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Roster Building: Bench Potential – RJ Keene
Basketball news & notes: Rumor central – The Pack may open the season against some Fighting Camels Snelly is back! – Jordan Snell hired on Wolfpack staff as grad assistant NCAA: Wichita has been selected as the second site (along with Dayton) for the opening round of the expanded 76 team NCAA tournament. Each city […]
NC State 2026 MLB Draft Primer
The 2026 MLB Draft kicks off this weekend, with NBC/Peacock covering the first 10 picks on Saturday starting at 1:00pm, and then coverage switching over the wide assortment of MLB platforms for the remainder of Saturday (starting at 2:30pm) through Sunday (11:30am-7:30pm). NC State has had a player drafted – multiple actually – in each […]
NC State’s football roster updated to reflect new 5-in-5 rule
In June the NCAA approved its new age-based eligibility model, which discards redshirts entirely and gives athletes the ability to play five full seasons in college, provided they meet the new standard. The Division I Cabinet on Tuesday unanimously approved a sweeping overhaul of eligibility rules for student-athletes, permitting Division I student-athletes up to five […]
Big 12 agrees to shove Monster Energy logo in everybody’s face
The Big 12 announced an agreement this week that, in a sane world, would be so roundly dismissed as embarrassing that the league would have to walk it back. But this is college sports in the we-need-every-cent-possible era, and so we have “Monster Energy Big 12 Football” and “Monster Energy Big 12 Basketball.” Big 12 […]
NC State finishes in Directors’ Cup top 25 for sixth year in a row
The final Directors’ Cup standings were released with the conclusion of the college baseball season (thanks again, by the way, Oklahoma!), and NC State landed at No. 22, marking its sixth consecutive finish in the top 25. To get the final numbers, the Directors’ Cup counts men’s and women’s hoops, baseball, women’s soccer, and women’s […]
Roster Building: Bench Potential – Darius Adams
BASKETBALL CALENDAR IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Here’s some fun snippets from the interview with Patrick Stacy to help get us through basketball’s summer doldrums Darius Adams One of the most interesting additions to the team is combo guard Darius Adams. He was a highly sought-after, McDonald’s All-American guard coming out of high school that […]
Happy Fourth of July
I just discovered this image through the Getty search function, because I was on a different joke tangent about Tom O’Brien, but all of these results are god’s plan, as Russell Wilson will tell you. So, anyway, this photo is my gift to you. Have a great weekend, try not to melt to death, make […]
Baseball transfer alliteration edition: Connor Chicoli, Maddox Monsour pick Pack
NC State landed a pair of transfers over the last week in RHP Connor Chicoli and OF Maddox Monsour. The transfer portal also tooketh as rFR RHP Kaden Morris entered. Morris did not appear in a game in his two seasons with the Wolfpack. A Raleigh native who attended Garner HS and Pro5 Academy, Chicoli […]
NC State’s ACC Network takeover starts Thursday
NC State’s 24 hours of takeover time on the ACC Network begins tonight, or rather Thursday morning, depending on your perspective. As college sports have been degraded over the years by the worst people you can imagine, I have more frequently come back to the question of why I care about them, especially now. The […]
Clemson spending upwards of $30 million on its football roster
The amount of money it takes to build an elite college football roster is anyone’s guess, though we can safely say that NC State doesn’t have that kind of money on hand. And almost certainly never will, unless a billionaire benefactor materializes from thin air. What are the major football powers spending these days? Clemson […]
Program Building: Eligibility = Continuity
As everyone expected, the NCAA has implemented the age-based eligibility rules. And, as expected, the NCAA is immediately getting hit with lawsuits challenging the rule. Let’s look at the new rule, and how it affects the Wolfpack men’s basketball team. “Under the new Division I age-based eligibility rule, student-athletes who meet all eligibility requirements and […]
NC State and UNC set for non-conference hoops game in Greensboro
NC State and UNC are going to play twice in basketball this season, as it turns out–just not on either school’s home floor. In a development that beautifully illustrates the very stupid times we’re enduring in college sports, NC State and UNC are planning to meet in Greensboro for a non-conference game, reportedly in mid-December. […]
Quadir Copeland agrees to two-way deal with Rockets
Quadir Copeland didn’t hear his name called during the second round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday night, but he’ll still have a chance to play in the NBA this upcoming season. Copeland quickly agreed to sign a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets once the draft concluded. The Rockets have a need at point […]
NC State passes on return trip to VCU
NC State will not be playing at VCU this basketball season, instead choosing to buy out that game, which isn’t terribly surprising given the coaching change. NC State’s win over VCU in November ended up being one of its best wins of the season, as the Rams went on to become A-10 champions. They also […]
Six Wolfpack players participating in 2026 MLB Draft Combine
The 2026 MLB Draft is just a few weeks away (July 11-12), which means the 2026 MLB Draft Combine is upon us, taking place this week (June 23-26) in Arizona. NC State will have six players partaking in the event. All six are expected to be drafted, with JR RHP Jacob Dudan and SO CF […]
Program Building – Is NBA Talent Required to Succeed?
