Three Hits: N.C. State falls to Temple, 76-72
Here are three things we gleaned from No. 9 Temple's 76-72 "upset" of No. 8 North Carolina State (East region), setting the stage for the Owls' Sunday clash with top-seeded Indiana:
1. So much for N.C. State getting a karmic bump off the success of Survive And Advance
With the 30-year anniversary of North Carolina State's national championship, 20-year anniversary...
NC State falls to Wyatt, Temple 76-72 in NCAAs
No raucous celebration to end this season. North Carolina State finished it with a dud.
The Wolfpack couldn't stop injured Khalif Wyatt, who scored 31 points despite a sore thumb and made six decisive free throws in the final 32 seconds Friday, leading Temple to a 76-72 victory in the second round of the East Regional.
The Wolfpack (24-11) returned four starters from a team...
NCAA tournament primer: N.C. State
Record:24-10, 11-7 ACC
RPI:33
Coach:Mark Gottfried, second year, second NCAA appearance
Last NCAA tournament appearance:Lost to Kansas in Sweet 16 (2012)
Notable wins:Connecticut, Duke, North Carolina
Key Player
Junior point guard Lorenzo Brown (12.1 points and 7.2 assists per game) led the ACC in assists and is responsible for finding North Carolina State's bevy of scorers...
NC State must follow Howell's lead in ACC
GREENSBORO, N.C. To understand North Carolina State's basketball team is to recognize the Wolfpack's range in this ACC tournament: It covers the entire spectrum of expectations.
The fifth-seeded Wolfpack could have gone down Thursday to 12th-seeded Virginia Tech, or they could end up cutting the nets down Sunday afternoon with an ACC title to boot -- they are that mercurial...
NC State must follow Howell's lead in ACC
GREENSBORO, N.C. To understand North Carolina State's basketball team is to recognize the Wolfpack's range in this ACC tournament: It covers the entire spectrum of expectations.
The fifth-seeded Wolfpack could have gone down Thursday to 12th-seeded Virginia Tech, or they could end up cutting the nets down Sunday afternoon with an ACC title to boot -- they are that mercurial...
NC State 80, Virginia Tech 63
Richard Howell scored 22 points with 12 rebounds while Lorenzo Brown led the defensive effort on league player of the year Erick Green to help North Carolina State beat Virginia Tech 80-63 in Thursday's first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
C.J. Leslie scored 15 points for the fifth-seeded Wolfpack (23-9), who shot 52.8 percent (28 of 53) and took control...
Howell-led 'Pack halt Hokies in ACC first round
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Richard Howell scored 22 points with 12 rebounds while Lorenzo Brown led the defensive effort on league player of the year Erick Green to help North Carolina State beat Virginia Tech 80-63 in Thursday's first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
C.J. Leslie scored 15 points for the fifth-seeded Wolfpack (23-9), who shot 52.8 percent (28 of...
Pack Cruises Past Hokies, 80-63
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Richard Howell scored 22 points with 12 rebounds while Lorenzo Brown led the defensive effort on league player of the year Erick Green to help North Carolina State beat Virginia Tech 80-63 in Thursday's first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
2012-2013 End of Season Awards – ACC Men’s Basketball
Greetings from all of us at All Sports Discussion.  In Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) country, men’s basketball season is one of our favorite times of the year.  Our panelists will be discussing four topics.  First, our panelists will predict the players that will obtain first-team all-ACC honors.  Second, the panelists will provide their ACC defensive player of the year....
NC State stays hot, beats Georgia Tech
ATLANTA (AP) -- Richard Howell scored 18 points -- all in the first half -- and North Carolina State continued its late-season surge in the ACC by beating Georgia Tech 70-57 on Sunday.
With Howell contained in the second half, C.J. Leslie scored 11 of his 13 points in the final 20 minutes as N.C. State (21-8, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) took its fifth win in its last six games...
NC State stays hot, beats Georgia Tech
ATLANTA (AP) -- Richard Howell scored 18 points -- all in the first half -- and North Carolina State continued its late-season surge in the ACC by beating Georgia Tech 70-57 on Sunday.
With Howell contained in the second half, C.J. Leslie scored 11 of his 13 points in the final 20 minutes as N.C. State (21-8, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) took its fifth win in its last six games...
NC State 70, Georgia Tech 57
Richard Howell scored 18 points - all in the first half - and North Carolina State continued its late-season surge in the ACC by beating Georgia Tech 70-57 on Sunday.
With Howell contained in the second half, C.J. Leslie scored 11 of his 13 points in the final 20 minutes as N.C. State (21-8, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) took its fifth win in its last six games. T.J. Warren had...
C.J. Leslie Throws Down Three Highlight Reel Dunks Against FSU
North Carolina State’s C.J. Leslie is a dunking machine and he proved that Tuesday night when he threw down not one, but three moster dunks against Florida State.
