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Some in the sea of pink T-shirts at Reynolds Coliseum Sunday came to see a scrappy women's college basketball game, some to support cancer research, some both.

RALEIGH/BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The Indiana University wrestling team improved to 11-7 on the season with three straight wins on Sunday.

N.C. State junior Ryan Hill of Hickory broke the American collegiate record for the indoor 3,000 meters at the FloTrack Husky Classic on Saturday night.

Utah State's softball team defeated Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse, North Carolina State, in dramatic fashion, 6-5, in Friday's season-opener. Senior Lindsey Marquez completed a late game rally with a walk-off double blast that completed the Aggies' seventh-inning comeback in their first of two games Friday.

I will preface this by reminding everyone that I am the furthest thing from a wild-eyed optimist.

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Unioto senior distance runner Adrian Ross has signed a national letter of intent to run for North Carolina State University.

All three of NC State's men's basketball signees for next season, Tyler Lewis, Rodney Purvis and T.J. Warren, were named to the prestigious McDonald's All-American team on Thursday.

N.C. State leads Georgia Tech 26-24 at halftime in an ACC game at Philips Arena, holding the Yellow Jackets scoreless the final 4 minutes, 50 seconds of the half.

Now for a look at the defense, right before the schedule gets a lot more difficult.

At this point, it's a guarantee that Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III won't be drafted too high come April.

Georgia Tech's game against N.C. State on Thursday night gave coach Brian Gregory reason to review the Yellow Jackets' first game against the Wolfpack, an 82-71 upset win in Raleigh.

Akula Wolf formerly of Section Six presently of Backing the Pack joined us for this week's Q/A session.

If it weren't for that little home stumble against Georgia Tech, N.C. State might be very much on track for the 11 ACC wins their coach - astutely - thinks it will take to make the NCAA tournament.

Of the more than 300 players that have been invited to the NFL's pre-draft Combine in Indianapolis from February 22-28, 44 are from ACC schools.

Coach Mark Gottfried said he would have liked to have developed more depth, but the Wolfpack is limited in that category.

We're at the midpoint of conference play, so it's a good time to take a look at what the Wolfpack has done up until now, and how that compares to what happened last year.

When he returned to his workouts at D1 Sports in Franklin last week, Cal's Mitch Schwartz looked like the same guy who'd been training there in the past - a hulking, 6-foot-5, 317-pound offensive tackle.

Positives: With the win Miami moves solidly into the Top 50 in the RPI at #38 , giving NC State its first win over a Top 50 opponent NC State plays Miami twice this season and Duke only once, Duke was always going to be considered a good win/not bad loss, but now Miami could serve as TWO good wins if they manage to stay Top 50.

Maryland freshman Alex Len has had two strong games as a simplified game plan and his growing confidence help him with the rigors of ACC basketball.