Posted By admin on May 21, 2009
The Gastonia Grizzlies baseball team has signed N.C. State quarterback and infielder Russell Wilson. His football duties will keep Wilson from playing the entire season. He will play second base for the Grizzlies. Cole expects him to play through June before reporting back to Raleigh for football camp.
Posted By admin on May 13, 2009
Some say, Jordan Vandenberg is a 7″0′, 230 lbs. Center from Melbourne, Australia. Jordan is a legitimate seven-footer who plays the game like a European big man. He likes to step away from the basket and shoot jumpshots out to 15 feet. He displays a very nice touch on his jumper and can consistently knock them down.
He says: I like to face up in the post, have a good set of posts moves and can make a hook shot. I need to get stronger and faster, but I do like to attack the ring aggressively, a dunk goes in more then a shot, and the closer you are to the ring the higher your chances to score is my theory.
I love this guy already!
Posted By admin on May 13, 2009
I try to keep abreast of all Wolfpack sports here, and golf is no exception.
McConnell Golf announced that Treyburn Country Club would host a revived “Big Four Golf Challenge”. It had been nearly a half-century since the last golf challenge was played.
The format allows each team to bring five players and 15 alumni. During the morning rounds each current player will be teamed up with three alumni in a stroke-play, 18-hole event. The best netball per hole of the alumni, plus the gross score of the college player, will count as the team score for the “alumni division.” The afternoon matches will be current players only, and will be a match-play event with a total of 19 points per match at stake.
In it’s first year reincarnated, NC State bested Wake forest 3 and 2 and won the Big 4 Challenge on Monday. NC State posted the low team score in the morning stroke play portion of the event with a 369, nine shots better than second place Wake Forest. North Carolina shot 382, while Duke had a 383 in cold and rainy conditions throughout the morning.
Matt Hill of NC State shot a two-under 70 to win stroke play medalist honors, with teammate Brad Revell finishing two shots back.
The Pack return to action May 14-16 at the NCAA Central Regional at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky., as the No. 3 seed.
Posted By admin on May 11, 2009
Sidney Lowe. Lowe was the first one to offer Wall in high school. No other school was giving this kid any attention, but Lowe saw some potential in him. Wall’s mother loves NC State and Sidney as well.
Plus, she wants her son to stay close to home too. John Wall also already has a relationship with NC State’s team.
For the past couple of years he has played pick up games with players from NC State, which is a great thing for team chemistry, because he knows them all and how they play their game too. Lastly, he could have a “Kevin Durant” type impact on NC State (since he is probably going to enter the NBA after one season).
He would turn NC State’s program around being an automatic fan favorite, since he is from Raleigh. He could be the player to start a foundation for future NC State players to build on, and who will try and make NC State a top program again.
By David Smith
Posted By admin on May 11, 2009
ACCNow is calling our Wolfpack “Your Atlantic Division favorite”. Making their case, they state:
The Wolfpack has the best quarterback in the conference, two NFL-level game-changers on defense and a smart coach.
Technically, State finished last in the division in ‘08 but it was only one game behind the winner (Boston College). All six teams finished either 5-3 or 4-4.
Expect the same competitiveness this season. Which means you pick the team with the best QB (his right knee willing) and eight home games.
Posted By admin on May 11, 2009
FedEx Orange Bowl…………………………………….. January 5, 8 p.m………………………….. FOX
Chick-fil-A Bowl…………………………………. December 31, 7:30 pm………………………. ESPN
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl……………………………. January 1, 1 pm…………………………. CBS
Champs Sports Bowl………………………………… December 29, 8 pm………………………. ESPN
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl………….. December 27, 8:15 pm………………………. ESPN
Meineke Car Care Bowl………………………. December 26, 4:30 pm………………………. ESPN
Emerald Bowl…………………………………………. December 26, 8 pm………………………. ESPN
EagleBank Bowl…………………………………. December 29, 4:30 pm………………………. ESPN
GMAC Bowl…………………………………………………… January 6, 7 pm………………………. ESPN
The only new addition to this year’s agreements is the GMAC Bowl, played in Mobile, Ala. on January 6 at 7 p.m., and televised by ESPN. If the ACC has a ninth bowl eligible team available, the GMAC Bowl will have the right to choose it.
Posted By admin on April 24, 2009
Honestly, I have no idea what is going on i nthe world of sports or NC State.
My wife went into labor Thursday night, gave birth to a baby girl at 3am this morning. I just came home tonight to get a few hours sleep and make sure the dog hasn’t destroyed the house.
Hopefully nothing too news worthy is happening in the world of NC State athletics that I’m missing out on.
Just wanted to let everyone know what’s up! Be back blogging next week sometime.
TSW
Posted By admin on April 23, 2009
The Fayetteville Observer is reporting that Athens Drive High School forward Josh Davis signed a national letter of intent on Tuesday to play at NC State.
Davis, a 6-foot-6 forward … averaged 25.4 points and 8.3 rebounds as a senior. He scored in double figures in 27 of 28 games, went over 30 points seven times and over 20 points 22 times.
Davis helped his team to a 22-6 record and into the state playoffs last year, and was named MVP of the 2009 North Carolina/South Carolina All-Star Basketball Classic in Myrtle Beach.
Davis brings the Pack’s recruiting class up to four players. Guards Lorenzo Brown (Roswell, Ga.) and Scott Wood (Marion, Ind.) and forward Richard Howell (Marietta, Ga.) signed in the fall.
In the latest national rankings, N.C. State’s class is No. 19 according to both rivals.com and scout.com.
Posted By admin on April 23, 2009
15 of the top 30 coaches according to Tom Dienhart:
1. Urban Meyer, Florida. Two BCS titles in three seasons, with another in his sights.
2. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma. No coach can match his four BCS title game appearances.
3. Nick Saban, Alabama. First, he made LSU a national power. Now, Saban has Alabama poised to be the nation’s top program.
4. Pete Carroll, USC. No program dominates its conference more. The only thing missing? More BCS titles.
5. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa. He has won big despite talent that annually ranks no better than fourth in the Big Ten each season.
6. Mack Brown, Texas. To whom much is given, much is expected. And Brown has delivered.
7. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest. Honestly, if this guy were coaching at, say, Texas, how many national titles would he have?
8. Brian Kelly, Cincinnati. He was at his best last fall, tiptoeing around myriad quarterback injuries to lead the Bearcats to the Big East title.
9. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech. He took a simple idea of building a program around defense and special teams — and “Beamerball” — and created a perennial power.
10. Mark Richt, Georgia. His résumé only lacks a national title. And you know one is coming.
11. Rich Rodriguez, Michigan. Not only has he won big, RichRod has helped change the sport with his offense.
12. Mike Riley, Oregon State. He is proof that nice guys don’t finish last … and that you can go home again.
13. Jim Tressel, Ohio State. Is he the best coach in Buckeyes history?
14. Tom O’Brien, N.C. State. He’s a throwback coach who wins with toughness, discipline and lots of smarts.
15. Joe Paterno, Penn State. Perhaps his best trait at this stage of his career is knowing how to delegate.
Posted By admin on April 23, 2009
Wolfpack Hoops is reporting that Sidney Lowe and Pete Strickland made a visit to four-star PF DeShawn Painter this week.
NC State was on Painter’s radar early in the process, but he decided to commit to Florida. We’re not sure the reasoning behind the move, but Deshawn decided to decommit, leaving him one of the top big men still left on the market. The question about Painter is, and has been, whether he’ll be able to qualify or not. Most coaches, including the NC State staff, believed he’d be forced to reclassify as a 2010 player. However, Painter told the NC State staff that he will be able to qualify and play in 2009.