Raleigh & Company

[...] is a key part of your offense, a bad shooting game can easily lead to an early March exit. These Tar Heels have the talent to make a decent March run and, with improvement between now and then, an [...]

[...] tournament to another top three conference finish after going small midseason. Last year, the Tar Heels went on a 12-game winning streak in ACC play after starting the season 1-4 in the conference, [...]

[...] reputation on intense pressure defense, commonly extending their pressure to full-court. The Tar Heels on the other hand have long built their identity on running the court and beating opponents in [...]

[...] intimidated by Duke and North Carolina than the schools who had spent decades looking up at the Tar Heels and Blue Devils? Would the new arrivals find trips to Littlejohn Colliseum and McCamish [...]

[...] goes as such: Greensboro Coliseum Division – Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake Forest, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Clemson Madison Square Garden Division – Virginia Tech, Boston College, Miami, Pittsburgh, [...]

[...] Tony Bennett has quietly established Virginia as a force to be reckoned with in the ACC. Georgia Tech is House Arryn – Like the Arryns the Yellow Jackets have deferred entering the ACC Game of [...]

[...] NC State Wolfpack left Atlanta with a hard-fought 81-80 road win played in whatever arena over Georgia Tech. Buoyed by a 13-12 scoring run in overtime, Mark Gottfried’s Pack managed to even up its [...]

[...] ’s Georgia Tech. The Miami loss made more ‘sense’ — Miami just whipped Duke, Miami plays in a wet shoebox of [...]

[...] -back 3’s in the second half) were able to do Trevor Lacey and Ralston Turner things — mainly, watch Duke inbound the ball after a made basket. Mark [...]

[...] point guard, Cat Barber, who sat out due to a death in the family. Barber’s absence moved Trevor Lacey (39 minutes, 17 pts, 5 reb, 4 assists, 1 steal) to the point and Caleb/Cody Martin into [...]

[...]  at Ole Miss earlier this season, especially considering the Pack was without leading scorer Trevor Lacey. State started strong and never eased off the throttle, at one point holding a 27-4 lead. The [...]

[...] kept the Pack close for most of the game. Cat Barber (16 pts, 2 reb, 3 assists, 5 gifts) and Trevor Lacey (24 pts, 3 reb, 3 assists, 5 gifts) led the way in scoring, but they also led the way in [...]

[...] entire bottles of Visine into their eyes after their zone ‘defense’ gave up 33 points to Ralston Turner (33 redundant pts, 8-17 3pt attempts, 4 reb, 1 block, 0 assists are you crazy why would he [...]

[...] jumper. 2) Talk It Out: The play(s) of the game began at the 10:37 mark of the second half. Ralston Turner rolled in a short jumper, and the Pack fell into their token pressure off the make.2 Freeman, [...]

[...] the potential aberration of said Duke game) and can tire out Pack scorers Trevor Lacey and Ralston Turner, State will have a tough time grinding out a win. Prediction: Meaningless. Go Pack. Actually [...]

[...] -figure scorer was Trevor Lacey (4-13 shooting, 10 pts, 5 reb, 2 assists, 1 steal), with Ralston Turner struggling (3-12 shooting, 9 pts, 5 reb, 1 assist) and the other Pack ‘fourwards’1 looking [...]

[...] a troubling trend in shot-blocking has emerged — leaving the weak-side vulnerable to offensive rebounds. The Pack gave up 12 offensive rebounds to Pitt, which turned into too many second- [...]

[...] team for not consistently boxing out, but the theory that more long misses making for more offensive rebounds has to be at least part of the equation. There’s no way that the Heels, who are still [...]

[...] defensive havoc, committing just eight turnovers. Protecting the ball, combined with 13 offensive rebounds, helped State keep the game within reach in the first half and early in the second and also [...]

[...] at ESPN) ability to create shots for himself off the dribble2 and putting back offensive rebounds. State currently ranks 239th in the nation in assists per game, at 11.7. That’s not [...]

[...] why would he pass it tonight, he made eight 3’s!), left Raleigh with an 83-72 loss to the NC State Wolfpack. Turner scored 17 of his career high point total in the first half, and his exclamation [...]

[...] such a lousy game of basketball that I can’t think of a joke to tell about it. The NC State Wolfpack, led by Trevor Lacey (19 pts, 4 reb, 3 assists, 2 blocks)1 improved their unblemished [...]

[...] The NC State Wolfpack has played .500 basketball since its one point loss to Wofford on December 14th. The good [...]

[...] On Thursday night, the NC State Wolfpack stumbled out of the recently-Googled BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, saddled with a 65-60 [...]

[...] , or simply looking for an excuse to spend a little extra time with friends in downtown Raleigh, you’re invited to come celebrate the holidays on the Candlelight Tour” plus [...]

[...] into yoga?  I found four who are, for varying reasons. Pretty fascinating. I lobbied for a downtown Raleigh combo cat cafe and bagel shop. Still waiting for someone to pick up and run with the idea. [...]

[...] This week’s chat is with Brent Hopkins. He is the chef at Gravy in downtown Raleigh, but has become something of an executive chef for the Empire Eats group, as he has taken [...]