My first in-person basketball games came in the upper deck of Madison Square Garden, watching the Knicks. I remember being surprised at how often bigs, like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, didn’t cross half court. Then, when I went to NC State and started to get courtside seats, I was surprised with how physical the games were. [...]
After shooting 2-16 in the loss Wednesday to North Carolina, DJ Horne was removed from the starting lineup for Michael O’Connell in Saturday’s game at Louisville. The move paid off in spades, as O’Connell had 11 points, six assists and a +13 in his 31 minutes on the floor. And Horne came off the bench [...]
Not long after Ralph Sampson left, Virginia became the worst team in the league to watch play, consistently fielding teams that played plodding, half-court games. And that’s said by an NC State fan, who haven’t exactly been confused with run-and-gun Loyola Marymount teams for most of that span. It’s a borderline chore watching Virginia basketball. [...]
The N.C. State Wolfpack trailed the entire game, until with 0.6 seconds remaining, DJ Bruns completed an up and under move to give them a 54-52 road win over Notre Dame Wednesday night. Longtime fans will recognize that score, as that’s the same one State prevailed with over the Houston Cougars in the 1983 NCAA [...]
In a few days, the Pack will resume its basketball season, after having an extended break. The team sits at 9-3 but the early-season schedule didn’t divulge a whole lot. The good news is that they didn’t get tripped up by any of the tomato cans on the schedule. Additionally, they won a conference road [...]
After stepping up in quality of opposition the previous four games, the Wolfpack returned to the early-season tomato cans and defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore, 93-61, Wednesday night at the annual Heritage Game at Reynolds Coliseum. It was quite a day for State sports, as the football team got a verbal commitment from a four-star linebacker, the [...]
The Wolfpack completed the early, easy portion of their schedule with a 3-0 record. While that was expected, what comes as a bit of a surprise is the way they went about accomplishing those wins. Now, the schedule is about to take a step up in competition, as State gets ready to play two games [...]
Most NC State fans were cautiously optimistic about the football team and then a sub-par offensive line and a disappointing running game led to some early losses. But now back-to-back wins against Clemson and Miami the past two weeks have turned the season around and the team sits at 6-3, with the possibility of a [...]
After ending the season on a down note, losing back-to-back games and dropping four of their final seven contests, there was some concern about North Carolina State maybe blowing its NCAA tournament chances. But hopefully that “sky is falling” concern was put to rest with an emphatic 97-77 dismantling of the Virginia Tech Hokies in [...]
After going 3-0 since our last update, North Carolina State cracked the AP Top 25. By itself that’s a great thing for a team that finished in the bottom of the ACC a season ago. But it comes at a time when neither of the blues – Carolina and Duke – are ranked. Noted ACC [...]
State concluded the first half of its ACC schedule with a 6-4 conference record, thanks to winning two of three games since our last update. The two wins came versus two of the bottom teams in the conference in Ga. Tech and Notre Dame. The lone loss was versus North Carolina, one that saw star [...]