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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 […]
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 […]
Pack9 enters final weekend of regular season with postseason hopes in limbo
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), […]
ACC fully behind expanding college football playoff to 24 teams
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. […]
Basketball News / Schedule
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 women’s tennis is back in the Elite Eight
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 […]
Progress remains slow for NC State softball
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 […]
Pack9 Opponent Preview: Stanford
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 […]
The NCAA Tournament Expands to 76 Teams
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 […]
NC State makes important addition with Desiree Wooten
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. […]
Roster Build: One Month In, How’s It Going?
“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 […]
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