The first came by way of a one-handed put-back over two FSU defenders after his teammate Richard Howell missed a layup. The second and no-less-impressive dunk came off an assist from Howell to a wide open Leslie in the...
Scouting Report - Richard Howell
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Name:  Richard Howell   Age:  22  School: North Carolina State
Height: 6’8        Weight: 257      Projected Position:        PF         Â
2012-13 Stats (As of 2/18/13):
13.2 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.6 tpg (31.4 minutes per game)
57.0 FG%, 65.6 FT%, 58.9 TS%, 57.0 eFG%
15.3 OREB%, 23.3 DREB...
College Basketball Daily Plays 2/16
Must Plays:
Richard Howell (North Carolina State)- Howell is a beast in the middle of the paint for the Wolfpack. Howell has always been a dominant rebounder but of late he is scoring. Over his last 7 games he is averaging 15 ppg. In his last two games he is averaging 16 shots attempts. Virginia Tech lacks a post presence and they have given up big games to Mason Plumlee and James...
Is N.C. State approaching a danger zone?
DURHAM, N.C. --- North Carolina State should be well beyond the point of looking for moral victories.
That is for young teams that have proven little and are building a bridge to future seasons. While theres an element of youth with the Wolfpack, this season has been more about meeting its immense potential ever since N.C. State fell short of beating Kansas in the Sweet 16 of the...
Thursday Night ACC Basketball
THORNTON, HOWELL & PLUMLEE (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer)#4 DUKE 98, N.C. SATE 85 - Mason Plumlee scored 30 points and No. 4 Duke held on to beat North Carolina State on Thursday night. Seth Curry added 26 points and Quinn Cook had 21 for the Blue Devils (20-2, 7-2 ACC).DUKE never trailed, shot 53.8 percent from the field, led by 21 points and held off a Wolfpack rally...
Plumlee leads No. 4 Duke past NC St.
Big leads haven't been entirely safe when Duke and North Carolina State get together at Cameron Indoor Stadium. So even as the Blue Devils went up by 21 points, Mason Plumlee knew the Wolfpack would rally somehow.
''They're too good not to,'' Plumlee said.
And No. 4 Duke was too good to let its lead slip away.
Plumlee scored 30 points in the Blue Devils...
No. 14 N.C. State holds on to edge Clemson
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Freshman T.J. Warren scored 21 points while Richard Howell scored the go-ahead basket with 1:56 left to help No. 14 North Carolina State hold off Clemson 66-62 on Sunday night.
Howell finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Wolfpack (15-3, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who never trailed yet still found itself in a tight game against a league opponent that...
Howell a handful inside for confident Wolfpack
Howell is a force in the paint for State. (Credit: NC State Athletic Media Relations)
North Carolina State began the season as the trendy pick to win the ACC title.  Seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, the Wolfpack returned four starters from a team that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen last March.
After some early wobbles—most notably a 20-point neutral-court lossâ...
ACC Players Of The Week
HOWELL (Raleigh News & Observer)N.C. State’s Richard Howell has been named the ACC Player of the Week, while Boston College’s Olivier Hanlan has been selected the conference’s Rookie of the Week.Howell helped 20th-ranked NC State improve to 3-0 in the ACC for the first time since the 1988-89 season with a pair of home wins as the Wolfpack handed top-ranked Duke its first...
No. 20 NC State upsets No. 1 Duke 84-76
Top-ranked Duke kept attacking the glass, pulling down offensive rebounds and getting extra baskets to hang around early against North Carolina State. The Blue Devils just couldn't keep it up after halftime.
After scoring 16 second-chance points in the first half, Duke had just two offensive rebounds after the break. It was a big reason why the No. 20 Wolfpack stayed in control...
Duke Takes First Loss to NC State
It was a much hyped game and it lived up to the hype, but in the end it proved to be a big win for the No. 20 NC State Wolf Pack and the first loss for the soon to be former No. 1 Duke Blue Devils.
Richard Howell and NC State handed Duke their first loss of the season.
Despite the loss of Ryan Kelly, which was one of the central story lines in this game, Duke was in a position...
No. 1 Duke falls to NC State
C.J. Leslie scored 25 points - including six straight during a key second-half run - to help No. 20 North Carolina State beat No. 1 Duke 84-76 on Saturday.
Richard Howell added 16 points and 18 rebounds in a relentless performance for the Wolfpack (14-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) in a matchup of the teams predicted to finish 1-2 in the league.
N.C. State was picked for the...
No. 20 NC State upsets No. 1 Duke
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- C.J. Leslie scored 25 points -- including six straight during a key second-half run -- to help No. 20 North Carolina State beat No. 1 Duke 84-76 on Saturday.
Richard Howell added 16 points and 18 rebounds in a relentless performance for the Wolfpack (14-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) in a matchup of the teams predicted to finish 1-2 in the league.
N.C....
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