DeCourcy posts his take that suspending the ACC officials was the wrong thing to do.
Does Maryland Still Have a Chance?
With three straight losses, I had basically written Maryland off when I did yesterday’s RPI update. Later, I started wondering if I had written them off too soon and decided to take a little closer look. Here’s Maryland’s record since the end of the OOC cupcakes: Sat Jan 7 (61) Miami FL 84, Maryland 70 […]
RPI Update
Going 2-0 at home, State avoided the type of RPI hit that we discussed last week. While home wins don’t count as much as road ones…they are all are good. State is in second-place in the ACC…both in the conference standings and in the RPI: NC State’s RPI I don’t think that many people expect […]
A “Better” Close Win
Although I think it’s early to pronounce NC State’s midseason lull over, I was more heartened by today’s 62-58 win over Maryland than similarly close wins against Clemson and Virginia. Today, I saw much more defensive effort, offensive rebounding, and overall effort and energy. It still shouldn’t have been this close against an overmatched Terps […]
Super Bowl Drinking Game
If you are pulling for the Steelers today, then you definitely hope that Big Ben has not been going out very much since getting to Detroit. (Warning — jealous men should not click on that link!) You also hope that Big Ben isn’t a “Bad Jock” like some of the past participants in the Super […]
Two of My Favorite Coaches Battle
As a fan of college basketball, you can’t help but be attracted to certain personalities and successes throughout the country. I am no different…which is why you will occassionally hear and see some entries about some personalties that may not feel directly related to NC State. Two of my favorite (non-ACC) college basketball coaches are […]
State Signs 20 in Football Class
Football signing day was this week and NC State signed a class of 20 players, choosing not to waste scholarships just to reach the maximum number of 25. State’s class was ranked #41 in the country by Scout.com. This ranking did NOT include the impact of the transfer of highly touted Tight End, Jonathan Hannah […]
Road Victories – Home Losses
Last night I was wearing out the remote watching GW vs Xavier, UNC vs UMd, and Smallville. The Xavier game was crucial to keep GW in the top-50 and protect one of State’s two wins vs top-50 opponents. The ACC match-up featured State’s next opponent…and two of State’s most hated rivals. (And you never know […]
RPI Update -6
Never ascribe to malice those things easily explained by incompetence. Napoleon Bonaparte I guess Napoleon wouldn’t be surprised that even though I live within two hours of both UVa and VT, that neither mid-week game would be available via cable…but we did get WF/UM and of course Duke/BC. Reports on message boards from Richmond say […]
6-2 At the Turn
=====> NC State 66 Virginia 64 I’m loving the level (and the manner) in which our community conducts conversations here. This is a real nice discussion after last night’s win that talks about some micro and macro issues. It does a very nice job of putting the micro and the macro issues into concise perspective. […]
