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What they’re saying after NC State’s season-ending loss

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Khalif Wyatt scored 31 points and led Temple to a 76-72 win over North Carolina State in the NCAA Tournament to end a disappointing season for the Wolfpack, which started the year as the preseason No. 1 team in the ACC.

“The N.C. State guys were talking a bit. Just had to block it out and come through for my teammates.”
– Khalif Wyatt

“We’ve played against really good guards this year. Khalif Wyatt is as good or better than all of them.”
– Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried

“We just weren’t motivated. There’s nothing else to be said.”
– N.C. State forward C.J. Leslie

“There’s no reason that it’s the NCAA championship and we should come out sluggish.”
– NC State forward Scott Wood

“The whole year became this struggle to reach higher than we were, and we just kept reaching and couldn’t get there, and you just seemed to always be falling short. And today’s disappointing. No question, disappointing. I take full responsibility. You guys can put it all on me. But I also kind of look at the big picture here, and I see the picture of winning 48 games in two years and going back-to-back NCAA Tournaments, getting back in the top 25 here and there. So there are good things happening. But we wanted to play a lot longer than one game in this tournament this year. We wanted to play a lot longer. We didn’t. So that’s disappointing, no question.”
– N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried

“N.C. State found out that it can’t gives teams like Temple comfortable first-half cushions. The Pack also learned that Wyatt is as good as any guard it faced in the season.”
– Keith Pompey, Philadelphia Inquirer

“This is where the season ends for N.C. State, on the corner of disappointment and despair in Dayton.”
– Joe Giglio, The News & Observer

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RailHawks set attendance record but most root for the other team

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There was good news and bad news for the Carolina RailHawks Wednesday night. The good news is they broke an attendance record with more than 8,000 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. The bad news is that most of those in the stands were rooting for the visiting team. Why? Because that team – Pumas – is from Mexico. To add insult to injury, the RailHawks lost 2-1 with the difference being an accidental goal they they scored on themselves.

On the one hand, evidently the swelling illegal immigrant Hispanic population has added to gate receipts for the RailHawks. On the other hand, some American citizens have been dissuaded from attending RailHawks games because of the makeup of the crowd.

Some have told me that they feel like they are in a different country when at some of the games. Others have said that they feel uncomfortable being somewhere that so many speak a foreign language. A friend of mine with young children says there is a lot of drinking going on.

One man I know said that he doesn’t feel it’s safe for his family being around so many that he believes are here illegally. In addition to concerns about drunk driving, he pointed to a 2009 report titled “Illegal Immigration and Public Health” which states that, “Because illegal immigrants, unlike those who are legally admitted for permanent residence, undergo no medical screening to assure that they are not bearing contagious diseases, the rapidly swelling population of illegal aliens in our country has also set off a resurgence of contagious diseases that had been totally or nearly eradicated by our public health system.”

That all being said, WakeMed Soccer Park is an excellent facility, quite possibly one of the best of its type in the country. In addition, the level of soccer the RailHawks play is good. One day when either illegal immigration is curbed or when recent immigrants – legal and illegal – become more assimilated into our American culture, perhaps some that have trepidation about going to games will start coming out in bigger numbers – and rooting for the home team.

The RailHawks open North American Soccer League play at Tampa Bay April 6 and return to WakeMed Soccer Park to take on FC Edmonton April 13.

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Whittenburg discusses 1983 championship NC State team

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Dereck Whittenburg, one of the stars of the 1983 NCAA champion NC State Wolfpack basketball team, spoke on the radio today discussing the ESPN 30 for 30 special on the team and a variety of basketball-related topics.

“Thirty years later, it was still a pass,” Whittenburg said with a laugh in reference to the ‘missed shot’ that resulted in a Lorenzo Charles dunk at the buzzer for a title victory over Houston.

Whittenburg, who is an analyst for ESPN, said a touched Charles Barkley called him after watching the 30 for 30 show on the Wolfpack’s Cinderella run in ’83 under legendary coach Jim Valvano.

To listen to the interview, please click here.

