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My 13 year old son woke up this morning and his literal first words were, "Who won? The bad guys? Or the really bad guys?"
My work as a parent is done.
Never ever forget or fail to give
@TannerIngle
the proper credit for this play that should live in Wolfpack lore forever. This guy has been a warrior for the program throughout his career. We are very lucky to have been able to watch him do his thing.
In his 5th game, Kevin Keatts gets a signature win. Cannot believe what I just watched. Fundamental defense and press. Broke the press by the books. Made the free throws. And upset
#2
Arizona. Incredibly proud of this team. What a pleasure.
#MillerTime
State-Duke: The most watched BBall game of any kind (incl NBA) in at least the last 2 years. Only 5 NCAA football games last szn had more viewers. I so hope the program is effectively marketing to recruits the attention available to kids that come to NC State!
In 2017, Emeka Emezie (supposedly) fumbled while going in for the winning TD at Wake. It crushed him. He became a fan favorite that night.
Emezie's last 2 catches in CFS will forever be TDs that provided a miraculous comeback win over UNC. He SO deserves it. Life is grand!
UNC is 16-6, NC State is 15-7 (w/ starting PG out for 8 games). UNC's four best wins this year: RPI
#6
, 12, 23, 24. NC State's four best wins: RPI
#1
, 5, 6, 14. One team is
#10
in the country. The other doesn't receive votes in any poll.
Everett Case
Press Maravich
Norm Sloan
Jim Valvano
Kevin Keatts
NC State has won 11 ACC Championships with FIVE DIFFERENT coaches in 5 decades. No other program has had more coaches win titles. That is called a PROGRAM. People want to talk about ‘tough neighborhood’!?
In 1992, Ray Tanner delivered an ACC Baseball Championship for NC State. Since then, neither football, basketball, baseball nor women's basketball has won an ACC Championship.
Until today.
Emotional interview from Coach Doeren after the game. He wins his second OT game in Chapel Hill in the last three games! DD evens his record vs Mack at 2-2 and advances to 6-4 vs the Heels overall. State has won 5 of the last 7 vs UNC and 11 of the last 16. Feels fantastic.
If you gave me the option BEFORE this season to not play the year & we get a 9-4 record; fun win in Chapel Hill; historic rout of ECU; and berth in the Gator Bowl then I would have taken it. Back to back 9 win seasons plus two great recruiting classes in a row. Things are good
LOVE that Manny Bates didn't say a word after his fantastic block. Didn't punk it up at all. No yelling. No yapping. Just delivered. Hope that he knows that people noticed and appreciated the discipline and the behavior.
Does NC State have the BEST PROGRAM in college athletics right now?
⚾️ Baseball in College World Series
🏀 MBB reached Final Four
🏀 WBB reached Final Four
🏈 Football finished in Top 25
@PackAthletics
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#GoPack
A SHOCKER in the ACC where the greatest 14th seed in the history of college basketball (Dan Dakich's words) is down 21 points at halftime to the
#6
seed. Nobody could have imagined it. And, the ACC Network & ESPN don't have a clue how they are going to program the next few days
NC State quarterback Ben Finley gets a little dig on UNC quarterback Drake Maye, letting him know he is excited about getting his degree from NCSU in December:
Fans just need some patience. If you will just give Dave Doeren ten more years then State will most definitely have a couple of seasons where we win 9 games, come in 3rd or 4th in the ACC and lose to an SEC team in the Mayo Bowl. What more can you really ask for?
Going back through and had to share these photos of
@PackMensBball
's
@CaseyMorsell
's defense on RJ Davis in their victory over UNC. Be sure to visit our gallery of 50 photos from the Pack's win at:
I had to make a video that chronicles this incredible run. There's so much to celebrate. But without pain, there can be no joy.
Wolfpack Nation, we've been through the pain.
Let's savor the joy.
No F’ing way they win that game without home court advantage (as a 2nd seed) and awful officiating in overtime. Abomination. I’m sure that Boo Corrigan is all over it. I couldn’t be more heart broken. What a shame.
UNC has no Q1 wins. So, Joe Lunardi says, 'Forget about Quad 1 [wins]. That's just a proxy for teams in the field'.
