Quote Of The Day

(Robert Willett/Raleigh News & Observer)

“They talk those guys up every single year and we beat them every single year. They are the least of our worries. Beat us one year and then they can talk smack. Until then, you can't put them in the mix.”

-- UNC senior guard Dexter Strickland giving N.C. State some classic bulletin board fodder when asked by Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com about the Wolfpack being the preseason pick of the ACC media.

To Strickland’s defense, he has never lost a game to N.C. State as UNC has won 13 in a row and 19 of the past 20 meetings.  The two meet on January 26.