The final ‘all-sports’ intercollegiate Directors Cup for 2007-2008 has been released and is accessible by clicking here. (Looks like Lee Fowler’s second embarrassment in one day.)
NC State didn’t obtain extra credit for our great ‘fuhcilities’ or our fantastic fans and therefore finished the year ranked 56th in the country and next to last in the Atlantic Coast Conference, besting private institution Boston College.
NC State finished #56 in the Director’s Cup in “Coach” Lee Fowler’s first year as Athletics Director in 2000-2001 and before he set out on his important ‘seven year facilities plan’ that was proclaimed finished in yesterday’s release of the Athletics Department’s annual report. So, after all of those important facilities that had to be built before we could start holding coaches accountable, the Wolfpack’s program is sitting exactly where it was in Fowler’s first year on the job and worse than the average of State’s finishes under both Les Robinson and Todd Turner’s tenure as ADs at NC State (when our facilities were so bad). (Click here for a detailed comparison of recent ADs at NC State).
Additionally, NC State finished 53rd of all 66 BCS (major conference) institutions. The Wolfpack bested 13 schools – Iowa State, Vanderbilt (Lee Fowler’s alma mater who does not have an actual Athletics Department), Ole Miss, Boston College, Kansas State, Washington State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Oregon State, South Florida, Mississippi State, Rutgers and Cincinnati.
* A sampling of ‘surprising’ programs that ranked ahead of NC State include the following: Hawaii, Denver, UConn, Baylor, BYU and Northwestern.
* State bested Texas Christian by a quarter of one point (365.5 to 365.25).
* Princeton and Harvard do not provide athletics scholarships and finished only five and six spots behind NC State, respectively.
* Fresno State, Tulsa, UTEP, Northern Iowa and Navy all finished within striking distance of the Wolfpack (within 10 spots)
* NC State was beaten by three of the ACC’s four private institutions including Miami and Wake Forest.
The ACC’s rankings ended up as follows:
14. UNC
15. FSU
17. UVA
19. Duke
37. Va Tech
43. Clemson
45. Wake Forest
46. Miami
52. Maryland
55. Ga Tech
56. NC State
69. BC
For an historical perspective on NC State’s performance in the competition you can look below:
—Lee Fowler Years—-
2007-08 – #56
2006-07 – #44
2005-06 – #34
2004-05 – #51
2003-04 – #39
2002-03 – #43
2001-02 – #46
2000-01 – #56
—Les Robinson Years—
1999-00 – #40
1998-99 – #63
1997-98 – #43
1996-97 – #57
—Todd Turner Years—
1995-96 – #34
1994-95 – #32
1993-94 – #59