Looking at the Wolfpack roster this season (before the season starts), there is no player that you think, “This guy has NBA SUCCESS written all over him.” Does that automatically put a lid on how far the Wolfpack can go? Remember, things change during the season based on performance, remember ‘Q’? Exactly how many NBA […]
Justin Gainey is gonna be fine
Last year was a novelty for all of us I think because it was plain strange to watch a coach put together a decent team out of the transfer portal, basically creating a team from a bunch of scattered parts without any sort of foundation. We’ve re-lived this to an extent this offseason, circumstances being […]
Transfer Update: Shah Hall Commits to the Wolfpack
The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, 6’11” center Shah Hall, a JUCO transfer from Tuscaloosa Alabama. It came down to a decision between Arkansas and the good guys, and he chose the Wolfpack. Shah looks to be a good fit at backup center behind Kyle Evans. What to expect? Hall originally […]
How to fix baseball’s non-conference scheduling
Chris Hart has officially taken over as head of the NC State baseball program, and while he has his hands full, one area he needs to address is the non-conference scheduling. Anyone who has paid attention to the program over the past few years undoubtedly has been appalled at the general level of competition – […]
College football escapes its gambling crisis, for now
The NCAA and college football dodged a bullet earlier this week when Texas Tech’s Brendan Sorsby chose to move on from the Red Raiders and enter the NFL’s supplemental draft. (A lawsuit filed by the Big 12 early Monday may have had something to do with that.) So we will not, in fact, have to […]
Twenty years is nothing when you’re having fun
There’s now plenty of material ready for a B-level Disney movie called The Rod Brind’Amour Story, available to anyone who wants to put a quick script together. A man comes back to the franchise he won a title with as a player and, through some difficulty and with a lot of perseverance, manages to do […]
Catching up on baseball news
It’s been a busy week for Chris Hart and the NC State baseball program. Taylor Black rejoins the Wolfpack Hart finalized his 2027 coaching staff by bringing back current Florida Assistant Coach and former Wolfpack assistant Taylor Black. It’s both an impressive and logical hire for State, as Black was previously an assistant with the […]
Program Building – How Important is Experience?
Basketball Calendar Recruiting: With 12 slots filled, and at least on paper, a complete rotation – recruiting is down to the last 3. Two are likely to be development pieces, but hopefully one will ‘bring the big’ to the backup center position. (“…the area that needs to be addressed is our depth up front …” […]
NC State hosting JUCO transfer forward Shah Hall
NC State is hosting a junior college big man this week who could add some useful depth to the Wolfpack’s roster. Shah Hall is coming off a productive season at Shelton State Community College in which he averaged 9.4 points and 7.8 rebounds in an … uncertain number of minutes per game (Shelton State’s participation […]
NC State football up to 15 commitments for 2027
NC State’s 2027 recruiting cycle is going well by Dave Doeren standards—call it Gunnermentum. Gunnercitement! Gunner … hell, I don’t know. NC State has 15 verbal commitments with the addition of offensive lineman Jacob Burns, a high-three-star prospect from Georgia. Burns is the fourth player to commit to NC State since Sunday, joining safety Alex […]
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