NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) NC State’s C.J. Leslie rolls with criticism Go ahead and take your best shot at C.J. Leslie. Find a message board thread to vent about the N.C. State forward’s inconsistencies or cut out the middle man and hammer him on Twitter. After three years, Leslie is not only used […]
Kellie Harper
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL R. Cory Smith (N&O) No. 8 seed NC State hopes experience helps against Temple in Dayton But despite the woes throughout the season, State finished with a 24-win season and returned to the NCAA tournament. With Gottfried reaching the tournament this season, he becomes just the third ACC coach to do so […]
Gameday Headlines (Pack at Noles)
Here we go folks, this one is for the coveted day off. Remember the Pack can finish as the #3 seed (NCSU Win & UNC Loss), the #4 seed (NCSU Win & UNC Win or NCSU Loss/UVA Loss), or the #5 seed (NCSU Loss & UVA Win). This one means a lot so there is […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Tim Crothers (N&O) NC State’s Howell, Wood remember the beginning Once upon a time, many years ago, their story began at a Pizza Hut on Western Boulevard. Two freshmen. One sprung from SEC soil. The other straight out of Hoosiers. One a relentless rebounder. The other the kind of sublime jump shooter […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Leslie leads NC State to 81-66 win over Wake Forest Leslie’s 19 points and 10 rebounds helped N.C. State throttle Wake Forest 81-66 for the Pack’s sixth win in seven games and third straight at home by double-digits. N.C. State closed out its home schedule with a 16-1 record, […]
Marissa Kastanek leads Wolfpack to easy win on Senior Night
The Wolfpack women, lead by lone senior Marissa Kastanek, easily beat a depleted Virginia squad 80-59 tonight in Reynolds Coliseum. NC State ups its record to 14-15 overall while bettering their conference record to 6-11. Virginia fell to 15-13 overall, and 7-10 in the conference. Kastanek hit two early three pointers to ease any senior […]
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 […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) History in the remaking Tommy Burleson is an optimist. One of the stars of N.C. State’s 1974 national title team, Burleson understands just how good the Wolfpack can be in basketball. Maybe it was the nostalgia, or a tinge of wishful thinking, but Burleson left the alumni reunion at […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) O’Brien, Pack want to end ‘roller coaster’ trend If there’s one thing N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien knows, it’s his team can bounce back after a tough loss. But life after big wins? Prosperity has created a different set of problems for the Wolfpack, which had a week off […]
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 […]
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