2011-12 NC STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES AT THE TIP 2011-12 NC STATE SCHEDULE NC STATE VS 18/20 VANDERBILT (2-0) (2-1) DATE/OPPONENT TIME/RESULT(TV) 6:30 PM 11/7/11 FLAGLER (EXH.) W, 102-61 IZOD CENTER 11/11/11 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 84-75 NOV. 19, 2011 11/13/11 MOREHEAD STATE W, 91-61 11/16/11 PRINCETON W, 60-58 SERIES RECORD: 1-2 11/19/11 18/20 Vanderbilt! 6:30 PM (ESPN3) NEUTRAL SITE RECORD: 0-2 LAST WIN: 76-70, DEC. 22, 1969 11/21/11 Oregon St./Texas! 6:30/9 PM (ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3) 11/25/11 ELON^ 7 PM LAST MEETING: L, 73-75 - MARCH 21, 2004 (NCAA 2ND RD.) 11/30/11 INDIANA# 7:15 PM (ESPN2) TEXAS (2-0)/OREGON STATE (3-0) 12/4/11 at Stanford 4 PM (FSN) 6:30/9 PM 12/11/11 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL^ 3 PM (RSN) IZOD CENTER 12/17/11 SYRACUSE 6:30 PM (ESPN2) NOV. 21, 2011 12/20/11 at St. Bonaventure 7 PM 12/22/11 NORTHEASTERN 7 PM TELEVISION: ESPN3 12/29/11 CAMPBELL^ 7 PM Dave Popkin Play-by-Play, Dereck Whittenburg, Color Analyst 12/31/11 WESTERN CAROLINA 7 PM (ESPN3) Andy Katz, Sideline Reporter 1/4/12 DELAWARE STATE 7 PM RADIO: NC STATE RADIO NETWORK 1/8/12 MARYLAND* 6 PM (ESPNU) Patrick Kinas/Gary Hahn, Play-by-Play, Neil Solondz, Color Analyst 1/11/12 GEORGIA TECH* 9 PM (RSN) 1/14/12 at Georgia Tech* 1 PM (ACCN) 1/19/12 BOSTON COLLEGE* 8 PM (ACCN) HITTING THE ROAD: After opening the season with three home wins in the 1/22/12 at Miami* Noon (ACCN) friendly confines of the RBC Center, NC State hits the road for the first time 1/26/12 at North Carolina* 7 PM (ESPN) when it travels to New Jersey to face No. 18 Vanderbilt in the champion- 1/28/12 VIRGINIA* 8 PM (ESPN2) ship round of the fifth-annual Legends Classic on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. 2/1/12 at Boston College* 8 PM (ACCN) 2/4/12 WAKE FOREST* 1 PM (ACCN) Joining the Wolfpack and Commodores in the championship round are 2/9/12 at Georgia Tech* 7 PM (ESPNU) Texas and Oregon State. 2/16/12 at Duke* 9 PM (ACCN) SCOUTING THE FIELD: 2/18/12 FLORIDA STATE* 1 PM (ACCN) - Vanderbilt: The Commodores enter this weekend with a 2-1 record follow- 2/21/12 NORTH CAROLINA* 8 PM (ACCN) ing an 80-68 home win over Bucknell on Tuesday. The ‘Dores bounced back 2/25/12 at Clemson* 2:30 PM (ACCN) from their first loss of the year, a 71-58 upset loss to Cleveland State last 2/29/12 MIAMI* 9 PM (RSN) Sunday. They opened the year with a 78-64 win over Oregon (11/11/11). 3/4/12 at Virginia Tech* 6 PM (ESPNU) John Jenkins leads Vandy in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game, 3/8/12 ACC Tournament$ despite missing the last game with an injury. Jeffery Taylor and Lance Game 1 11:30 AM Goulbourne are the squad’s top rebounders with each hauling down 7.0 Game 2 TBA boards per contest. Game 3 6:30 PM Game 4 TBA - Oregon State is 3-0 after an 82-72 victory over Hofstra on Wednesday. 3/9/12 ACC Tournament The Beavers opened the year with an 86-62 win versus Cal State Bakers- Game 5 11:30 AM field (11/12/11) followed by a 93-60 triumph over West Alabama (11/14/11). Game 6 TBA Game 7 TBA Jared Cunningham is OSU’s top scorer with an average of 22.3 points per 3/10/12 ACC Tournament Semifinal 1 12:30 PM outing. Joe Burton and Eric Moreland are the team’s top rebounders with ACC Tournament Semifinal 2 TBA each averaging 7.0 rebounds per game. 3/11/12 ACC Tournament Championship 12:30 PM - Texas is off to a 2-0 start with victories over Boston University and Rhode ! - LEGENDS CLASSIC - East Rutherford, N.J. Island. The Longhorns posted an 82-46 season-opening win over BU ^ - REYNOLDS COLISEUM (11/13/11) followed by a 100-90 triumph over Rhode Island (11/15/11). # - ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE * - ACC GAME J’Covan Brown leads UT in scoring with an average of 31.5 points per $ - Atlanta, Ga. game, while Clint Chapman is the squad’s leading rebounder, pulling down 6.0 rebounds per game. THE WOLFPACK VERSUS THE FIELD: Here’s how NC State has assists. fared all-time against Vanderbilt, Oregon State and Texas. Joining Painter and Brown in double figures were senior C.J. Wil- Vanderbilt - 1-2 liams and junior Richard Howell with 10 points each. Howell also L, 59-65 - Dec. 30, 1969 (N) grabbed nine