Frank M
01-31-2009, 02:39 PM
Carolina just has to take care of business on this one now that Wake has gone down to Tech. Game is on ABC at 3:30. Here is an excerpt from ESPN's preview.
The Tar Heels may need a better performance against the Wolfpack (11-7, 2-4), who are desperate to snap their four-game losing streak against their instate rivals.
N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe led his team to an 83-79 upset of then-No. 3 North Carolina in his first game in the rivalry Feb. 3, 2007. The Wolfpack have been outscored by an average of 18.3 points since then, and Lowe admits that's been hard to swallow.
"You can't hide that. It is what it is," Lowe told the team's official Web site. "I think the feeling is the same on the other side. If we were beating them it would bother them, too. Having played here and going through some of those wars and knowing the feeling of winning those games and then turning around and losing some of them, it frustrates me."
Like the Tar Heels, the Wolfpack are hoping to build on a dramatic victory. They blew a 19-point lead against Miami on Tuesday night before freshman Julius Mays buried a straightaway 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left in overtime to give them an 84-81 win.
Link: http://espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=290310152
The Tar Heels may need a better performance against the Wolfpack (11-7, 2-4), who are desperate to snap their four-game losing streak against their instate rivals.
N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe led his team to an 83-79 upset of then-No. 3 North Carolina in his first game in the rivalry Feb. 3, 2007. The Wolfpack have been outscored by an average of 18.3 points since then, and Lowe admits that's been hard to swallow.
"You can't hide that. It is what it is," Lowe told the team's official Web site. "I think the feeling is the same on the other side. If we were beating them it would bother them, too. Having played here and going through some of those wars and knowing the feeling of winning those games and then turning around and losing some of them, it frustrates me."
Like the Tar Heels, the Wolfpack are hoping to build on a dramatic victory. They blew a 19-point lead against Miami on Tuesday night before freshman Julius Mays buried a straightaway 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left in overtime to give them an 84-81 win.
Link: http://espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=290310152