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LATEST NEWS: 8 December 2000

 

·        State has earned a return trip to the MicronPC Bowl in Ft. Lauderdale!  The Wolfpack football team won the NC state championship outright in November:

Ø      State beat Wake Forest 32-14 by scoring 29 unanswered points.

Ø      State beat Duke 35-31 with an 80-yard scoring drive in the closing minutes.

 

·        The football team’s performance resulted in a number of post-season awards, including:

Ø      Levar Fisher was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year, an award usually claimed by Florida State.

Ø      Phillip Rivers was named ACC Rookie of the Year, continuing an amazing streak of Wolfpack victories in this category.

 

·        The men’s basketball team is off to a 5-2 start in Herb Sendek’s fourth year as head coach.  Notable victories include:

Ø      State beat Penn State 84-76 to give the ACC its second straight 5-4 victory in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

Ø      State beat Penn 77-64 in the first annual CoSida Classic, held at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena.

 

·        State’s success under Sendek has resulted in a number of promising developments:

Ø      Sendek was granted a contract extension to coach the Wolfpack through 2005.

Ø      Julius Hodge, one of the nation’s top recruits, committed to State recently, giving Sendek the top recruiting class in the ACC.

 

·        The Wolfpack women are off to their typical promising start, with a number of big wins early in the season:

Ø      State beat Georgia Tech in the conference opener for both teams.

Ø      State beat South Carolina 55-48 behind Tynesha Lewis’ 21 points.

Ø      State beat Arizona State 54-51 to win the championship of the Rainbow Wahine Classic preseason tournament.

For previous news updates, see the archives.

WOLFPACK LINKS

·  Wolfpack Athletics

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WOLFPACK LEGENDS

·  James Thomas Valvano, 1946-1993

·  Everett Case

·  Dick Sheridan

·  Kay Yow

·  Garry Dornburg, 1946-1998

·  Reynolds Coliseum, 1949-1999

BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS

·  1998 Easter Monday Classic 1998

FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS

·  1999 Textile Bowl

·  1999 BCA Classic

·  NCSU v. FSU 1998

·  NCSU v. ECU 1997

·  1995 Peach Bowl

·  NCSU v. Penn State 1974

·  NCSU v. Houston 1967

BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS

·  NCSU v. UNC 1998

·  1998 NCAA Womens' East Regional

·  1997 ACC Tournament

·  1987 ACC Championship

·  1983 NCAA Championship

·  1974 NCAA Championship

·  1974 ACC Championship

·  1955 Dixie Classic

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