While there will be bonus time to draw up a game plan for Thursday's trip to Duke, the break also comes at a good time for C.J. Williams.
Modified: 02/11/12 06:16:42 AMThe N.C. State Softball team split its season opening doubleheader in the Red and Black Showcase by falling to Utah State 6-5, before beating St. John's 7-6 in its second game of the day.
Modified: 02/10/12 11:21:58 PMN.C. State's 61-52 ACC victory against Georgia Tech on Thursday was built on the memories of what happened the last time the two teams played.
Modified: 02/10/12 05:30:09 AMN.C. State's Scott Wood made both of his free throws in the first half, which extended his ACC record for consecutive free throws made to 65 and left him with the fourth-longest streak in NCAA history.
Modified: 02/10/12 05:02:27 AMN.C. State might be looking up at Duke and North Carolina in the ACC standings, but the Blue Devils and Tar Heels are chasing the Wolfpack on the recruiting trail. At least when it comes to McDonald's All-Americans.
Modified: 02/09/12 11:30:19 PMN.C. States 61-52 ACC victory against Georgia Tech on Thursday was built on the memories of what happened the last time the Wolfpack and Yellow Jackets played.
Modified: 02/09/12 11:46:42 PMThe Wolfpack cannot lose this game and still harbor serious hopes of earning an NCAA bid based on its regular-season resume.
Modified: 02/09/12 06:22:11 AMColumnist Luke DeCock and Duke beat writer Jack Daly discussed last night's Duke-UNC game, tonights N.C. State-Georgia Tech matchup and other league action. See the transcript here.
Modified: 02/09/12 04:55:02 PMDeCock: If it weren't for that little home stumble against Georgia Tech, N.C. State might be very much on track for the 11 ACC wins their coach - astutely - thinks it will take to make the NCAA tournament.
Modified: 02/08/12 11:05:09 AMBasketball
The first sentence of the foreword to "Duke Sucks," a newly released book that's jammed full of disdain for the Blue Devils basketball program, offers the following Tar Heel blue assertion: "The best thing about hating Duke University is that you never have to explain yourself."
Modified: 02/07/12 07:28:34 AMAtaira Franklin scored 20 points and Ariana Moorer had 11 points and 10 rebounds as Virginia defeated N.C. State 55-47 in the ACC on Sunday.
Modified: 02/05/12 09:06:01 PMTwo of N.C. State's accomplished freshmen and well-decorated senior Jaime Pulgar helped the Wolfpack defeat Cornell 4-3 in men's tennis Sunday at the Isenhour Tennis Center.
Modified: 02/06/12 05:34:31 AMN.C. State was topped by the Rams Saturday and dropped to 3-2 on the season. The Wolfpack returns to action next weekend in Wisconsin. N.C. State will take on DePaul on Feb. 11 and close the weekend against Wisconsin on Feb. 12
Modified: 02/06/12 01:47:33 PMThe Pack beat the Demon Deacons 87-76 on Saturday for the fifth straight time and the ninth time in the past 12 games. Scott Wood's 23 points lifted the Pack in a closer call than the earlier meeting this season, a 76-40 wipeout in Winston-Salem.
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