Game day stories, etc.

Good stuff from the Charlotte Observer and the News & Observer of Raleigh…

Charlotte Observer

Baldwin, Evtimov meet – again

Hodge puts on show for media

TOM SORENSEN: 49ers get a chance to earn respect

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

Staying power is in demand

No. 7 Charlotte vs No. 10 N.C. State

An evolving university

GO NINERS! BEAT THE PACK!

JENA JANOVY was just on Raleigh sportstalk 1090am. That was the first time I have heard here on the radio. She was impressive. She had all the right answers to the questions defending the Niners on Raleigh radio. She definitley has made this season more entertaining.

Boston Globe

Nothing finer for 49ers

Syracuse regional teams at a glance.

Boston Herald

Not much from the Herald, other than some shoddy reporting…

[b]Wake Forest was the preseason No. 2 team and it beat N.C. State twice in the regular season. But the Wolfpack crushed the Demon Deacons in the ACC tournament and will face Charlotte in the early game today.[/b]
[url=http://sports.bostonherald.com/college/view.bg?articleid=73922]Worcester Notebook[/url]

BTW, the Worcester newspaper’s online edition is a pay site, so we’ll be skipping them as a source of news… :angry:

ESPN.com

N.c. State at Charlotte

Games you want to be watching on Friday

FOXSports.com

What to watch for on Friday

North Carolina State at North Carolina Charlotte

USA Today

Seeds mean little when N.C. State, Charlotte meet

North Carolina State vs. Charlotte

The one theme that comes across in reading all this stuff, which, for the most part, is very good – USE A COPY EDITOR TO CATCH YOUR MISTAKES, SPORTSWRITERS!!!

Great piece on Eddie…

Boston Glode: 49er Basden struck gold with choice of Charlotte

GO NINERS!!! BEAT UNC-R!!!

[b]The Wolfpack will go at Charlotte today in its Princeton-like manner, numbing opponents -- and fans -- with their methodical, back-cutting, sleep-inducing ways.[/b]
- Tom Sorensen, Charlotte Observer :lol:

That’s pretty funny and way too true.

Another one from Sportsline.com:

Charlotte vs. North Carolina State

[b]Charlotte, with the longest losing streak of any team in the NCAA tournament, takes on North Carolina State in the first round of the Syracuse Regional.[/b]

BTW, read where NC State is 1-4 in tourney as a double-digit seed.

GO NINERS! BEAT UNC-RALEIGH!