It was a rough weekend for me sports-wise. The UNC Tarheels beat my Wolfpack Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill 76-65. CJ Leslie had more turnovers than points. Scott Wood led all State scorers with, 19 shooting 7-14 (5-12 on 3 pt shots). Richard Howell tallied his 16th double-double of the season scoring 13 points and pulling down 17 rebounds. Lorenzo Brown had 12 points and 12 assists for his 6th double-double, and TJ Warren coming off his career game against FSU had his 2nd double-double in as many games with 10 points and 10 boards. It was the 2nd time this season the Pack had 3 players with double-doubles, both times against the Tarheels. The Pack (19-8 8-6) takes the floor again Wednesday night in Raleigh when the Boston College Eagles (12-15 4-10) visit PNC Arena. The Wolfpack won the earlier meeting between the two in Chestnut Hill 78-73.

After the Carolina-State game, the Canes took the ice in PNC Arena to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. At stake was 1st place in the Southeast division. Dan Ellis started in goal for the Canes. I thought that was what Kirk Muller should have done, based on the luck Cam Ward has had against the Lightning goal scorers in the past. Ellis did well with 31 saves, and had the game close at 1-0 Tampa after 40 minutes of play. When the 3rd period started, the Hurricanes troubles did too. Ellis gave up 4 goals while Drayson Bowman and Chad LaRose tallied in the 3rd for the Canes for a final of 5-2. Not only did the Canes lose the game and 1st place in the division, the 3 game losing streak has dropped them from 3rd to 10th in the Eastern conference. The Canes are once again staring up at the last available playoff spot.  The Canes are 0-4 vs Southeast division foes, with The Caps and Pens up next this week. The team turned things around in Nassau against the NY Islanders. The Isles went up 2-0 but goals from the Staal brothers tied it up at 2. In the 3rd, Bobby Sanguinetti scored his first NHL goal to give the Canes a 3-2 lead. Alexander Semin added an empty netter late to give the Canes a 4-2 victory. The Hurricanes hit the road bound for DC on Tuesday to take on the Capitals. The puck drops at 7pm in the Verizon Center. On Thursday, the Canes close out the month of February with a home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Puck drops at 7pm in Raleigh. Both games will be seen on FSN Fox Sports Carolinas.

The Wolfpack baseball team scored a total of 43 runs in a double header against Wagner on Sunday.