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NCAA Tournament: NC State-Temple game notes

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Temple, seeded ninth in the East Region, will face eight-seeded North Carolina State in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, on Friday, March 22. The game will tip-off at 1:40 pm and be televised live by TBS.

The Owls, who are one of eight teams (Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisville, Marquette, Michigan State and Wisconsin) making their sixth straight appearance in the field, are making their 31st NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Cherry and White (23-9) are under the direction of seventh-year head coach Fran Dunphy, who is making his 15th NCAA Tournament trip (6 at Temple). The Owls, led by senior and A-10 Player of the Year Khalif Wyatt, enter the tournament winners of 10 out of their last 12 contests.

Wyatt, the A-10 Player of the Year, leads the A-10 in scoring with a 19.8 average while ranking seventh in the conference in assists (4.1 apg.). Wyatt also ranks ninth in the A-10 in steals (1.6 spg) and seventh in free-throw percentage (.832).

Wyatt is one of five players in their final season of eligibility on a veteran Owl team. Seniors Scootie Randall (11.8 ppg., 6.1 rpg.) and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson (8.9ppg., 6.2 rpg., 3.5 apg., 1.8 spg.) are staples in the Cherry and White starting five while graduate students Jake O’Brien (9.3 ppg., .429 three-point percentage) and T.J. DiLeo (3.0 ppg., 1.9 rpg.) are the top reserves.

Sophomores Anthony Lee (10.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg.) and Will Cummings (6.1 ppg., 1.4 spg.) fill out the starting rotation.

The NC State Wolfpack (24-10) are coming off an 81-71 loss to #9 Miami in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Second-year head coach Mark Gotfried is the first coach in NC State history, and only the third coach in ACC history, to take each of his first two squads to the NCAA Tournament. The Wolfpack, who were 11-7 in the conference to tie for fourth, is led by junior forward C.J. Leslie with 14.9 ppg. Four other players average more than 12 points per game in an extremely balanced offense, including ACC First Team All-Conference selection senior Richard Howell at 12.7 ppg as well as a team-best 10.7 rebounds per game.

NC State holds a 6-1 edge in the all-time series with Temple. The Owls won the last time the teams went toe-to-toe back on Feb. 15, 2003 when they defeated the Wolfpack, 76-54 at The Liacouras Center.

The NCAA Tournament selection extends a season of accomplishments for the Wolfpack that includes the following:

• NC State has tied its highest win total for a single season in the past 30 years. The last Wolfpack squad to post more victories than the 2012-13 squad’s total of 24 was the 1983 National Championship squad, which posted a 26-10 mark.

• Mark Gottfried is the first coach in NC State history, and only the third coach in ACC history, to take each of his first two squads to the NCAA Tournament.

• The Wolfpack posted an 11-7 mark in ACC play, marking its highest number of league wins since 2003-04. Three of those seven losses came when starting point guard Lorenzo Brown was out with an injury.

• NC State’s 48 combined wins over the last two seasons are the most in back-to-back campaigns since 1981-82 and 1982-83 (48 wins).

• Mark Gottfried has now won more games in his first two seasons with the Pack (48) than any coach in school history with the exception of Everett Case(55) in 1947 and 1948.

• NC State checks in at No. 32 in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), and No. 39 in strength of schedule. NC State is 22nd in the Basketball Power Index (BPI), and has the No. 20 schedule in that rating.

• The Wolfpack spent 14 weeks in the national top-25 polls this season, marking the longest stretch that the Pack had been ranked by the Associated Press since 2005-06.

• NC State is the only team in the nation to have five players each average over 12 points per game.

• NC State advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals in back-to-back years for the first time since 2004 and 2005.

• NC State defeated Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest for the first time since 1989.

• NC State downed both Duke and North Carolina at home for the first time since 2002-03 – Duke was ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time of the victory.

• The Pack leads the ACC and ranks fourth nationally in field goal percentage (.494). Gottfried’s squad led the nation in that category for several weeks this season and its current mark would rank sixth in school history as of today.

• Senior forward Richard Howell was a first-team All-ACC performer after leading the league in rebounding, and ranking fifth nationally. He was the first Pack player to be named to the league’s first-team since Julius Hodge in 2004.

