put together a video we could host on our individual sites. […]
Pre-ACCT Bubble Watch
As time begins to run out on bubble teams, let’s see who can coast into the NCAAT and who still has some work to do in the ACCT to avoid the two tournaments for losers. If you have missed our past discussions on exactly what it takes to clear the bubble and land into the […]
Glennon’s wait is over, starting Tuesday
He’s got it all – exceptional height, above-average arm strength, solid decision-making abilities and a winner’s mentality. Mike Glennon had all that down when he came to NC State two years ago. Patience might not have been high on the list. It is now. The highly-recruited, highly-decorated quarterback from Westfield High School in Chantilly, VA was supposed […]
ACC Tournament Tickets- A Buyer’s Market
Here is something you don not see everyday. Complete books of ACC Tournament tickets going for fifty cents on the dollar. You can see the ‘Pack (and Heels) play for $13 on Thursday night. Do you tink it is the economy, ACC expansion, lack of decent ACC teams?
On March 8, 1968…
On March 8, 1968… …NC State defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semi-finals by a 12-10 score in one of the more unusual games in Tournament history. The Wolfpack was primarily responsible for slowing the pace and scored only one basket in the first half, trailing Duke 4-2 at halftime. […]
2010 All-ACC Basketball Picks
In what we hope to make an annual tradition, we once again announce our selections the same night regular season play is complete. Yes, you will notice a distinct Terrapin flavor with respect to the major awards, but if you have watched them play down the stretch, I think you’ll understand (even if you don’t […]
NC State takes down Boston College on Senior Day, 66-54
When Dennis Horner hit the RBC Center hardwood with 18:13 left in Saturday’s game with Boston College, he got up with blood streaming down the right side of his face. Head coach Sidney Lowe said he wasn’t sure if the senior forward would return. Return he did. All it took was a few stitches and […]
On March 7, 1970…
On March 7, 1970… Unranked NC State defeated Frank McGuire’s 3rd-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks in double overtime by a score of 42-39 to win Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in the Charlotte Coliseum. South Carolina had achieved immortality by compiling an undefeated conference record of 14-0 in the regular season. The loss kept the Gamecocks from […]
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