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College football escapes its gambling crisis, for now
The NCAA and college football dodged a bullet earlier this week when Texas Tech’s Brendan Sorsby chose to move on from the Red Raiders and enter the NFL’s supplemental draft. (A lawsuit filed by the Big 12 early Monday may have had something to do with that.) So we will not, in fact, have to […]
Twenty years is nothing when you’re having fun
There’s now plenty of material ready for a B-level Disney movie called The Rod Brind’Amour Story, available to anyone who wants to put a quick script together. A man comes back to the franchise he won a title with as a player and, through some difficulty and with a lot of perseverance, manages to do […]
Catching up on baseball news
It’s been a busy week for Chris Hart and the NC State baseball program. Taylor Black rejoins the Wolfpack Hart finalized his 2027 coaching staff by bringing back current Florida Assistant Coach and former Wolfpack assistant Taylor Black. It’s both an impressive and logical hire for State, as Black was previously an assistant with the […]
Program Building – How Important is Experience?
Basketball Calendar Recruiting: With 12 slots filled, and at least on paper, a complete rotation – recruiting is down to the last 3. Two are likely to be development pieces, but hopefully one will ‘bring the big’ to the backup center position. (“…the area that needs to be addressed is our depth up front …” […]
NC State hosting JUCO transfer forward Shah Hall
NC State is hosting a junior college big man this week who could add some useful depth to the Wolfpack’s roster. Shah Hall is coming off a productive season at Shelton State Community College in which he averaged 9.4 points and 7.8 rebounds in an … uncertain number of minutes per game (Shelton State’s participation […]
NC State football up to 15 commitments for 2027
NC State’s 2027 recruiting cycle is going well by Dave Doeren standards—call it Gunnermentum. Gunnercitement! Gunner … hell, I don’t know. NC State has 15 verbal commitments with the addition of offensive lineman Jacob Burns, a high-three-star prospect from Georgia. Burns is the fourth player to commit to NC State since Sunday, joining safety Alex […]
Pack9 adds pair of Wright State transfers in Hunter Warren and Chet Lax
NC State nabbed its first transfer portal additions for the 2027 Pack9 squad, and both come from the same school. Rising rJR 2B Hunter Warren and SR LHP Chet Lax will be heading to Raleigh from Wright State where they played for former Wolfpack pitcher Alex Sogard. Under Sogard’s leadership, the Raiders won their sixth […]
How Would You Feel About 7th Place in the ACC?
CBS Sports published one of the many, many preseason rankings we are going to see this offseason. Simultaneously, Evan Miya released his final transfer class ranking. Ranking the ACC: (preseason team rank by CBS Sports, transfer class rank by Evan Miya) CBS Sports classifies the Wolfpack as: “Tier 4 – Bubble, even with a 76-team […]
Happy birthday, Torry Holt
Torry Holt may well have aged in the last quarter century, but his game hasn’t. Torry’s a hall-of-famer who continues to get docked points for being on a modern football team that people like to watch. Torry has always been appointment television—just ask Clemson. It astounds me still that opponents had an entire week to […]
NC State set to play South Carolina in ACC-SEC Challenge
The scheduling gods haven’t done a ton of favors to Justin Gainey in his first year as head coach, but he did get a nice break in the ACC-SEC Challenge: NC State is going to host South Carolina, which is coming off a 13-19 season. South Carolina is going to look entirely different this season, […]
You guys weren’t married to that whole football-in-Brazil thing, were you?