• Howell became only the fifth player in school history to record both 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

• The current Wolfpack squad is only the ninth in ACC history to have four 1,000-point scorers on the same squad.

• A Pack player currently leads the ACC in rebounding (Richard Howell, 10.7), Offensive rebounding (Howell, 3.8), assists (Lorenzo Brown, 7.2), steals (Brown, 2.0), field goal percentage (T.J. Warren, .626), three-point field goal percentage (Scott Wood, .443), and three-point field goals made per game (Wood, 3.0).

• Scott Wood became NC State’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made with 332 and counting. Wood also set a new school mark in career starts, with 135 entering NCAA Tournament play.

• The Wolfpack posts a 34-22 overall in the NCAA Tournament and is one of only 17 teams that has won two national titles, as the Pack took the title in 1974 and in 1983.

Last season, NC State also received an at-large bid as a No. 11 seed, advancing to the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual national runner-up Kansas, 60-57, in the Midwest Regional in St. Louis.

Gottfried has made 18 postseason appearances as a coach and a player, including 15 trips to the NCAA Tournament. He helped lead UCLA to seven NCAA trips and an 11-6 mark in the tournament, and was an assistant coach when the Bruins captured the 1995 national championship.

For the third time in Gottfried’s tenure as a head coach, he has led to a program to multiple NCAA berths. In his previous head coaching stops, Gottfried led his alma mater Alabama to five consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2002-06), including a trip the Elite Eight in 2004. At Murray State, Gottfried guided the Racers to NCAA Tournament berths in 1997 and 1998.

As a player at Alabama, he helped lead the Crimson Tide to three straight Sweet 16 appearances from 1985-87, posting a 6-3 record.

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NCAA Tournament: UNC-Villanova game notes

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North Carolina (24-10) will make its 44th appearance in the NCAA Tournament when it faces Villanova (20-13) at 7:20 p.m. Eastern Time (6:20 Central) on Friday in Kansas City, Mo.

Carolina is the No. 8 seed in the South Regional and Villanova is the No. 9 seed. UNC has advanced to 18 Final Fours, most in the nation, and won five NCAA titles (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009). The Tar Heels have played in 149 all-time NCAA Tournament games and won 108 of them, and both totals rank second in NCAA history and first among 2013 NCAA Tournament participants.

Entering the NCAA Tournament, Villanova carries a 20-13 overall record after going 10-8 during regular season BIG EAST games. The Wildcats were the No. 7 seed in the BIG EAST Championship and defeated St. John’s in the second round of the conference tournament. According to rankings posted on espn.com, Villanova ranks No. 51 in the RPI and has the No. 21 strength of schedule. Among the highlights of the Wildcats tournament resumé are three regular season victories over teams ranked in the top five of the Associated Press Top 25 poll at the time of the game. Villanova is 4-2 against teams ranked in the top 25 of the RPI and has eight victories against top 100 teams.

Villanova features a balanced offensive attack and is led by sophomore forward JayVaughn Pinkson, a third team All-BIG EAST selection. Pinkston leads the team with 13.1 points per game and also averages 4.9 rebounds per contest. Freshman point guard Ryan Arcidiacono was named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie team and averages 12.0 points and 3.5 assists per game. He also leads the Wildcats with 70 three-pointers for the season. Senior center Mouphtaou Yarou leads the team in rebounding (7.8 rebounds per game) and averages 9.7 points per contest, while sophomore guard Darrun Hilliard (11.2 ppg.) and junior guard James Bell (8.7 ppg., 55 three-pointers) are also main contributors.

Notes
• TNT will televise Friday’s game nationally, and Marv Albert (play-by-play), Steve Kerr (analyst) and Craig Sager (reporter) will have the call. The same crew called Carolina’s NCAA Tournament regional games in St. Louis last year, and Albert and Kerr called UNC’s home game vs. Florida State on March 3 this season.

• Dial Global Radio will carry the game live on national radio. Kevin Calabro (play-by-play) and Will Perdue (analyst) will be on the mic.

