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The new redesigned Reynolds can be named for the last men's coach to coach a full season there.

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12/4/2012 12:08:22 PM

I went to the gopack store and they had no jimmy v jerseys to sell, but when I was at Dick's in brier creek earlier in the day they had quite a few #5 jimmy v jerseys for $60.

12/4/2012 12:11:01 PM

oh lame, i would've just gotten it there.

i haven't gotten a ship confirmation or anything from gopack yet

12/4/2012 12:16:15 PM

^ At Purchase it told me that it will ship on or after 12/3

EDIT: Hopefully either today or tomorrow it will go out

[Edited on December 4, 2012 at 12:44 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2012 12:43:54 PM

Ouch... Jason King from the ESPN writer roundtable today. Apologies if this has been posted already:

It's early, but which preseason conference pick are you second-guessing the most?

Jason King: When it comes to our preseason conference selections, I'd like a do-over please. I'm sure many of us would when it comes to the ACC, where NC State was the popular pick to win the league crown. Unranked Oklahoma State exposed the Wolfpack in a 20-point victory in Puerto Rico. Michigan took care of business against them as well. Even UNC-Asheville almost got in on the fun before falling 82-80. I still think Mark Gottfried's squad has a chance to be good -- really good, in fact. There's a lot of talent on NC State's roster. Still, with Duke boasting wins against Ohio State, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota and VCU, the identity of the conference's best team isn't debatable. In the ACC, it's Duke and everyone else. Wish I could say I told you so in October. My mistake.

12/4/2012 2:20:24 PM

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"Ouch"

Meh, about as reasonable of a summary as one could write.

12/4/2012 2:29:21 PM

Unranked? Osu is in the top 25. I mean they were unranked at the time but that is just another example of guys like him getting it wrong preseason

12/4/2012 2:30:56 PM

apparently VCU is worth mentioning in the same breath as ohio state, louisville and kentucky

