NC State Football Signing Day Results
February 4, 2009 by admin
Filed under NC State Football Blog
NC State Football signing day has come to a close and the Wolfpack have picked up 28 new athletes. To be honest, it was not as impressive as I thought it was going to be, nationally we are ranked about #51. With Florida State at #6, North Carolina at #8, Miami at #11 and VA Tech at #24. GA Tech, Maryland, Clemson, Virgina and Duke all finished ahead of the Wolfpack according to Rivals.com. NC State ended up picking up zero five star, one four star and nineteen three star athletes. Keep in mind that the ranking system is not much more than a guessing game and what the actual players can drastically change by game time. Here are a list of the newest members of the NC State Wolfpack family.
| A.J. Ferguson | 250 | DL | Southport, N.C. | South Brunswick HS |
| Anthony Talbert | 230 | TE | Cincinnati, Ohio | Winton Woods HS |
| Asa Watson | 225 | TE | Rock Hill, S.C. | Rock Hill HS |
| Brandan Bishop | 200 | SAF | Boca Raton, Fla. | Boca Raton HS |
| Brian Slay | 290 | DT | Ashburn, Va. | Stone Bridge HS |
| Bryan Underwood | 170 | WR | University Heights, Ohio | Cleveland Heights HS |
| Camden Wentz | 290 | OL | Marietta, Ga. | Lassiter HS |
| Chris Ward | 175 | P | Fayetteville, Ga. | Stars Mill HS |
| Darryl Cato-Bishop | 250 | DE | Groton, Mass. | Lawrence Academy |
| Dean Haynes | 178 | CB | Tunnel Hill, Ga. | NW Whitfield County HS |
| Deion Roberson | 275 | DT | Tucker, Ga. | Tucker HS |
| Denzelle Good | 325 | OL | Gaffney, S.C. | Gaffney HS |
| Donald Coleman | 207 | SAF | Detroit, Mi. | The Hun School (N.J.) |
| Duran Christophe | 285 | OL | Woodstock, Ga. | Woodstock HS |
| Everett Proctor | 200 | QB | Fayetteville, N.C. | Jack Britt HS |
| Hans Rice | 205 | LB | Eufaula, Ala. | Eufaula HS |
| James Washington III | 180 | RB | Orlando, Fla. | Boone HS |
| Jarvis Byrd | 180 | CB | Pahokee, Fla. | Pahokee HS |
| Morgan Alexander | 180 | ATH | Cartersville, Ga. | Cartersville HS |
| Nathan Mageo | 280 | DT | Pago Pago, American Samoa | Samoana HS/NM Military JUCO |
| Quintin Payton | 190 | WR | Anderson, S.C. | T.L. Hanna HS |
| Rashard Smith | 175 | CB | Dublin, Ga. | Dublin HS |
| Raynard Randolph | 320 | DT | Brandywine, Md. | Gwynn Park HS |
| Rickey Dowdy | 225 | LB | High Point, N.C. | High Point Central HS |
| Ryan Cheek | 230 | LB | Lancaster, Ohio | Lancaster HS |
| Sam Jones | 295 | OL | Fuquay-Varina, N.C. | Fuquay-Varina HS/Hargrave Milt. Acad. |
| Sylvester Crawford | 225 | DE | Charlotte, N.C. | Northside Christian Academy |
| Tyson Chandler | 340 | OL | North Plainfield, N.J. | North Plainfield HS |
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March Madness 2009 Predictions
February 3, 2009 by admin
Filed under NC State Basketball Blog
March Madness 2009 Predictions
March Madness 2009 Predictions have been released by The Wolfpack Journal team in early February. The Big East leads the pack with 9 teams, followed closely by the ACC with 7 teams. If NC State wins out the rest of the ACC season, or wins the ACC Tournament they could get a bid. This is how we think the final tournament will look like.
| America East Vermont Atlantic Coast Duke Wake Forest North Carolina Clemson Virginia Tech Miami (FL) Florida State Atlantic Sun E. Tennessee State Atlantic 10 Xavier St. Joseph’s Dayton Big East Marquette Louisville Connecticut Pittsburgh Syracuse Villanova Notre Dame West Virginia Georgetown Big Sky Weber St. Big South Virginia Military Big Ten Michigan State Purdue Minnesota Illinois Big 12 Oklahoma Kansas Texas Baylor Big West Long Beach St. Colonial Athletic Northeastern George Mason Conference USA Memphis Horizon League Butler Ivy League Harvard Metro Atlantic Athletic Siena |
Mid-American Buffalo Miami (OH) Mid-Eastern Morgan State Missouri Valley Northern Iowa Illinois St. Mountain West UNLV Utah BYU Northeast Robert Morris Ohio Valley Austin Peay Pacific-10 UCLA Washington Arizona St. California Patriot League American Southeastern Florida Kentucky LSU Southern Davidson Southland Texas A&M C.C. Southwestern Athletic Alabama State Summit Oral Roberts Sun Belt West. Kentucky West Coast Gonzaga St. Mary’s Western Athletic Utah State |
NC State loses to UNC, looks forward to NCCU
February 3, 2009 by admin
Filed under NC State Basketball Blog
NC State lost 93-76 on Saturday in the RBC Center to the UNC Tarheels. While Fells had a hell of a game with 22 points, it was not enough to upset the No. 2 team in the country. This is the fifth straight lost to the Tarheels, and the 11th in the past 12 matches.
What is going wrong?
- The Wolfpack has yet to stop the playmaker. Each game this year that has had a superstar opponent curry, henderson, hansbrough and the list goes on, the Wolfpack have failed to control him.
- NC State is scoring 68 points on average a game in ACC play, while giving up 77 on average. This is the worst margin in the ACC.
- Defensively we have started to fall apart, giving up 77 points a game is unacceptable for the Wolfpack.
What is going right?
- Fells is on FIRE….. So nice to see the senior stepping up big this season.
- Costner and McCauley are still producing points and getting rebounds.
- Degand has 16 assists against only six turnovers in his last three games
What’s next?
NC State will take on NC Central who has a 2-22 record in the RBC center on Tuesday night. The game should be a blow out and at a minimum a confidence booster…