There’s a part of Debbie Yow the athletic director that’s still very much Debbie Yow the basketball coach, and for that reason she is hesitant to take too much of a victory lap in the wake of N.C. State’s unprecedented success in the fall season. In her mind, it’s just the end of the first quarter.
That said, the Wolfpack’s seventh-place finish in the fall Leafield Directors’ Cup standings – which measure success across all sports and are scrutinized closely by athletic directors, if not necessarily fans – was not only the best of any ACC school but the best in N.