Game thread: NC State vs. Texas
Let’s close this thing out right. Wolfpack vs. Longhorns Tip time: 9:30 p.m. ET TV: ESPN2 (Kanoa Leahey, Sean Farnham) Online streaming: WatchESPN
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Maui Game 3: NC State vs Texas for 5th Place
When: Wednesday November 26 – 9:30 PM ET Where: Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii TV: ESPN2 Opponent: Texas Longhorns (SEC Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 80-78 / NC State 81-80 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Season So Far: NC State played Boise State with energy and intensity, and the result showed it. As Coach […]
Maui Invitational, Day 2: Turns out everything’s fine
NC State’s effort on day two in Maui was ten times better, and the results were a reflection of that. This team has some clear problems defending the paint but a lot of how that works out for better or worse depends on the communication and effort, and today it was a lot better across […]
NC State – Back From the Dead, Beating Boise St 81-70.
Game Summary: NC State hit the floor with much more energy than yesterday and immediately took an 8-0 lead. The defense was energetic and forced 3TO early. Clearly Coach Wade’s message to the guards about rebounding was heard, at the 12:00 timeout the guards had all 6 and finished the half with 9 of 16. […]
Game thread: NC State vs. Boise State
Okay, let’s get back to winning, please. Wolfpack vs. Broncos Tip time: 2:30 p.m. ET TV: ESPN2 (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas) Online streaming: WatchESPN
Maui Game 2: NC State plays Boise St
When: Tuesday November 25 – 2:30 PM ET Where: Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii TV: ESPN2 Opponent: Boise State Broncos (Mtn West Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 78-74 / NC State 78-76 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Player Notes: Opponent Overview: Leon Rice enters his 16th season as head coach of Boise State men’s […]
Maui Invitational, Day 1: Oops, I broke the basketball team
I can say with great confidence that Monday was my first chance to watch a college basketball game begin at 9:30 a.m., and as disorienting as that was, it was nothing compared to what happened over the next two hours. On the bright side, win or lose, it’s still Hawaii outside. The Lahaina Civic Center […]
Maui Game 1: NC State Dominated by Seton Hall 85-74 (Press Conf Added)
Game Summary: ** Seton Hall was voted the last place team in the Big East this season. They didn’t look that bad to me. ** Seton Hall just looked like the better team in the first half. They shot 50% / 31% /100%, the Wolfpack shot 46% /25% / 50%, including an embarrassing 5-10 from […]
Game thread: Seton Hall vs. NC State, Maui Invitational
When I floated the idea with my family that we might spend Thanksgiving in Hawaii with NC State basketball, I had no idea that we’d end up trading Kevin Keatts for a chance at being actually good at basketball. Here we are now, the circumstances turned 180 degrees for the trip of a lifetime. The […]
Highlights! We’re just watching the punt again, mostly
I was working on about three hours of sleep on my way to the airport early Saturday because I watched the football game until the end, and was it all worth it, to watch the ol’ pigskin clonk off a man’s head and careen backward 25 yards for a turnover? It was, yes. I would […]
Maui Game 1: NC State vs Seton Hall
When: Monday November 24 – 2:30 PM ET Where: Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii TV: ESPN2 Opponent: Seton Hall Pirates (Big East Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 75-67 / NC State 77-69 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Player Notes: Team Statistical Comparison Opponent Overview: Shaheen Holloway was a four-year player at Seton Hall, starting […]
NC State women win 2025 cross country national championship
Well, they went and did it again. After a one-year hiatus, the women’s cross country team is back on top. The Wolfpack beat BYU (and everyone else, but mainly BYU) on Saturday morning to nab their fourth national championship in the last five years. Hannah Gapes and Grace Hartman finished fifth and sixth overall to […]
College football Saturday open thread
The week before rivalry week means that tomato cans are back on the menu for a lot of power-conference schools, sadly. Still there are a number of potentially entertaining matchups throughout the afternoon. Noon Missouri vs. OklahomaLouisville vs. SMU 3:30 USC vs. OregonArkansas vs. Texas After Dark Pitt vs. Georgia TechTennessee vs. FloridaBYU vs. Cincinnati
NC State bests mistake-prone FSU, 21-11
NC State and FSU had themselves an, um, interesting game on Friday night—not so much from good football, but moreso from weird football. Which is fine when it works out the way it did. NC State had a pretty tough time moving the ball, but the difference was that it avoided big mistakes, while Florida […]
Game thread: FSU vs. NC State
Fell down a bit of a rabbit hole when I noticed that an NC State win tonight would bring the Pack’s record against FSU in Carter-Finley to 11-11. The only ACC schools with winning home records against the Noles are Clemson and Georgia Tech, s0 .500 would be some pretty good work! (FSU is 8-1 […]
Maui Invitational Preview
*** BREAKING NEWS *** It was announced Thursday that Terrance Arceneaux has been cleared to play in Maui. Off to Maui NC State arrives in Maui Friday night to have a little fun before getting down to work next week. Three games in three days, the Pack’s endurance and ability will be tested. Best case […]
NC State and FSU are ready to match inconsistencies
The Friday night matchup between NC State and Florida State has the look of a who-the-hell-knows sort of affair, what with both of these teams caroming between good and bad performances on the way to matching 5-5 records. FSU hasn’t won a road game since 2023, and Mike Norvell hasn’t beaten NC State. NC State […]
NC State holds off Coastal Carolina, 71-58
Playing without Tilda Trygger, NC State nonetheless got off to a nice start against Coastal Carolina, thanks in large part to Maddie Cox, who replaced Trygger in the starting lineup. Cox hit a couple of threes in the first quarter to help the Pack establish a double-digit lead that it would extend to 21 at […]
NC State is playing UVA in Brazil to begin 2026 season
NC State’s home-and-home with Virginia has become a home-and-Southern-Hemisphere, apparently. Pack Pride reported Tuesday night that the two schools are going to play a Week 0 game in Brazil next season, and if that’s not the most random sports development of the week, I don’t know what is. The game reportedly will count as a […]
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When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
Week 13 Football: What to Watch
What is this? Where am I? What year is this? Wait, do I still work here? Is that a squirrel?! Well, after missing seven straight weeks of doing this, let’s resurrect this thing and see if it still has legs. Hey, even if NC State isn’t having a season to remember, there’s still plenty of […]
NC State Beats VCU 85-79
Game Summary: This is exactly the kind of game NC State needed to play. VCU was a talented, well coached, team that pushed the Wolfpack to the edge. Based on current KenPom metrics, VCU is ranked on a similar level to many ACC teams. The first half looked very familiar. Another game, another technical foul. […]
Game thread: VCU vs. NC State
Gonna need the fellas to rescue us from a dreary couple of sports days. Failure is not an option. Rams vs. Wolfpack Tip time: 7 p.m. ET TV: ACC Network (Jay Alter, Randolph Childress) Online streaming: ACCNX
NC State is a 4.5-point underdog to FSU
The end of the regular season is just around the corner, and NC State is intent on taking its postseason fate right down to the wire, it appears. The suspense is … well actually there’s not that much suspense. I’m not sure I even care that much about getting to a bowl game. It’d be […]
NC State’s offense continues to struggle in 69-59 loss to TCU
It’s too early in the season to smash the Panic Button, but I would say it’s fair to hit the Seriously Concerned Button. The shooting struggles persisted again on Sunday, in the form of a 17-50 effort inside the arc, as NC State dropped a rare home game under Wes Moore. Generally you can count […]
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