NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C. State working against UNC, history Mark Gottfried provided the current N.C. State players with a history lesson Thursday. Gottfried informed his team, with a message on the white dry-erase board at the team’s practice facility, that the Wolfpack hasn’t swept North Carolina since the 2002-03 season. The Wolfpack […]
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State beats FSU 84-66 (+ Wednesday Woolgathering)
TJ Warren had a monster night with 31 points and 13 boards, Calvin Leslie added 19 points and 10 boards, State mauled FSU 45-21 on the boards en route to 29 second chance points and State finally blew out an ACC opponent 84-66 to win its third straight and improve to 8-5 in the league, […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Jacey Zembal (TheWolfpacker.com) Lorenzo Brown, Tyler Lewis to share backcourt duties Does freshman point guard Tyler Lewis’ role change with Lorenzo Brown back? “I think so. I think he earned the right to play. He’s been very reliable. He’s played pretty effective. We obviously need all of our guys. We only have […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Bret Strelow (FayObserver.com) Wolfpack need to shake off slump N.C. State headed to Clemson last season with hopes of ending an untimely three-game losing streak. The Wolfpack faces the same predicament this weekend. And it can’t afford another loss at Littlejohn Coliseum. N.C. State, the ACC preseason favorite, fell to .500 in […]
Gee, why do State fans complain about ACC officiating?
Anyone who has ever watched an NC State game, please tell me how many times do you think Richard Howell would get away with this? I guess John Clougherty and the ACC officials haven’t yet identified this tendency from Miami. I can’t wait for some jack ass to tell me how State should just do […]
State loses to Miami (Sunday Morning Update: Headlines)
States loses to Miami 79-78, once again, on a last-second tip-in. State led 76-71 with 1:31 remaining but then turned the ball over on consecutive possessions and missed the front end of a one-and-one and then a jumper in the final minute, which gave Miami the chance to win on its final possession. Which they […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL R. Cory Smith (N&O) Purvis at the point for NC State “It’s going to be different because I haven’t played as many minutes as Zo,†Lewis said. “But not a lot of freshman are in this situation right now, so I have to take advantage of it.†Lewis said this might give […]
Tuesday Tidbits (Updated 1:00pm)
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Good at home, Wolfpack can’t let successes cloud road games “When we start off a game on fire, the momentum just kind of wears down,†Howell said. “I feel like it’s just a matter of keeping our head in the game.†Consistency has mostly been an issue on defense. […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Three Points: Warren bounces back, classic Booker and black uniforms 1) Winning with the changeup There’s winning without your fastball and then there’s winning without your fastball, curveball or slider. That’s what N.C. State did on Sunday. C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown scored six points each and the Wolfpack’s […]
Monday Musings
Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Wolfpack still learning to play with a bullseye on its back If last week’s win against Duke was a celebration for the N.C. State basketball team, then the two games that followed it have been an education. So what’s the lesson the Wolfpack has learned from Wednesday’s one-point loss at Maryland and […]
