GarageGabs

Yes, I’m still alive.

This man is training his son well.

Sweet 16 of the 1989 NCAA tournament vs. powerhouse Geogetown and Alonzo Mourning.  Down 3, Corchiani drives, is bumped, and hits the basket.

Traveling is called.

This is a call that NC State fans will never forget.

 

The motivational posters from the NCSU/UNC game are out:

 

 

For the complete collection, GO HERE.

Despite falling behind by 15 points in the 1st half to NC State, Georgia Tech was able to rally in the 2nd half to beat State, 74-65.  It was pretty obvious State just got tired.  They were running on all cylinders in the first half, but the minutes really began to add up in the 2nd half.  All 5 starters played 33 minutes or more, with only 2 other players playing.  The effort was just not as intense, passes not as crisp, and I thought Engin Atsur was going to die.

Anyway, credit to Tech where credit is due.  They hung tough, and went on an incredible run after the 9 minute mark of half 2.  Javaris  Crittenton, after only scoring 6 in the first half (including a 3/4 court hail mary at the buzzer) scored 15 second half points to lead the Jackets back.  Not crying foul here, but Tech’s run was aided by the men in stripes, they seemed to pocket their whistles in the second half as Georgia Tech got more physical, but oh well, I’ll take it, those kind of calls will benefit the Pack when they have a full bench.  Sidney Lowe has the guys on the right track.

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Also in the ACC tonight, Virginia leads Maryland at the half, 41-31.

Georgia Tech 74 N.C. State 65 (yahoo!)

What a win from the Wolfpack yesterday. Out-gunned and out-manned, NC State pulled off a 83-79 upset over #3 North Carolina in the RBC Center yesterday. Just an absolute brilliant performance to watch as State, who were up most of the game, held off UNC rallies on multiple occasions.

State, who played just 7 players (one a walkon) shot 60.5% from the field, out-rebounded the Heels (one of the best rebounding teams in the nation) 27-22, hit 14 of 17 second half shots, and basically just out played and out coached Carolina. A sweet win indeed for the entire Wolfpack Nation.

The win should put the entire fanbase behind new Head Coach Sidney Lowe as well as giving the Pack a chance to make some noise nationally. The feeling here is just SO HOPEFUL now….we have something to cheer for. The days of competing with our neighbors in the ACC aren’t that far off. If you let athletes be athletes, play with emotion, as well as running an offense…well, good things can happen. A new era has arrived at NCSU, and the future looks very good.

I’ve got the game DVR’d, but I’m waiting for someone to post some youtube videos of the highlights. (there were many) I’ll have some video up, hopefully later tonight.

The Pack went on the road tonight and ended Virginia Tech’s 10 game home winning streak with a 70-59 win. State put 4 players in double figures and got 35 minutes from Engin Atsur. Atsur was solid on the offensive end but still seemed to labor just a bit on defense. Here are a few highlights, check out the jam from Courtney Fells and the amazing commentary from Cliff Ellis.
*edit* Not sure why I put the wrong date in the video. Sorry about the quality.

 

 

Here is a much better look at the Fells dunk:

 

 

I took in two games at the RBC Center this past Saturday. Honestly, I should have stayed at home. NC State lost to Duke, 79-56 and the Hurricanes lost to Tampa Bay, 6-5 in a shootout. Oh well. Figured I’d post a few photos of my day, and finish up with a quick video review of my 8 hour adventure in losing. I wanted to add that Martin St. Louis is perhaps the most pesky hockey player to every suit up. He is listed at 5′9″ but I really don’t think he’s a hair over 5′6″. He is super quick, and super deadly anytime he touches the puck. I wasn’t all that impressed with Duke overall, (State was just out manned and played BAD) but freshman guard Jon Scheyer seems awful smooth.

Here are some highlights lowlights.

I couldn’t be more pleased with what Sidney Lowe is doing with this years edition of Wolfpack basketball. Lowe got the Pack to 11-6, and notched his first career ACC victory in leading the Pack to an 88-74 win over Wake Forest.

Mull this over for a second….The Pack lost Cedrick Simmons to an early exit to the NBA, Andrew Brackman to baseball, Ilian Evtimov, Tony Bethel, and Cameron Bennerman to graduation, and have basically been without Engin Atsur due to injury. To make matters worse, they lost 2 incoming recruits in Dan Werner and Larry Davis. That didn’t leave Lowe with much. Atsur, mentioned early, was the lone returning senior, and was depended on to run the point. Things haven’t worked out that way as Atsur has missed several games due to injury, thrusting most of the ball handling duties on junior small forward Gavin Grant. Grant was the only other returning player that picked up any minutes that one would call “significant”…..Courtney Fells, a sophomore, was highly regarded but saw little action last year. Starting Center Ben McCauley, played sparingly as well last year while backing up Cedrick Simmons. Now he’s a poor mans version of Tyler Hansborough. Brandon Costner missed nearly all of last year to injury, so he retained his freshman status. Freshman Dennis Horner and former walk on Bryan Nieman picked up what playing time was left, and transfer Trevor Ferguson came on after the first semester to help with ball handling duties. 1 Junior, 2 sophomores, 2 freshmen, and a walk-on haved logged the majority of minutes……I’m DAMN PROUD OF THIS TEAM.

Anyway, check out Courtney Fells and Brandon Costner showing off vs. Wake Forest:

I found yet another NC State clip today. This is a photo essay from a 10-24-1987 football game between NC State and Clemson. The essay was done by Jeff Gravley and Jay Jennings of WRAL channel 5, here in Raleigh. I remember taping this, but honestly don’t recognize any of the Wolfpack players, other than head coach Dick Sheridan. I was having some trouble figuring out what year this game was from until I found THIS. I noticed on that site that State beat Duke, 47-45 that year and it brought back to my memory that I had recorded the same type photo essay from that game as well….I haven’t found it yet, I would have thought it would be on this same tape, so we’ll see. I believe that was the Steve Spurrier “Air Ball” Blue Devils.

Also, I added a new category especially for all these old tapes I’m finding. From now on, all of these older clips I’m posting will be filed under “Stuff From The Garage”, because that is where the box of tapes was. I decided to add the category because I am finding all kinds of interesting clips from professional sports as well, so the whole NCSU category won’t work for everything. Anyway, enjoy….

I’m finding all kinds of stuff on my old VHS tapes. It seems that I recorded just about everything I could. Tonight I found 3 recaps of a classic NCSU game. State battled back from 20 points down as Rodney Monroe scored 30 points in the 2nd half….after only 2 in the first. Here I have 3 different recaps: WRAL, WTVD, and “The Les Robinson Show“. Funny thing is, I actually had the full game recorded before the news recaps, but it appears that an ex-girlfriend used the tape to record a movie awards show….so, I’m left with these news casts.

Here is the direct Youtube link to the video

Here is other NCSU related stuff on this site.