Posted by TDot on Mar 14, 2010 in
Wolfpack Athletics The Las Vegas odds-makers had it right — even in an ACC tournament where 6 of the first 8 games were upsets, the #1 seed Blue Devils of Duke University won the whole thing over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. This gives Duke their 18th ACC championship, which I’m pretty sure is the most of any ACC school.
Congratulations to the Blue Devils on the achievement 
The big news for lovers of N.C. State athletics came a couple hours ago though, with the Wolfpack securing an NIT bid against the University of South Florida! For all the talk of NIT being a “second tier” tournament, for a NCSU team projected to have no post-season at all whatsoever just a week ago I’m pretty doggone satisfied that I’ll get to watch them in another game this Tuesday 
Have to head to bed, Spring Break is now officially over and I’ve got CivPro at 9am 
It’s hard to believe in just a few weeks I’ll officially be a 2L…
Good night everybody!
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Posted by TDot on Mar 13, 2010 in
Wolfpack Athletics N.C. State’s unexpected run in the 2010 ACC tournament came to an unfortunate end tonight, losing to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 3-point heartbreaker
The game was plagued by truly horrible officiating and botched calls for/against both teams. But the Wolfpack lost largely from falling back into old habits — scoring droughts, bad judgment calls, missed free throws.
They played one hell of a game though, fighting back from a 10+ halftime deficit to take a 1-point lead with a few minutes remaining. I was yelling long+loud enough with 雅雅 that by the time we left I was genuinely worried I was having a heart attack 
On the upside, for a 4-day tournament I got to watch my team for 3 days of it — 2 more than anyone was expecting. Much 
to the team for the entertainment
Heading to bed, then driving back to Greensboro for the final game tomorrow. Have a good night folks!
Tags: 雅雅, NC State, NCSU Wolfpack
Posted by TDot on Mar 12, 2010 in
Wolfpack Athletics Alternate title for this entry: ”This is what ACC basketball is all about!”
By 58-52, the N.C. State Wolfpack upends the Florida State Seminoles
Continuing my string of totally non-law-related entries begun yesterday, the #11 seed N.C. State Wolfpack scored an upset victory over #3 seed Florida State by six points tonight, in the quarterfinals of the 2010 ACC tournament. The victory was particularly sweet given the self-righteous arrogance of several FSU folks I crossed paths with at the game 
Not saying every Seminole is a bad Seminole — at least one of my classmates here at NCCU Law is an FSU alum and he’s perfectly chill — but those folks were a less-than-optimal reflection of the University.
On top of N.C. State’s upset win, 2 of the other 4 games were upsets as well #12 seed Miami taking out #4 seed Virginia Tech and #7 seed Georgia Tech scoring a big win over #2 seed Maryland. We’ll be facing the Yellow Jackets tomorrow in the semi-finals
That means out of the 8 games played so far in the tournament, 6 of them (75%) have been upset victories.
It also means history will be made tomorrow by somebody: only 2 ACC teams in history have made it through 3 straight games to go from the prelims to the finals (NCSU in 1987 and NCSU in 2007), and with both GT and NCSU playing last night whichever team advances will become the 3rd.
That’s all for now, long drive home to Durham then I’m off to bed
Tags: NC State, NCSU Wolfpack
Posted by TDot on Mar 11, 2010 in
Wolfpack Athletics I seem to be doing this with increasing frequency this semester, but posts here at law:/dev/null will be almost totally non-substantive for at least the next 48 hours folks. Currently attending my first-ever ACC tournament in Greensboro NC, so I’m making the most of it going to every game even if I don’t like either of the teams playing
But on the bright side for teams I do like playing, my #11 seed alma mater just knocked off the #6 seeded kittehs of Clemson in the preliminary round
About to drive home to Durham, sleep for a bit, then head back tomorrow afternoon for a quartet of games. If you’re in a charitable mood, prayers and well wishes for NCSU’s continued basketball success would be appreciated 
Tags: NC State, NCSU Wolfpack
Posted by TDot on Feb 20, 2010 in
Wolfpack Athletics …but sports helps you forget them faster.
I had mostly forgotten yesterday’s drama by the time I woke up this morning to get ready for a trip down to Raleigh. The N.C State men’s basketball team took on Wake Forest, where the Wolfpack thoroughly mauled the Demon Deacons in a 68-54 victory that we led the entire game.
You can tell from the celebration this was the first win we'd had in awhile (photo by Raleigh News & Observer)
Yes, that’s the exact same N.C. State currently dead last in the ACC standings, and the exact same Wake Forest that was ranked #23 in the AP poll
The trip was a little interesting/odd this time because I invited Co-Counsel, a WFU alum, to join me back during the Kilpatrick-Stockton mock trial competition. Turns out her dad is an N.C. State guy like yours truly so I lined up tickets for her parents too. But with of the start-to-finish beating administered to the Deacs, she was in a thoroughly frosty mood pretty much the entire time — meaning I spent most of the game talking to Papa Co-Counsel
Of course her bitterness didn’t stop me from heaping on a good helping of trash talk during/after the game
Overall it was a fun way to spend a Saturday. Even when we lose, I love going back to N.C. State and catching up with the folks I left behind to head to Durham and the N.C. Central University School of Law.
Now I’ve just gotta catch up on studying since midterms are only 1.5 weeks away… 
Tags: Co-Counsel, NC State, NCSU Wolfpack
Posted by TDot on Jan 20, 2010 in
Wolfpack Athletics Placeholder post today
I just got back from the N.C. State basketball game against Dook…
A blurry cameraphone shot of the final 88-74 score. Note the students totally swarming the court :D
…and we won!
By 14 points!!
And had the lead for all but the first 5 minutes of the game!!!
The last time we beat Duke was in the ACC tournament back in 2006, the first season since I had returned to NCSU.
We then got thoroughly demolished in pretty much every game for the next 2.5 years
So needless to say my voice is completely shot and it was a great experience to see in person
I’ll resume “for serious” posting tomorrow, promise Good night folks!
Tags: NC State, NCSU Wolfpack