• A win on Friday would be the 700th in the head coaching career of UNC’s Roy Williams.
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• The winner of Friday’s game will advance to Sunday’s third round to play the winner of Friday’s game between No. 1 seed Kansas and No. 16 seed Western Kentucky.

A win away from 25
• Carolina has won 24 games in 2012-13 and needs one more victory for the 34th 25-win season in school history.

• The Tar Heels have won 25 or more games in a season 33 times in 102 seasons, including five in the last six years (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012) and six in the previous eight seasons under head coach Roy Williams (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012).

• Williams-coached teams have won 25 or more games 18 times in 24 previous seasons as a head coach at Kansas and UNC

Series vs. the Wildcats
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Villanova, 10-4. UNC has won both of the last two meetings and six of the last eight (since early in the 1989-90 season).

• Carolina is 4-1 against Villanova in NCAA Tournament play, beating the Wildcats in 1982, 1991, 2005 and 2009 and losing in 1985.

• Friday’s meeting will be the third meeting in a row in the series to come in NCAA Tournament play. In 2005, Carolina beat Villanova in the Sweet 16 in Syracuse, winning the national championship 10 days later in St. Louis. In 2009, the Tar Heels beat the Wildcats in the Final Four in Detroit before beating Michigan State for the NCAA title two days later.

• UNC’s Roy Williams is 2-0 as a head coach against Villanova, with the wins coming in the 2005 and 2009 NCAA Tournaments.

• In every previous NCAA Tournament matchup of the two teams, one of them went on to the Final Four; in four of the five games one of them went on to win the national title.

• In 2009, Carolina beat Villanova in the national semifinal in Detroit and won the NCAA title two days later against Michigan State. In 2005, UNC beat the Wildcats, 67-66, in the Sweet 16 in Syracuse. The Tar Heels went on to win the national title that year in Williams’ second season as their head coach.

• Prior to the 2005 NCAA Tournament win by UNC, Villanova beat Carolina twice during the 1995-96 regular season. The Wildcats beat UNC in the Maui Invitational early in the ‘95-’96 campaign and followed that with a win over the Tar Heels in Philadelphia on Jan. 20, 1996.

• Carolina beat Villanova in Raleigh in the 1982 NCAA Tournament on the way to the ‘82 national championship. The Tar Heels also beat the Wildcats in Syracuse on the way to the 1991 NCAA Final Four.

• Villanova beat Carolina in the 1985 NCAA Final Eight in Birmingham, Ala., on the way to the Wildcats’ 1985 national title.

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NCAA Tournament: Duke-Albany game notes

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Duke, a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, takes on 15 seed Albany Friday at 12:15 pm on CBS in Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center. The Blue Devils are appearing in their 18th consecutive NCAA tourney.

The Opening Tip
• The Blue Devils are ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Duke is 2-0 this season and 74-24 overall when ranked No. 6 in the country.
• The Blue Devils have been ranked in the AP top 10 for 113 consecutive weeks. Duke is playing its 207th straight game as a top-10 team and is 172-34 in that span.
• Duke has owned the top spot in the NCAA RPI for 17 consecutive weeks.
• The Blue Devils are 6-1 on neutral courts this season. Duke has defeated No. 3 Kentucky, No. 2 Louisville, Minnesota, VCU and Davidson on neutral courts this season. Duke’s lone neutral site loss this season came against Maryland in the ACC Tournament.

Duke in the NCAA Tournament
• Duke is 96-32 (.750) all-time in the NCAA Tournament over 36 total appearances.
• Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is 79-24 in the NCAA Tournament and has the most NCAA Tournament wins in Division I history.
• Duke has played in the national championship 10 times, including eight under Coach K.
• Duke is 11-2 against the 2013 NCAA Tournament field.
• Duke has received a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in 15 of the past 17 seasons, the most of any school during that span.
• Duke is 23-8 as the No. 2 seed in the tournament. Duke is 10-3 (.769) out of the Midwest Region.
• Duke is 4-0 when playing NCAA Tournament games in Philadelphia, Pa. Duke played in Philadelphia during the 1992 and 2001 NCAA Championship seasons.

