Backing The Pack

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Meet the Hokies... NC State’s first ACC opponent of 2025 Who’s the Pack playing? Opponent: Virginia Tech Mascot: bird^2 | School Location: Blacksburg, VA | Conference: ACC 2025 Record: 12-5 (1-2, T-12th) | 2025 RPI Rank: 109 2024 Record: 32-22 (14-16, 5th Coastal) | 2024 RPI Rank: 68 2023 Record: 30-23 (12-17, 5th Coastal) | 2023 RPI … [Read more...] about Pack9 Opponent Preview: Virginia Tech

Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Is it the end, or is there a way out? Why Has ACC Basketball Lost its Luster? While we are IMPATIENTLY biding our time: until another POAPS drops until the NCAA women’s and men’s tournaments begin next week when we can root for the Lady Pack and against ... until coaching targets come available ... it might be interesting to look into the … [Read more...] about Talking Basketball: Why is ACC Basketball So Weak?

Let’s meet a man who might be the man. Is this a coaching search, or an elaborate scheme to Remember Some Guys? Why not both. Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey put himself in NC State lore in 1997 when he played every minute of the ACC tournament, as the eighth-seeded Wolfpack made a run all the way to the final, beating top-seeded Duke in the process. That was a … [Read more...] about Profile of a Possible Savior: Justin Gainey

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Let’s meet a man who might be the man. Yesterday we took a deeper look at Will Wade, and today we’ll examine one of the other top names to emerge early at NC State. Ryan Odom, a Durham native and the son of Wake Forest coaching legend Dave Odom, is expected to have several good options this offseason, State included. 1.) How old … [Read more...] about Profile of a Possible Savior: Ryan Odom

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The search for NC State’s next chancellor has concluded, per Pack Pride, and the school is set to name Kevin Howell to the position. Howell is an NC State graduate—and former student-body president—but currently works for the UNC School of Medicine as its Chief External Affairs Officer. Howell was NC State’s … [Read more...] about NC State has its next chancellor, per report