Cheering for anyone else is for quitters.
It wasn’t quite the bounce back performance out of Wes Moore’s crew that we were looking for, what with scoring nine points over the first 10 minutes, but it was more than good enough to take care of Maine. Three games into the season, NC State still hasn’t put together a good shooting performance, with […]
When: Wednesday November 12 – 8:00 PM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ACC Network Opponent: UNC Greensboro Spartans (SoCon Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 88-65 / NC State 89-63 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Player Notes: Terrance Arceneaux is nursing a sore Achilles, he only played 10 minutes in the first game and 8 in the […]
NC State gets back to it this week with the chance to do something truly hilarious, which is to say, kill the Miami Hurricanes’ playoff hopes. This is an unlikely outcome, it’s true, but it sure is fun to think about. NC State is a two-touchdown underdog currently. Miami is coming off a 38-10 home […]
NC State was in control and on its way to another big win to begin the season as the fourth quarter got underway, but by the end of it, the Wolfpack was left dealing with a game that got away. The Pack squandered an 11-point lead down the stretch and handed a win to Southern […]
Musa and Mo If you’ve had the thought, ‘Musa Sagnia makes me think of Mo Diarra’, you aren’t alone. Both are 6’10”, Musa is 20 pounds heavier. Both very athletic. Both international players, and coincidentally, Sagnia is also probably Muslim. (The Gambia is a muslim country) Who could forget the great “Ramadan Mo” tournament? Both […]
Let’s get to it. The Obligatory Bet Against UNC Of The Week It’s been a deflating few weeks on the Obligatory front, yet I feel pretty good about Stanford at +9.5 today. When you take a look at UNC’s history against teams with red uniforms and a block-S logo, you will find that the Tar […]
Dave Doeren has faced questions about his future more frequently in the last couple of weeks and has been consistent in expressing his desire to coach at NC State beyond this season. So if he is planning on retiring, he’s doing a great job of keeping it a surprise. Dave’s been thinking about a lot […]
NC State missed its first 12 three-point attempts Friday night, which is not something that I would have done, personally, but by the end of the game those early struggles were a distant memory. The poor perimeter shooting allowed UAB to make a game of it for a half, but State’s offense began to turn […]
Individual Highlights Overall Takeaways: Coach Wade Postgame Comments “We’ve Got to Guard the Dame Ball” Individual Highlights Box Score
Let the non-conference challenges begin. Blazers vs. Wolfpack Tip time: 9 p.m. ET TV: ACC Network (Mike Corey, Debbie Antonelli) Online streaming: ACCNX
There has been a long running social media campaign to get the classic ‘STATE’ uniforms back, and maybe even make them permanent. Thanks to Coach Wade’s social media guy, Reed Vial, who organizes the ‘Basketball 365’ committee and has been the target of many, many X posts like the one above, the old school uniforms […]
When: Friday November 7, 9:00 PM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ACC Network Opponent: University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers (AAC Conference) Prediction: KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): State 87-75 / State 88-74 Wolfpack Snapshot: Coach Wade’s Wolfpack Game 1 Checklist: Opponent Overview: Former Wolfpack player and Chucky Brown teammate, Coach Andy Kennedy brings his Blazers to Lenovo for […]
NC State’s season-opener against Tennessee lived up to the hype of a top-10 matchup, with the two teams going back and forth on the way to a frantic finish in the fourth quarter. Khamil Pierre knocked down a tough bucket to give State the lead for good with 49 seconds left, and that came just […]
They call this one the “defense is extremely optional” box score. Both teams played defense, in that they sent players onto the field to do stuff when they didn’t have the ball, but did they accomplish anything? No, no not really. Georgia Tech, for example, stopped just two of NC State’s 32 rushing attempts at […]
Game Summary: Lenovo was rocking! You could see the players smiling a little when the crowd got really loud during the intros. The starting lineup was Holloman, McNeil, Copeland, Williams and Lubin. It seemed like the team was a little nervous and needed Darrion Williams to get things going. And he understood the assignment. It […]
It’s time! Eagles vs. Wolfpack Tip time: 7:00 p.m. ET TV: None. Online streaming: ACC Network Extra
If you’d told me beforehand that Georgia Tech would punt only one time and NC State still would win by multiple scores, I’d have said, sir, this is some clearly crazy talk and please do not insult my intelligence in this manner. Yet somehow this is what happened. But NC State only punted twice itself, […]
“The Reckoning is here” When: Monday November 3 – 7:00 PM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ACC Network Extra Opponent: North Carolina Central Eagles (MEAC Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 87-61 / NC State 91-61 *** UPGRADED FAN EXPERIENCE AT LENOVO *** Wolfpack Final Preseason Snapshot: Opponent Overview: Legendary coach LeVelle Moton is entering […]
For one week at least, NC State’s offense fulfilled its promise and poured it on a pretty good opponent—Georgia Tech picked a bad week to be Georgia Tech, since there was no getting out of the way. Though the Jackets tried. NC State scored at least 10 points in every quarter on Saturday night, and […]
I suppose it’s time to bust out the big guns if we’re gonna turn this season around. Normally the Cool Hat is reserved for UNC week. Jackets vs. Wolfpack Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET TV: ESPN2 (Matt Schumacker, Sam Acho, Taylor Davis) Online streaming: WatchESPN.com
Schedule: Light It Red The NC State basketball media team has another quality series, this time taking the fans inside the Dail Center to see how a championship team is built. This appears to be the final chapter leading up to the beginning of the Will Wade era at NC State. Episode 3 *** Bonus […]
Another week, another opportunity to nab some walkin’ around money. The Obligatory Bet Against UNC Of The Week UNC has covered two weeks in a row, but I am undeterred in my faith that order will soon be restored. The Heels are 2.5-point underdogs to a Syracuse team playing with a backup quarterback that just […]
The great thing about this season is not only is it going poorly, but the team’s watchability is eroding as we go along. What a fun time we’re all having! Hollywood Smothers is an unexpected addition to NC State’s first availability report this week, listed as questionable along with JJ Johnson, Justin Joly, and Ronnie […]
Restoring a program does not have to be complicated. An authentic culture off the field, a clear identity on the field, and a quarterback you can use as the foundation for all of it—those aren’t easy tasks, but they aren’t complicated. Brent Key had Georgia Tech moving back in the right direction roughly three minutes […]
If NC State is going to make a coaching change this year, it will do so in what might be the most hectic carousel cycle to date. Already there are eight power-conference vacancies, including several jobs that are clearly better than NC State’s: LSU, Florida, Penn State, Virginia Tech, UCLA, Stanford, Arkansas, and Oklahoma State. […]