Numbers Game
• Duke, ranked No. 6 in the latest AP Poll, has been ranked in the top 10 of the poll 113 consecutive weeks. The last time Duke was not ranked in the top 10 was Nov. 19, 2007.
• Duke was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll of the 2012-13 season. The senior trio of Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee spent their entire careers ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll (77 weeks).
• With an all-time record of 1,998-839, Duke is just two wins shy of becoming the fourth program in NCAA history to reach 2,000 wins.
• Duke leads the ACC in three-point field goal percentage (.406) and opponent three-point field goal percentage (.293). Duke has hit more three-pointers than its opponent in 25 of 32 games. Duke has hit at least 40.0 percent of its three-point attempts 18 times and held its opponent to less than 30.0 percent shooting from three-point range 19 times.
• Duke is 4-0 in Philadelphia in NCAA Tournament play. The Blue Devils advanced to the Final Four and went on to win NCAA Championships after playing in the City of Brotherly Love in 1992 and 2001.
• Duke is 21-1 on the season when shooting better than 45.0 percent from the field. The Blue Devils are 18-0 when shooting 40.0 percent or better from three-point range.
• Duke is 13-0 against non-conference teams this season. Under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 475-73 (.887) against non-conference teams.
• Duke is 18-1 with Ryan Kelly in the lineup this season, including a 4-0 mark against top-five teams. Kelly is among the winningest players at Duke, posting a 108-14 (.885) record to rank tied for third on Duke’s all-time winning percentage list.
• Mason Plumlee is four blocked shots shy of becoming the second player in ACC history (joining Clemson’s Trevor Booker) to register 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 200 assists, 200 blocks and 100 steals in a career.
• Seth Curry was the ACC leader in plus-minus rating, averaging a mark of 11.7 when on the court. Duke had four of the top six spots on the ACC plus-minus list.
• Curry has hit a three-pointer in 14 consecutive games.

The Duke-Albany Series
• Duke and Albany have met just once in program history. Duke won the only meeting, 111-70, on Dec. 17, 2007 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke was ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll in that game. Duke is currently ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll.
• Duke shot .603 (38-of-63) from the field and .577 (15-of-26) from three-point range in the 2007 victory. The Blue Devils shot over 60.0 percent from the field in both halves.
• DeMarcus Nelson led Duke with 23 points, shooting 6-of-7 from the floor and 4-of-5 from three-point range. Five Blue Devils scored in double figures in the win.
• Albany outrebounded Duke 36-31. The Great Danes grabbed 11 offensive rebounds.

Duke vs. The America East Conference
• Duke is 11-0 all-time against teams from the America East conference, including a 2-0 mark in NCAA Tournament play. The Blue Devils topped Binghamton, 86-62, to open the 2009 NCAA Tournament and Boston University, 85-69, in the first round of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.

To listen to a radio interview with Albany coach Will Brown, please click here.

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ECU radio announcers to speak at Raleigh Sports Club

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East Carolina sports radio hosts Jonathan Ellerbe and Troy Dreyfus will speak at Wednesday’s Raleigh Sports Club meeting. The pair will give the RSC attendees the inside scoop on Pirate athletics.

Vidula Reddy, a volleyball and basketball player at Enloe High School, will be recognized as the Student Athlete of the Week.

The Forks Cafeteria cater a Southern buffet starting at 11:30 a.m. at the RSC luncheon at Highland United Methodist Church, located at 1901 Ridge Road at the intersection of Lake Boone Trail, just inside the belt line.

Annual dues for the remainder of the 2012-13 season will be $30. This is 1/2 off the normal membership fee so that we can encourage visitors to join the “best sports club in the nation.

The weekly attendance fee remains $15 while guest fees will be $25 each.

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Two UNC errors late helped hot-shooting Miami

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North Carolina, the third seed, and Miami, the first seed, went back and forth in the ACC Tournament Title game but in the end the veteran Hurricanes made the plays down the stretch and won 87-77 in Greensboro.