Some dreams, sadly, get deferred. Or canceled altogether. That’s life. It turns out that NC State and Virginia will not be traveling to Brazil for a Week 0 game this fall, probably because roughly 50 people outside of the teams themselves were planning on making the trip. NC State and UVA will meet in Charlottesville […]
NC State adds BU transfer guard Audrey Ericksen
NC State picked up some veteran depth at guard last week with the addition of Boston University transfer Audrey Ericksen, who logged quite a few minutes over the last three seasons primarily as a light-usage perimeter shooter. Her efficiency numbers are pretty rough, but she is a worthwhile flyer given that, as The Wolfpacker reports, […]
What’s next for NC State baseball
Chris Hart As we all know, NC State will have a new head coach for the first time since the 1997 season, but it’s a familiar face in Chris Hart who has been on staff with the Wolfpack for the last 22 years. The real questions will revolve around Hart’s decisions with the coaching staff, […]
NC State’s ACC basketball schedule includes no home games against UNC or Duke
We could all see this coming based on the schedule last season—State did not play at UNC or Duke—but still it’s pretty strange to look at the home basketball schedule for 2027 and not see Duke or UNC on anywhere. No favors done for Justin Gainey (or the ticket office) on that one. NC State […]
NC State’s season ends with 17-13 loss to Auburn
NC State’s pitching was brutal in Auburn, and not surprisingly, the result was two losses. On Saturday afternoon, Cooper Consiglio couldn’t even make it out of the first inning, surrendering eight runs will recording just one out. The Wolfpack was down 10-0 and up against incredibly long odds before it could get its bearings. To […]
Game thread: NC State vs. Auburn, Auburn Regional
The worst-case scenario has played out for NC State thus far, but other than that, things are going well! Wolfpack vs. Tigers First pitch: 3 p.m. ET (weather pending) TV: ESPN Online streaming: WatchESPN
Game thread: NC State vs. UCF, cont’d
It’s going to be a long day. Wolfpack vs. Knights Pitch time: Noon ET TV: ESPN2? Online streaming: WatchESPN
Game thread: NC State vs. UCF, Auburn Regional
It’s been an eventful day of baseball so far, especially in Auburn, where the Tigers lost rather handily to a sub-.500 Milwaukee team, just as we all expected. Now there is a huge opportunity for both NC State and UCF tonight, as the odd’s of the game’s winner starting 2-0 in the regional have increased […]
2026 Auburn Regional preview
Game 1: (1) Auburn vs (4) Milwaukee | Fri, May 29 @ 1:00pm | ESPN+ | Stats Game 2: (2) UCF vs (3) NC State | Fri, May 29 @ 6:00pm | ESPN2 | Stats Game 3: Game 1 Loser vs Game 2 Loser | Sat, May 30 @ 3:00pm | ESPN+ | Stats Game […]
NC State heading back to Auburn Regional in final NCAA Tournament for Elliott Avent
A bubble team if there ever was one, NC State made it into the 2026 NCAA Tournament field, no doubt sliding in as one of the last teams in the field. Whether or not it will be stated as a factor, Elliott Avent’s retirement surely had a role in the Wolfpack making it in. For […]
Transfer Update: The Wolfpack Adds Big Man Robert Jurkovic
The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, Slovenian forward Robert Jurkovic joins the front court. Robert has played 3 seasons of Euro ball in the ABA league (Wiki: ABA League First Division is the top-tier regional men’s professional league that originally feature clubs from former Yugoslavia) as well as playing on the Slovenian […]
Elliott Avent announces retirement
It’s officially the end of an era for NC State baseball. Elliott Avent announced Thursday morning that he will retire following the end of the 2026 season. Now I’d really like for NC State to make the NCAA tournament. His last game being that mess of an ACC tournament game doesn’t feel right. But there’s […]
Transfer Update: Comeh Emuobor Joins the Pack
The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, guard Comeh Emuobor from the University of New Hampshire. Coach Gainey is sticking to his plan to recruit North Carolina heavily, Comeh is originally from Raleigh. He will initially be expected to be bench depth. With seven guards (counting Keene as a small forward), it […]
Transfer Update: Jacari Brim Joins the Pack
The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, rising sophomore guard Jacari Brim from App State. Stats: ’25-’26 season Highs: Background: Jacari is ranked zero stars by 247 as both a transfer and previously as a prospect. He is from Clemmons NC. He played for his dad at West Forsyth HS and broke […]
Duke gives NC State a 21-12 shellacking in Charlotte
NC State’s stay at the ACC tournament came to a swift end on Tuesday as its pitching completely unraveled in the late innings and Duke ran away with a 21-12 victory. NC State actually held an 8-6 lead on Duke heading into the seventh inning, but from there made the questionable decision to begin throwing […]
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