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Facts: The N.C. State Wolfpack took on the UNC Tar Heels on Saturday. The men’s basketball team lost 64-84, never getting closer than nine points to the Tar Heels. N.C. State was predicted to finish just behind the Tar Heels in the top-third of the ACC standings.
Opinion: No matter how bad the Wolfpack plays, the die-hard fans will always be there to cheer them on. We may spew blasphemy and curse their names, but the next weekend we will be out tailgating and toasting to our hopeful victory.
“Someone call Admiral Akbar because what we have here is a trap game.”
The Tar Heel Fan blog started its preview off that way and that certainly rang true after the humiliating defeat by the UNC Tar Heels on Saturday. Wolfpack fans now have to come to grips with losing to both Duke and UNC in a two week period. Now, we have to look forward to the next face off with the Carolina blue rival down the road on Feb. 23. Despite our defeat, we still are preparing to go and are confident we can beat them.
Wolfpack fans are known for their age-old faith to the football and basketball teams, despite the staggering, humiliating defeats we suffer each year. We are passionate, but also fickle with our comments. Despite however many profane curses we speak against our teams, we will continue to come to the next game with an even stronger hope that we will redeem our Pack with an outstanding win.
The Wolfpack is probably going to miss its chance at the NCAA championship. Although we are 12-9 overall, we are only 2-5 in conference. Home games are much more hopeful for the Wolfpack and fans will always fill the RBC Center to see the Pack play.
Our team is losing but we stand by them anyway. It seems like a hopeless pursuit from the outside, however there seems to be little doubt it will change. There are alumni who still reminisce about the 1983 and 1985 victories and cling to those memories as if they are right around the corner. They are patiently waiting for their 20-year-coming “told you so” moment.
Every home game averages 12,698 people and there is a good chance the majority of those are Wolfpack fans. Campout 2011, despite being cold, saw N.C. State students packing onto Lee Field to party up the hopeful victory against our arch rival, despite the need for an amazing comeback to win.
We have a disappointing 72.4 point average and our Carolina rivals have a 77.3 point average. We’ve had three Final Four appearances, while Carolina has had 18. We only have 10 ACC tournament titles, compared to UNC’s 17. The only thing we can do in the face of these numbers is stare them down and keep the Wolfpack faith that we all bleed red. The Alma Mater will still ring true and the fight song will always get our blood pumping.
