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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, […]

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 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. 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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

Four Wolfpack players earn All-ACC baseball honors

The ACC announced awards for the 2026 baseball season with four NC State players earning recognition. Rett Johnson and Luke Nixon earned 2nd Team All-ACC honors while Ty Head and Sherman Johnson earned 3rd Team honors. Rett Johnson was also named to the ACC All-Freshman Team. Former Pack9 member Alex Sosa earned 2nd Team honors […]

Former wrestling coach Bob Guzzo passes away at 82

NC State lost an icon on Sunday with the passing of long-time wrestling coach Bob Guzzo. Guzzo spent 30 years running the Wolfpack program, coaching multiple individual national champions in that time while leading the team to 13 ACC championships. He was inducted into the Wolfpack sports Hall of Fame just last month—bit of an […]

Taking stock of NC State’s NCAA Tournament resume ahead of the ACC Tournament

With the vast majority of conference tournaments starting this week, 57 of 64 spots in NCAA baseball Regionals are accounted for between allotted automatic qualifiers and teams with secure at-large resumes. So it’s down to the final seven spots, with the understanding that any conference tournament champions from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, CUSA, […]

NC State avoids sweep with 7-2 win over UNC on Saturday

NC State managed to avert a sweep at the hands of UNC on Saturday afternoon, and, perhaps, did just enough to get into the NCAA tournament. It was as close to a must-win regular season game as those can be in college baseball for State, which has been on the NCAA tournament bubble for weeks. […]

NC State’s 2026 home-opener moved up to Friday

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 […]

Pack9 Opponent Preview: North Carolina

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 […]