12/4/2012 2:34:11 PM

ESPN INSIDER

Don't bury NC State just yet

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"The story so far in 2012-13 with the North Carolina State Wolfpack is usually going to be told like this: Mark Gottfried's team entered the season not only ranked No. 6 in the nation, but the squad was also picked by the ACC's coaches to win the league and finish above a certain rather well-known duo of nearby storied programs in Duke and North Carolina. Fans in Raleigh were pretty excited, and indeed the enthusiasm surrounding NC State in the preseason was off the proverbial charts. But the Wolfpack stumbled early, losing to Oklahoma State and Michigan, not to mention beating UNC Asheville by just two points in Raleigh. Now Gottfried's team sits at 4-2, and it's ranked No. 25. What an incredible disappointment! You could also, however, tell the same story like this: The venerable program that brought us David Thompson, Jim Valvano and the miraculous 1983 national championship game fell into a rut of mediocrity not so long ago and missed five consecutive NCAA tournaments between 2007 and 2011. Then Gottfried rolled into town. Now suddenly recruiting is going great, NC State has a 2012 Sweet 16 appearance in its back pocket, and you'll currently find the Wolfpack sporting a Pomeroy rating that's higher than anything since Julius Hodge's heyday in 2004-05. What an incredible turnaround! As you've probably guessed, you can sign me up for the latter version of this story. My opinion heading into the season was that Duke is the best team in the ACC, but you know what? We haven't seen any ACC games yet, Richard Howell might be having a breakout senior season (if such a thing exists), and 6-foot-8 freshman T.J. Warren has been fantastic. The expectations surrounding this team at the beginning of the season were out of line, but the key words there are "at the beginning of the season." I therefore propose we start from scratch and take a fresh look at this team. Here's what I'm seeing: The Wolfpack actually played like a top-10 team for half of their games. Sure, the opponents were Miami (Ohio), Penn State and Massachusetts. So what? Indiana hasn't exactly been playing a Duke-variety schedule, either, but we can still tell the Hoosiers are good. In the three games against the RedHawks, Nittany Lions and Minutemen (the last two of which were played on a neutral floor in Puerto Rico), NC State outscored its opponents by a borderline-absurd 0.33 points per possession. After seeing 120 minutes of basketball from these guys, there was nothing particularly outlandish in claiming that this was a top-10 team. I had balked at going that far based on what I saw from the Wolfpack last season, but clearly my hesitancy (or anyone else's) would have become moot if Gottfried's team continued to outscore opponents by a third of a point every trip down the floor. So the question with NC State isn't whether the team can play up to its preseason ranking. The question is why the Wolfpack stopped doing so. Gottfried's No. 1 priority is better defense. If I'm lavishing praise on the Wolfpack's performance in their first three games and the team is sitting at 4-2, you can gather where this is headed. Since starting the season 3-0, NC State has collapsed on defense, surrendering 1.14 points per possession over the course of three games to Oklahoma State, UNC Asheville and Michigan. There's no shame attached to losing by seven to the No. 3-ranked Wolverines in Ann Arbor, of course. But allowing three opponents to score 235 points in just 206 possessions -- particularly when 73 of those possessions were recorded in a home game against UNC Asheville -- does have to give Gottfried pause. Opposing offenses are suddenly getting into their sets in a near frictionless (and turnover-less) fashion and hitting shots from both sides of the arc. NC State doesn't project to have Division I's best defense in any event, but at least the building blocks are in place for an above-average performance. Gottfried's team is very good on the defensive glass, and as a group the Wolfpack do a pretty satisfactory job keeping opponents off the line. Then again, there's at least one individual exception to this low-foul tendency ... NC State's too thin for Howell to get in foul trouble The Wolfpack's performance on defense is worth fretting about, I need hardly add, because this is a very talented team that might score a few points this season. In particular, the 6-foot-8 Howell has been as efficient from the field as is humanly possible, hitting 74 percent of his 2s. Will Howell be able to sustain that all season? Of course not. (If he does, he'll threaten a record that's 32 years old.) But a player who can do that over six games while functioning as an ACC offense's featured scorer is, I submit, a player to watch. C.J. Leslie gives the Wolfpack a big scoring option in the paint. Now the bad news: Howell's been reliably foul-prone throughout his career, and that hasn't changed this season. Averaging 5.8 fouls per 40 minutes (as Howell is doing as a senior) would be one thing on a team with some frontcourt depth, but the Wolfpack have little margin for error here. DeShawn Painter transferred in the offseason to Old Dominion, and last week Thomas de Thaey announced his intention to return to his native Belgium. Howell is irreplaceable in two senses of the term. He's been unbelievably good, and there aren't a lot of other options. Not that Howell's been a one-man show, mind you. In fact, Warren is keeping him company at the very top of the D-I field goal percentage rankings. Warren's drained 74 percent of his 2s while going 3-of-7 on attempts from beyond the arc, and he's done so while carrying a large load on offense. Throw in C.J. Leslie's scoring in the paint, perimeter shooting by Scott Wood and Rodney Purvis, and Lorenzo Brown's assists, and you can see why a little defense from this roster could carry it a long way. NC State hasn't started the season the way people expected, but those expectations were outside the Wolfpack's control, and the season is young. This group still has an excellent chance to be the best NC State team we've seen in years."

http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8708754/ncb-bury-north-carolina-state-yet

12/4/2012 2:36:15 PM

We have shown flashes of being a good defensive team, in the second half against Michigan and UConn, and some of our games against lesser opponents. I hope we can see that on a more consistent basis by the time we get to conference play, particularly on the perimeter.

12/5/2012 6:05:15 AM

Leslie and Howell combined for 11 of 19 from the field.

This is where our team runs. We're starting to realize that, and the ball needs to be forced inside even more. In the end it will only open up some room for the shooters.

12/5/2012 8:03:22 AM

That Insider article, even post-UConn, is dead-on. I believed everything that man said, because it's exactly what I wanted to hear. But srsly, if there's one fanbase in the country that should ignore the hype train, it's us.

12/5/2012 8:22:38 AM

Looking at our schedule and assuming we continue to improve our D, no reason we shouldn't be 13-2 when we play Duke in January

12/5/2012 1:06:53 PM

you really don't need to make any assumptions.

the hardest game we have is stanford at home. we should win all of these.

12/5/2012 1:16:13 PM

we don't play another away game for a month

12/5/2012 1:39:41 PM

Team FT% is 61.7% with Brown and Wood being the only ones on the team above 70%. Ouch.

12/5/2012 1:46:31 PM

^Yeah, we've got to get that number up. With our strategy being to attack the basket both from the post and with Brown and Purvis on the dribble, we're going to draw fouls. Not being able to make those free throws could easily be the difference between a win and a loss in a tight game. The upside is that it is largely a correctable issue and we do have a couple of guys we can funnel the ball to at the end of games to try to close out when needed.

In the grand scheme, I'll take 5-2 with correctable issues as long as we see the signs that they are willing to fight.