rebounds. W, 76-70 - Dec. 22, 1969 (A) L, 73-75 - March 21, 2004 (N) Graduate student Alex Johnson broke the Pack’s drought from three-point range with a conversion with 1:57 left in the game. Oregon State - 4-1 State’s effort from long range were hampered when junior sharp W, 59-54 - Dec. 29, 1955 (H) shooter Scott Wood went down with a rolled ankle two minutes W, 86-73 - Dec. 14, 1974 (N) into the game. L, 61-71 - Dec. 22, 1976 (A) W, 69-68 - Dec. 19, 1992 (H) It was the Pack’s first win over the Tigers since the two teams W, 66-58 - Dec. 22, 1993 (A) first met in the 1952 Dixie Classic with State prevailing, 87-63. Texas - 1-2 STRONG OUT OF THE GATE: With the Princeton win, NC State has L, 93-101 - March 21, 1978 (N) now opened the last four seasons with a mark of 3-0. W, 69-68 - Nov. 28, 1986 (N) L, 54-75 - March 19, 2006 (N) SERVING IT UP: It’s only three games into Lorenzo Brown’s tenure as the Wolfpack’s point guard and he is averaging 7.6 assists per NCSU VERSUS CONFERENCES: NC State is a combined 108-87 in games involving teams from the SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12. outing. SEC: 82-58 Against UNC Asheville, Brown recorded a career-best nine as- Pac-12: 14-10 sists. Big 12: 12-19 LESLIE TO RETURN FOR VANDERBILT GAME: Junior forward C.J. GOTTFRIED VERSUS VANDERBILT: Mark Gottfried is 5-5 all-time in Leslie, who sat out the first three games of the season after it was meetings with the Commodores. determined that he and a relative had received impermissible benefits totaling $410, will make his season debut against the In head-to-head match ups with Vandy head coach Kevin Stall- Commodores. ings, Gottfried holds 5-4 advantage. WHITTENBURG ON THE CALL: Former NC State standout Dereck NC State reported the violations to the NCAA. The university and Whittenburg will provide the color analysis for ESPN’s broadcasts the NCAA conducted a joint inquiry to determine the facts. of the Pack’s two games in New Jersey. Following an auto accident in May 2011, Leslie borrowed a car Whittenburg helped NC State to the 1983 national title, including from a friend and former NC State student. He used the car for scoring 14 points in the championship game. about a week. In the waning seconds of the title game against Houston, Whit- In addition, the facts indicate that the same former student paid tenburg ended up with the ball in his hands, launching a shot that apartment application fees for Leslie’s half-brother. missed, but the carom landed in the hands of teammate Lorenzo Charles who dunked the put back for the win, sealing the Pack’s Leslie also will make charitable contributions of $410. The contri- second national crown. butions represent the value of the car had it been rented ($150) PAINTER’S SPLASH GIVES STATE WIN OVER PRINCETON: Junior and the application fees ($260). center DeShawn Painter knocked down a jumper with 4.2 sec- onds left to give NC State a 60-58 comeback victory over Princ- Leslie was declared ineligible by the university and a reinstate- eton on Wednesday at home. ment was requested through the NCAA, which granted the request on Tuesday, Nov. 8, provided he meet the stipulations of Painter finished with11 points, the first time in his career that he sitting out three games and making a charitable contributions. has had three straight double-figure games. A TRIMMER HOWELL, IS A BETTER HOWELL: It didn’t take long Sophomore Lorenzo Brown, who missed Tuesday’s practice due for NC State coach Mark Gottfried and Wolfpack fans to see the illness, showed no effects from the virsus with 16 points and eight 2011-12 STARTING LINEUPS PG SG SF PF C Record Brown Williams Wood Howell Vandenberg 1-0 Brown Williams Wood Howell Painter 2-0 results of a slimmed down junior forward Richard Howell. THE GOTTFRIED FILE Howell dropped 11 pounds from his frame going down from 261 a COACHING RESUME year ago to 250 to start the season and effects were all positive. NC STATE (PRESENT) RECORD: 2-0 Against Morehead State, he posted a career-high 25 points. ALABAMA (1999-2009) Through three games, Howell leads the team in scoring, averag- RECORD: 210-130/84-83 SEC 2002 SEC Regular Season Champions ing 16.3 points per game, and rebounding, grabbing 10.7 boards 2004 SEC West Champions per contest.