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Game Summary: A poor performance by NC State. The Wolfpack reaches the halfway point of the season at 10-5. Virgina came off their loss to VaTech and took control of the game early and maintained it most of the game. They led 40-20 at the half. The Wolfpack showed some signs of life for the […]
2 months ago | 8 reads
This will be the third time this season that NC State has tipped off before noon local time. So there’s a fun fact for you. Cavaliers vs. Wolfpack Tip time: 11 a.m. ET TV: ESPN2 (Dave O’Brien, Jay Williams) Online streaming: WatchESPN
2 months ago | 4 reads
Women’s hoops celebrated the new year with a blowout win over Stanford on Thursday afternoon made possible by a hounding defensive effort that held the Cardinal to their worst offensive performance of the season. NC State is 3-0 in ACC play, and all three wins have been by 20+ points. The game was sloppy and […]
2 months ago | 8 reads
With the transfer portal window opening today, NC State has one very important matter officially settled: CJ Bailey will be the Wolfpack’s quarterback in 2026. We can all breathe a sigh of relief and now look ahead to building for next year. Bailey realizing his potential and developing into a star this fall meant that […]
2 months ago | 5 reads
Regardless of your support or animosity towards the freedom of players to transfer at will, everyone – with maybe the exception of someone taking on a rebuild job at a crappy program – can and should agree that the constant roster overhauling that is part and parcel of today’s college sports landscape sucks. The entire […]
2 months ago | 6 reads
When: Saturday January 3 – 11:00 AM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ESPN2 Opponent: Virginia Cavaliers Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 80-77 / NC State 80-76 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Season So Far: KenPom Snapshot: Excellent progress report! The defense being ranked higher than the offense was a surprise. What’s On the Line? ACC Net Rankings: […]
2 months ago | 5 reads
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like Will Wade has been a little too much so far this season, overcooked for no apparent reason at all, whether that was when he was getting those silly technical fouls early on, or more recently getting On One after games—after games State won, for god’s sake! Like, […]
2 months ago | 5 reads
Game Summary: You always worry about the games around the holidays, are the players distracted, will they maintain their quality of play? It did not appear that way early. To quote the great Lyle Lovett, that game was “ugly from the front.” However, the Wolfpack was the more talented team and it showed. They built […]
2 months ago | 8 reads
Time to get league play started, finally. Deacs vs. Pack Tip time: Noon ET TV: ESPN2 (Kevin Brown, Debbie Antonelli) Online streaming: WatchESPN
2 months ago | 6 reads
With just a few days until the portal window opens, NC State officially has 13 players who’ve announced their intent to transfer and cast their fates to the wind and/or a Michigan directional school. There will be more, I’m sure. I mean, it’s not like everybody is just going to decide to stop tampering. What […]
2 months ago | 6 reads
When: Wednesday December 31 – 12:00 PM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ESPN2 Opponent: Wake Forest Demon Deacons Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 85-76 / NC State 86-76 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Season So Far: Coach Wade after the Ole Miss win: “We’re not where we need to be. We’re not where we want to be. […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
Athletics departments face a number of existential questions these days. Fortunately, none of them have to do with money. In this era of unlimited official and unofficial recruiting visits, football programs must confront one particularly essential matter: how many balloons is the right amount of balloons? I think everyone understands that, in order to be […]
2 months ago | 5 reads
Wolfpack commit Cole Cloer injured his knee in practice before the season started at IMG Academy. He, unfortunately, will have to miss the season to rehabilitate that knee. Because of that, he has decided to enroll for the spring semester at NC State to allow himself the opportunity to work with the NC State staff […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
NC State’s depth at wide receiver took another hit this week with the news that Noah Rogers is planning to hit the portal after two seasons with the Wolfpack. I wouldn’t be terribly concerned about this development if Terrell Anderson were returning, but now State is facing the task of replacing its top four receivers. […]
2 months ago | 6 reads
In the most recent post, I complained about Williams and Arceneaux, enough said. Paul (47 points!) McNeil is getting the local and national media treatment right now. Let’s look at the rest of the key players. Caveat: This is a report card on 13 games, 6 against Q3 / Q4 opponents, compared to full seasons. […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Merry Christmas, everyone—I hope you like crap! NC State is going to lose its most talented wide receiver for the second straight year, as Terrell Anderson is heading out the door when the portal opens in January. Anderson led the Wolfpack in receiving yards this season. If I remember correctly, Anderson picked NC State over […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
The non-conference season is over, and without going too far out on a limb, I feel comfortable saying that no one is wildly impressed with the results. The preseason bravado has faded into the past, and reality is slapping the fanbase in the face with a wet glove. Nobody is suggesting that the Will Wade […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
A big tip of the hat to Noah Fleischman of The Wolfpacker, who FOIA’d NC State for information on how it is distributing its pool of $20.5 million in revenue sharing money to its programs. The allocations are pretty standard as far as it goes, but these figures did help answer a few lingering questions […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Overview: If NC State can bottle up the first half and replicate it, this team will be good. Nice to see a hint of the potential, even without the preseason ACC POY contributing to the score. Game Summary: The first half was the first time we’d seen both the NC State offense and defense playing […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Zam Jones provided the kill shot on Sunday afternoon, burying a three with 33 seconds to go and the shot clock winding down to give NC State a 65-59 advantage. It’s not surprising that she was up to the moment, as she played an outstanding game. The Pack made the key plays in crunch time—a […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Winning this game sure would be handy! Rebels vs. Wolfpack Tip time: 1 p.m. ET TV: ESPN (Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes) Online streaming: WatchESPN
3 months ago | 9 reads
People laughed when I said I was going to build a shrine to the completely real and totally not made-up pirate, Gasparilla, whose presence it is said can be felt throughout the creaky bones of ancient Raymond James Stadium. (It is very bad to steal Gasparilla’s rum. VERY BAD.) And I saw no pregame analysis […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
When: Sunday December 21 – 1:00 PM Where: First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro NC TV: ESPN2 Opponent: Ole Miss Rebels (SEC Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 79-73 / NC State 79-73 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Season So Far: Coach Wade from the Texas Southern postgame press conference: “We gave up too many points. Too many […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
Well hot damn, NC State won a bowl game. Somebody get the e confetti machines out of storage, stat. Should we have a parade? Okay, maybe not a parade. State set the tone with a touchdown drive right off the bat and took a lead it would never relinquish, and isn’t it nice when one […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Time for the biggest game of the year that’s themed around a mythical pirate. Tigers vs. Wolfpack Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. ET TV: ESPN (Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra) Online streaming: WatchESPN
3 months ago | 5 reads