Make sure you remember this for the future when State is on the bubble and we are told that we need more Q1 wins.
How to foul out our best big guy with 1 second on the shot clock. How dare he guard Zion!?!? But, remember, at the end of the game the FT deficiency is all about style of play.
#tendencies
This highlight will be one that will be remembered forever. Reminiscent of Sidney Lowe’s between the legs pass to Thurl Bailey for the punctuation dunk over UNC in Reynolds in 1983.
How about those apples!?!
NC State's Athletics Department will win TWO ACC Championships in a single day. Congratulations,
@gopacknow
. This is your legacy of which you should be proud & we all appreciate!!
With that Pitt win not coming by pin,
@PackWrestle
has clinched its second straight ACC team championship …
#NCState
still has 3 to wrestle in the finals:
David “Skywalker” Thompson was the only man who could derail UCLA in the NCAA tourney from 1967 to 1975 and then he put up the highest scoring game (73 points) in the NBA between 1961 and 2006. Recognize greatness today.
How wonderful is it to wake up after a hard fought win knowing that any other wolfpack team since the late 80s would’ve lost that game?
This can’t be repeated enough.
Kevin Keatts is a winner.
Have to send this out so that it is forever memorialized in the timeline! So happy that the incomparable Gary Hahn is getting this experience as a part of his last ride with the Wolfpack. He totally deserves it!
What a Shot!!! 🐺
@MichaelOC_12
’s 3 🏀 at the horn sends
@PackMensBball
into OT and their eventual 73-65 Win over Virginia to advance to the
@accmbb
Championship Game on Sunday! 📻: Gary Hahn 📺: ESPN2
You have to say it out loud to appreciate it --
There are currently FOUR NC State teams in the Top 5 in the COUNTRY in their respective rankings. There are currently SIX NC State teams currently ranked in their Top 10.
It is truly unbelievable.
Just saw something I’ve never seen at a sporting event before — State fans were told not to cheer at the ACC Tournament Championship. The ‘Wolf-Pack cheer broke out in the concourse, and ushers stepped pit and told everyone to stop. Cheer inside arena they said. What?!?
BC had lost TWENTY-FIVE straight against ranked teams…until they got the opportunity to play Dave Doeren on Senior night, in Raleigh, with dozens of sixth year players that stuck around an extra year to do something special.
#DukesMayoBowl
Just heard Mack's postgame comments - CLASSIC Mack whine in full effect.
MB: "Most people had a scrimmage this weekend and we had a very difficult team on the road in a tough environment."
For you youngsters, this is 100% Mack.
Keep this in your bookmarks forever for the next time you have to explain to someone what it is like to be an NC State fan. This is literally the definition of being a Wolfpacker.
Just thinking out loud here - what a special blessing that our football program went from one of the best punters in our history (AJ Cole) to yet another one of the best punters in our history (Trent Gill). An amazing run of fantastic punting that I hope isn't taken for granted.
In case you didn't already know -- the rules of basketball simply don't apply to Zion Williamson. Travel? Nope. 3 seconds? Nope. Over the back? Of course not.
Panthers FINALLY draft an NC State player!!! Almost thirty years!! Panthers finally putting together a great draft. Team just got significantly better.
Am I right about this?
Our wide receiver, Thayer Thomas, has a pass completion that traveled further down field in the air than any pass our starting QB has had in three games?
Turns out that Americans in Louisiana don't appreciate it when the Cal Berkley softball team comes to town and kneels for the National Anthem...
Good 🇺🇸
Even better - Cal lost 😎
Lunardi says State doesn't move up (for beating ANOTHER Top 40 NET team). Stays in the same spot. BWAHAHA! State now 5-8 against the Top 50. NOBODY on the bubble is anywhere close to that. Who needs numbers and facts!? These goofballs are f'ing idots.
Brad Brownell called out Big 12 teams for manipulating the NET:
"Their nonconference scheduling, they’re playing 300 level teams and winning by 40-50 points to increase their efficiency numbers. ... Our league is actually 9-3 against the Big 12."
Became a huge Al Freeman fan as the year progressed. He really tailored his game & learned to trust his teammates. Pack turned the corner in January when he started sharing the ball more and took some pressure off himself. Really happy this transfer worked out for everyone!