12/5/2012 2:27:31 PM

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"In the grand scheme, I'll take 5-2 with correctable issues as long as we see the signs that they are willing to fight."

i hate reading shit like this so much.

12/5/2012 2:45:04 PM

Buy your DVD today! http://www.runningwiththepackdvd.com/

12/5/2012 4:14:53 PM

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"2 Hours 3 Minutes, High Definition; 7.1 SURROUND SOUND"

I hope they are not counting 480p as high definition. The only option to buy is DVD.

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12/5/2012 8:16:28 PM

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"Over 3 Hours of never before seen [except on youtube] footage and interviews"

Seriously though, if they were to mention where they got all this footage from it might add some credibility. Someone take one for the home team.

12/5/2012 8:31:02 PM

TJ Warren spotting at Crabtree last night. He's taller than I realized

12/6/2012 9:59:01 AM

Check out this pics and drawing of Valvano

http://www.wral.com/photographer-remembers-nc-state-s-most-incredible-season-ever-/11851712/

12/6/2012 4:24:21 PM

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"Buy your DVD today! http://www.runningwiththepackdvd.com/"

I need to know how much non-Case/Sloan/Valvano footage is on there.

Prob about 1 min. of Herb and a piece at the end where they talk about "the bright future with Mark Gottfried" and that's it.

12/10/2012 9:40:19 AM

where can I find this? I looked all over that site

12/10/2012 1:29:31 PM

http://www.championsagain.com/ProductDetail/ID=20050003_1983%20North%20Carolina%20State%20Wolfpack%20National%20Champions%20Short%20Sleeve%20T-Shirt

12/10/2012 1:31:14 PM

^^

that is fugly.


there are much better throwback '83 or '74 championship tshirts out there.

12/10/2012 1:37:03 PM

^^Thanks
^please direct me to them!

Looks like we're holding down the #25 spot in the AP and Coaches polls while UNC is #21 and #18, respectively.

I hate the press.

12/10/2012 2:45:26 PM

I guess beating UConn is just not what it use to be

12/10/2012 2:50:57 PM

We just need to take care of business and get to that Duke game without another loss then see how that game plays out. Carolina isnt great this year but until we beat them can we really complain?

12/10/2012 2:51:50 PM

^always

12/10/2012 3:02:05 PM

i mean, no one ahead of us lost. why would we move up?

12/10/2012 4:28:37 PM

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"Seriously though, if they were to mention where they got all this footage from it might add some credibility. Someone take one for the home team."

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/a-project-to-preserve-pack-history

12/10/2012 4:47:42 PM

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"i mean, no one ahead of us lost. why would we move up?"

Gonzaga lost. But yeah, that's about it and they already accounted for it by shifting a couple of teams around in the rankings. I'm just glad they didn't find an excuse to replace us at the #25 spot with another team.

12/10/2012 5:26:49 PM

Bracketology is out, we are slotted in as a #6 seed, playing Belmont in the first round and Ohio State in the Sweet 16

not that this matters at all right now

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

12/11/2012 1:59:51 PM

^^lol...Gonzaga isn't falling below us because they lost at home to a top 15 team...

12/11/2012 2:34:33 PM

lol did you read the post? noone claimed otherwise lol.

12/11/2012 2:44:59 PM

Discuss....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yvg2BmsMJd0

12/12/2012 5:09:31 PM

they're destroying the pavement with reckless abandon.

12/12/2012 5:33:41 PM

we have the goofiest intro videos

12/12/2012 5:47:04 PM

Total crap.

12/12/2012 6:54:48 PM

we kinda need to beat UNC and Duke first before we use that intro.

When was the last time we beat both UNC and Duke in a season?

12/12/2012 6:59:55 PM

2007

12/12/2012 7:02:03 PM

excellent use of the inception horn

12/12/2012 7:04:49 PM

I like it. what are we gonna be all like,
'this would be our state if we fielded a competitive team over the past five years - but we're going to try to be optimistic anyways'

12/12/2012 7:35:00 PM

go back to the bulls knockoff please

12/13/2012 2:52:43 AM

it's unbelievable that WOLFPACK IN THE HOUUUUUUUSE still happens at home games in 2012

12/13/2012 3:09:54 AM

They gave Vandy some screen time to keep him from leaving the team.

12/13/2012 6:08:47 AM

didnt stop TDT....I think he was on there as well, but they clipped him out.

12/13/2012 6:39:55 AM

"this is our state" says the australian

12/13/2012 7:23:32 AM