A couple of plays near the end were key. First, a three by Trey McKinney-Jones put Miami up for good at 69-67 with 6:24 to go. UNC coach Williams said there was a mix-up on the inbounds play that allowed McKinney-Jones to be open from the left corner.

With just over three minutes left, North Carolina had a good chance to change the game’s trajectory.

The Heels forced a turnover down just 74-71. Carolina was having a hard time getting off a shot when freshman Marcus Paige drove left of the goal. Instead of shooting, he decided to dish to James Michael McAdoo who didn’t field the ball cleanly and the shot clock ran out.

Paige had a shot at the goal but didn’t take it with a couple of seconds left on the clock. Instead, seconds later, Shane Larkin drove by everybody for two to make it 76-71.

After McKinney-Jones hit yet another three, it was 79-71. A pair of questionable official calls and eight straight free throws wrapped it up.

The calls were actually non-calls. Reggie Bullock appeared to be fouled inside when he was poised to draw the Heels to within six. Then, on a three-point shot, the Tar Heel faithful (and PJ Hairston) felt that Hairston was fouled shooting a three that could have dwindled the deficit to five.

Neither may have changed the outcome but the final score would have been more indicative of a game that changed leads 15 times.

For more on the game, please click here.

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Terps’ coach takes heat but last play idea was actually a good one

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Maryland coach Mark Turgeon is taking heat for the final play he drew up in the 79-76 loss to North Carolina in the ACC Tournament Saturday. The shot by Logan Aronhalt was indeed a horrible one but the play actually was a good idea.

Aronhalt hits an extremely high 44 percent of his three pointers so the choice of player to take the shot was a good one. It seemed like the shot was a quick one as the Terps had 10 seconds to play with but Aronhalt took the shot immediately. That was actually the right call because UNC coach Roy Williams instructed his players to foul once it got to five seconds.

If the player wasn’t in the motion to shoot, he would only have received two foul shots. Behind by three, that would do the Terps no good. Even if Carolina had fouled in the act of shooting the player would have the pressure of hitting three straight foul shots.

I’m sure that would have been preferable to what happened. And what happened was that Aronhalt, perhaps due to Carolina overplaying in the three-point zone, took a wider angle to get to the ball and had to shoot from further out than Turgeon wanted. Plus, Aronhalt, rushing to get it up as instructed, didn’t square himself to the basket and missed everything.

In retrospect, surely Aronhalt wished he had taken a tad more time and made a move closer to the basket. Of course, he may have been fouled before getting the shot up and Carolina would have won anyway.

Plus, had either Marcus Paige or PJ Hairston, both good foul shooters, hit both of their free throws in the last 32 seconds, instead of 1 of 2, the game would have been out of reach.

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Heels earn the right to play for ACC title

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Leading most of the way, North Carolina held on at the end against a charging Maryland team to earn its way into the ACC Tournament Finals with a 79-76 win.

The Tar Heels worked a five-point halftime lead into a 13-point cushion with 11:28 to play. During the stretch, James Michael McAdoo converted a three-point play on a drive to the hoop and Reggie Bullock lofted an alley-oop assist to Brice Johnson.

But the Terrapins got a couple of three-point shots and numerous second-chance points, mostly from Alex Len, to get back in the game.

With under nine minutes to go, Maryland trailed by just three at 60-57. A Leslie McDonald three, followed by a Bullock three helped the Tar Heels stretch the lead back up to 10 at 68-58 with 7:40 to go.

A 7-0 Maryland run cut Carolina’s lead to just 71-70 with three minutes left.

UNC’s Marcus Paige, who was saddled with foul trouble more than in any game this season, hit a pair of big shots to keep the Terps at bay. First, he hit a baseline jumper to put the Heels up 73-70 and, perhaps more importantly, he tossed in a short runner from the baseline with 37 seconds left to make it a two-possession game at 77-72.

Still, after the Heels missed two of four free throws, the Terps had a chance to send the game into overtime but with just under 10 seconds left Logan Aronhalt clanked a long three and the Heels ran out the clock.

To read more about the game, please click here.

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