Moore looking for toughness in his first season at Wolfpack helm
BACKYARD BISTRO/RALEIGH Wes Moore doesn’t want to waste any time as he gets his N.C. State women’s basketball team ready for his first season at the helm. On Thursday he was the guest of honor at a media luncheon to discuss the upcoming season as well as the future, and brought his new assistant coaches…
Duke, UNC women’s hoops fly high; big changes leave Wolfpack a mystery
So the college women’s basketball season is now behind us, and now that all the shouting was over Connecticut is once again the champion — taking out two future ACC members by impressive margins in the Final Four. Don’t worry. It will end someday. I lived in ACC country for the entire Wooden era. Blue…
Mr. Wuf: Wes Moore takes reins as State women’s hoop coach
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH N.C. State held its press conference to introduce Wes Moore as its new head women’s basketball coach on Monday. Moore, 55, is the first male head women’s basketball coach at an ACC school in the Triangle. He had spent the previous nine seasons at Tennessee-Chattanooga where he had the Mocs in the NCAA…
Seeing Harper’s Wolfpack tenure end isn’t much fun
Such decisions are much easier in the world of pro sports. If the coach didn’t win yesterday and probably won’t win tomorrow, he’s out. No matter how hard the team has played through injuries, no matter if everybody on the planet thinks a bad call took them out of the playoffs too early the year…
Wolfpack rallies in last four minutes, ousts Richmond from WNIT
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State will try to finish its season on a good note with some success in the WNIT, but the Wolfpack’s first-round assignment isn’t an easy one. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics State center Markeisha Gatling State (16-16) will take on Richmond (16-15), which ripped the Wolfpack 72-58 early last season. The Wolfpack of…
Duke gets No. 2 seed, UNC No. 3; Pack in state-line WNIT squabble
Duke is exactly in the spot most people expected for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament opening this weekend. And maybe UNC got a nice surprise. The Blue Devils and Tar Heels were the only teams from North Carolina in the field when the 64-team bracket was announced Monday night. File photo by Chris Baird Duke’s…
Liston leads Duke, which ousts scrappy Wolfpack with late run
GREENSBORO COLISEUM The last time Duke and N.C. State met in this building, the Wolfpack pulled a monumental upset. Photo courtesy Duke athletics Duke guard Tricia Liston And it’s kind of same time, same station in the quarterfinals of this season’s ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Again Duke (27-2), which is ranked No. 6 in the…
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Kastanek, Wolfpack dodge a bullet; face Blue Devils next
GREENSBORO COLISEUM N.C. State finds itself in a must-win situation as the Wolfpack starts ACC Tournament play. The No. 8 seed Wolfpack (15-15) takes on No. 9 Clemson (9-20) for the chance to meet No. 1 seed Duke in the second round. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics State guard Marissa Kastanek State will almost certainly get…
Wolfpack faces a must win; Duke and UNC will wait a day
N.C. State is badly in need of a victory Thursday afternoon. If the Wolfpack wants to play in the post season, it definitely needs to complete a three-game sweep of Clemson in the first round of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics State coach Kellie Harper Top-seeded Duke (27-2)…
Ruffin-Pratt, UNC hold off scrappy Wolfpack for 25th win
Photo by Chris Baird UNC’s Waltiea Rolle goes up for a shot as State’s Kody Burke applies the block. Others in the lane are (l-r) the Wolfpack’s Krystal Barrett, Lakeesa Daniel and Len’Nique Brown and UNC’s Krista Gross. CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL It’s yet another edition of the UNC-N.C. State series in women’s basketball. And in…
Wolfpack drops Hoops 4 Hope game to resurgent Yellow Jackets
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH The Hoops 4 Hope game promoting awareness of breast cancer is always a really big deal at N.C. State, and of course today’s is no exception. The matchup with Georgia Tech is the de facto centerpiece of the Play 4Kay initiative and is being shown on ESPN2. Photo by Chris Baird State’s Myisha…
Balanced effort gives Wolfpack easy win over Clemson, evens record
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State has gotten on a positive roll of late, and if the Wolfpack is thinking about post-season play that needs to continue today. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics NCSU forward Lakeesa Daniel The opponent is Clemson (6-16, 2-9), which is sitting in last place in the ACC. Kellie Harper’s Wolfpack (11-12, 3-8) has…
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