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This morning the ACC finalized its Friday night schedule for the 2026 season, and NC State will play two Friday games this fall, including its home-opener against Richmond. When the league released the schedule back in January, this part of it wasn’t set. NC State had three games listed as “FRIDAY OR SATURDAY” on the […]
Who’s the Pack playing? Opponent: North Carolina Mascot: Filthy Feet | School Location: Bellichickville, NC | Conference: ACC 2026 Record: 41-9-1 (20-7, 2nd) | 2026 RPI Rank: 5 2025 Record: 46-15 (18-11 3rd) | 2025 RPI Rank: 9 2024 Record: 48-16 (22-8, 1st Coastal) | 2024 RPI Rank: 4 When? Where? How do I watch? Location: Doak Field at Dail […]
We’re down to the final week of the 2026 college baseball regular season. There are 35 teams that have locked up an NCAA Regional bid pretty much regardless of what happens down during the final week of the regular season and their respective conference tournaments. Those 35 teams represent 7 conferences (plus independent Oregon State), […]
With the expansion of the NCAA basketball tournament just done, attention turns to college football, where postseason expansion has seemingly been an inevitability since the College Football Playoff enlarged to 12 teams. It’ll be a 12-team field in 2026, but expansion is imminent—whether that’s to 16 teams or 24 teams is the only sticking point. […]
Things are starting to get busier in Raleigh. The first summer session starts next week, so many of the players should be on campus to begin the summer skills and conditioning programs. We know Kyle Evans will not be there for another month while he finishes school at UC-Irvine. Coach Gainey probably completes his staff […]
NC State defeated Texas, 4-2, on Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight. This is the Pack’s first Elite Eight appearance since 2023. NC State entered the tournament as the No. 8 national seed, and Texas was No. 9. With the win, NC State heads to the next round to face top-seeded Georgia in […]
NC State’s softball season came to an unpleasant end in the ACC tournament earlier this week—the Wolfpack gave up a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to lose in walk-off fashion to Louisville. Thus concluded a 27-26 (7-16) campaign, and the third year for head coach Lindsay Leftwich. It’s been 11 years […]
Who’s the Pack playing? Opponent: Stanford Mascot: Nightmare Fuel Tree | School Location: Lelandville, CA | Conference: ACC 2026 Record: 23-22 (10-14, T-10th) | 2026 RPI Rank: 116 2025 Record: 27-25 (11-19 13th) | 2025 RPI Rank: 52 2024 Record: 22-33 (11-19, 8th Pac-12) | 2024 RPI Rank: 157 When? Where? How do I watch? Location: Klein Field at Sunken […]
Surprising no one, the NCAA decided that an increase in revenue was a good thing and added 8 teams to the tournament for both the men and women beginning in 2027. Estimates are that the additional teams will generate $300 million in revenue over the remaining six years of the broadcast contract. $131 million of […]
Portal season has been pretty quiet on the women’s side, but no doubt that ex-Colorado guard Desiree Wooten was a critical recent addition to Wes Moore. Not only does Wooten give NC State a second reliable scorer in the backcourt, she’ll also help replace some of the three-point production that Zam Jones took with her. […]
“We’re going to be active, we’re going to be aggressive, and we’re going to be very competitive in the transfer portal. “ Coach Gainey Transfer Rankings: Using the 247sports transfer rankings as of Cinco de Mayo, we see NC State ranked 27th. That just considers the six transfers and excludes Whitty, McNeil, and Wilkins. That […]
In a must-win series with NCAA Regional at-large hopes in jeopardy, NC State came through with a huge home series win over Miami, capturing the final two games over the Hurricanes. Entering Friday’s action with an RPI ranking in the low-50’s, the Wolfpack moved up 15 spots in the rankings and entered more firm territory. […]
The only offseason story in Wolfpack basketball nearly as big as hiring Coach Gainey has been the question of, will Paul McNeil return to play for his third coach in three seasons? Recently we have been hearing there has been increased pressure for him to make his decision, which will help Coach Gainey and staff […]
Who’s the Pack playing? Opponent: Miami Mascot: Embraced Fear | School Location: Dextertown, FL | Conference: ACC 2026 Record: 32-12 (12-9, T-4th) | 2026 RPI Rank: 29 2025 Record: 35-27 (15-14, 9th) | 2025 RPI Rank: 34 2024 Record: 27-30 (11-19, 6th Coastal) | 2024 RPI Rank: 81 When? Where? How do I watch? Location: Doak Field at Dail Park […]
It’s the end of April and several weeks since the transfer portal has closed, which means that the basketball roster … (adjusting binoculars) … looks like it has at least five guys on there. These last two years have been a weird experience to say the least—the coaching changes, sure, but basically just having an […]
Latest transfer news: Darius Adams Commits The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, combo guard Darius Adams, transferring after one season at Maryland. Coming out of high school Darius was a top 25 McDonald’s All-American recruit and had taken official visits to both NC State and Tennessee. Despite his high school resume, […]
The First Four in Dayton is now but quaint memory as we careen head-on into the brand new Mediocrity Mega Mania era, a sprawling NIT Lite of a play-in to the NCAA tournament that will include not eight but 24 teams. You didn’t ask for it, and baby, you got it. This is the result […]
For the second time in 14 days, NC State maintained control throughout a thorough win over East Carolina, this time topping the Pirates in Raleigh by a final score of 12-2 in eight innings. NC State took an early 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning. Ty Head led off with a bloop single and scored […]
Coach Gainey has picked up his first high school recruit and planted his recruiting flag in North Carolina, class of 2026 point guard Kingston Whitty. He originally committed to WVU last November but recently decommitted and chose the Wolfpack. Coach Gainey had recruited him for Tennessee and had him onsite in Knoxville last fall. Kingston […]
East Carolina @ NC State | Tue, Apr 28 @ 6:00pm | ACCNX | Stats It’s only been two weeks since NC State and East Carolina last faced off, a game that resulted in a one-sided Wolfpack win, but the direction of the two teams since that game has been dramatically different. The Pirates exited […]
Another significant change to college sports appears imminent, with the NCAA taking the next step toward implementation of a new five-years-to-play-five-years eligibility model that basically establishes an age cap for athletes. It’s likely this will be in place for the 2026-27 academic year. From the NCAA: After a robust discussion, the Division I Board of […]
NC State’s NCAA Regional at-large hopes took a massive hit in Blacksburg this weekend, as NC State dropped their ACC series to the Hokies, two games to one. Brett Renfrow tossed a gem for Virginia Tech on Friday night, going 8.0 IP or 3-hit, scoreless ball with just one walk and 9 strikeouts in leading […]
Justin Joly and Brandon Cleveland had to wait a while to hear their names called during the NFL Draft, but finally found their landing spots on Saturday afternoon. Joly was taken by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round, at No. 152 overall. I was surprised he ended up falling that far into the field, […]
The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, guard RJ Keene II, from Boise State. Keene was a starter for most of the year at Boise State, expected to come off the bench for the Wolfpack. NOTE: Coach Gainey has now signed five players from the portal by day 17, faster than whatshisname […]
Who’s the Pack playing? Opponent: Virginia Tech Mascot: Thanksgiving Dinner | School Location: Metallica, VA | Conference: ACC 2026 Record: 20-19 (9-12, 9th) | 2026 RPI Rank: 41 2025 Record: 31-25 (12-18, 12th) | 2025 RPI Rank: 56 2024 Record: 32-22 (14-16, 5th Coastal) | 2024 RPI Rank: 68 When? Where? How do I watch? Location: English Field (Blacksburg, VA) […]