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Lowe comments on trip to Toronto
State Fans Nation | September 3rd 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Gopack.com’s Tim Peeler posted a very good interview of Sidney Lowe after the basketball team’s trip to Toronto for two exhibition games this past weekend. As you might expect, there were no questions or comments about Ben McCauley not be read more
Ben McCauley Does Not Make Trip To Canada, NC State Wins By 21
State Fans Nation | August 31st 2008 by Thomas Ingham
TORONTO, CANADA – Brandon Costner led four N.C. State players in double figures with a game-high 31 points, as the Pack came away with an 81-60 win at York University in the first of two exhibition games in Toronto this weekend. Holding a 51-48 le read more
Tysiac - Pack Gets Ready for Canada
State Fans Nation | August 30th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
With so many dark clouds looming on the football front, it would be nice to have a good basketball season to look forward to. Sadly, that’s not the case for us long-suffering Wolfpackers. But we can look forward anyway, as Ken Tysiac does th read more
2008-2009 NC State Baketball Schedule Released
State Fans Nation | August 26th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Four games in historic Reynolds Coliseum, including two regular season contests, highlight the 2008-09 NC State men’s basketball schedule that was released Tuesday by the ACC. read more
Big Ben Speaks
State Fans Nation | August 15th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Ben McCauley reinforces much of what SFN has said about last season, in a surprisingly candid interview with GoPack.com. There are several notable passages, but we’ll start with: I have been here in Raleigh all summer, getting my body right. I read more
Marques Johnson to transfer; 2009 scholarship opens up
State Fans Nation | August 13th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
According to sources close to the situation, NC State junior guard Marques Johnson has decided to transfer to another program. More analysis later… Projected 2008-2009 NC State Basketball Roster Senior Class (1) Courtney Fells (Wing) (2) Ben Mc read more
N&O: Pack to Play More Games at Reynolds
State Fans Nation | August 8th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
N.C. State’s men’s basketball team will have an increased presence at its former home, Reynolds Coliseum, this season. read more
Offseason Positional Analysis (C)
State Fans Nation | August 8th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
We previously analyzed the point guard position, the two guard slot, small forward, and power forward. Today, we wrap things up with the center position. J.J. Hickson was frequently dominant in the low post. Unfortunately, none of the other players read more
Raycom announces 2009 ACC Basketball television schedule
State Fans Nation | August 6th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
I’m not sure that Raycom was supposed to do this before the ACC officially released its schedule…but, we’ll take it. You can click here to see the whole schedule and here to download a PDF file. Of interest to NC State fans are the read more
Degand working his way back
State Fans Nation | August 5th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
NC State fans have learned the hard way since our amazing run of fantastic point guards ended 17 years ago with the graduation of Chris Corchiani that there is no substitute for a talented point guard providing key leadership for a college basketball read more
Offseason Positional Analysis (PF)
State Fans Nation | July 31st 2008 by Thomas Ingham
As we wait for football to heat up, it’s as good a time as any to analyze the coming basketball season. Over the next few weeks, we will analyze the logical rotation and depth chart, based on position. We analyzed the point guard position, the read more
Series with Marquette & other dates (Updated 7/25)
State Fans Nation | July 25th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Link MU and NC State have agreed in principle to a home-and-home series beginning this season at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. The series had been in the works for the past month or so, with NC State working behind the scenes to move a guarantee ga read more
Offseason Positional Analysis (SF)
State Fans Nation | July 24th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
As we wait for football to heat up, it’s as good a time as any to analyze the coming basketball season. Over the next few weeks, we will analyze the logical rotation and depth chart, based on position. We analyzed the point guard position and t read more
State to play home and home with Marquette
State Fans Nation | July 21st 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Link MU and NC State have agreed in principle to a home-and-home series beginning this season at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. The series had been in the works for the past month or so, with NC State working behind the scenes to move a guarantee ga read more
Offseason Positional Analysis (SG)
State Fans Nation | July 15th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
As we wait for football to heat up, it’s as good a time as any to analyze the coming basketball season. Over the next few weeks, we will analyze the logical rotation and depth chart, based on position. We analyzed the point guard position last read more
Offseason Positional Analysis (PG)
State Fans Nation | July 11th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
As we wait for football to heat up, it’s as good a time as any to analyze the coming basketball season. Over the next few weeks, we will analyze the logical rotation and depth chart, based on position. First up is what should be the Pack’ read more
Rivals: Can Costner Get his Game Back?
State Fans Nation | July 6th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
NC State is asking a lot of questions related to basketball these days. Will Farnold Degand be ready for practice in October? (Link) Will Ryan Harrow continue his ascent up the recruiting rankings and have the ability to immediately impact NC State&# read more
N&O: Degand May Return in October
State Fans Nation | July 4th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
N.C. State point guard Farnold Degand, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Dec. 23, is on schedule to return to the court by the time practice starts in October, a team spokesman said earlier this week. read more
Sidney Lowe Interviewed on 850TheBuzz (Updated Noon ET)
State Fans Nation | June 19th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
This link. Let me just say…I LOVE listening to Coach Lowe. Nobody is perfect, but I really appreciate his articulation of his perspective. A couple of quotes from Coach Lowe: “As a competitor, the only thing I was thinking about (at the e read more
Report: Tarheel Trio To Return Despite Criticisms & Attacks of UN…
State Fans Nation | June 16th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Inside Carolina is reporting that Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green will all return to Chapel Hill for the 2008-2009 college basketball season, virtually guaranteeing that the Tarheels will hold the #1 preseason ranking as the heavy favorite read more
Tudor’s Take on Next Year’s ACC Basketball
State Fans Nation | May 28th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
While we all admit that it is ridiculously early to start talking 2008-2008 Basketball…but, this is Tobacco Road and that is what we do! Caulton Tudor has provided his pre-summer prognostication for the entire conference and it can be seen here read more
Fayetteville Observer - Critical Offseason for Lowe
State Fans Nation | May 20th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the “slow season.” As we wait for the NBA and NHL playoffs to die their slow, agonizing death and count the days until NFL training camp opens (i.e., when sports is legitimately “in session” a read more
Fowler Makes His Performance a Public Issue; Sidney Lowe Q&A with…
State Fans Nation | April 25th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
There is an awful lot of interesting stuff for a Daily Update for it be a random Friday afternoon in late April. SFN will definitely have a lot more on the topics included in this entry in the coming days, but we wanted to get this out there for your read more
No NC State in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
State Fans Nation | April 15th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Link No surprise. Still doesn’t feel good. We are not going to allow comments in this entry since this would fit nicely into the basketball-related entry from yesterday. Click here for that entry and some great conversation. If you want a broa read more
More “Coach Fowler” Wisdom
State Fans Nation | April 11th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Fowler’s talking to Tim Peeler on gopack.com, so you knew that some unintended hilarity would ensue. Although there are actually some good points in the article (SFN heartily welcomes the promised changes in the basketball office), we can’ read more
Non-Conference Gets Upgrade for ‘09, ‘10, ‘11 (Updated)
State Fans Nation | March 26th 2008 by Thomas Ingham
Those looking for tough out-of-conference scheduling need look no further than January 3, 2009 when NC State comes down to Gainesville to pay me a visit in a showdown with the Florida Gators. Of course we have yet to see how the conference schedule p read more
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