Meet New Sports Council Manager Erin Anderson 

Erin Anderson joins the Sports Council as our new manager, replacing Alison Edmonds. Anderson previously served as the Greater Raleigh Chamber's Membership Services manager, managing women's programs, the golf tournament, and other networking events. She is a proud Wolfpacker and graduate of NC State University and will complete her master's degree in public affairs from UNC-Greensboro this May. Reach her at 919.664.7070 or eanderson@raleighchamber.org. 

Hear From UNC Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham    

The next Sports Council quarterly meeting on April 10 will feature Bubba Cunningham, UNC athletic director, as our featured speaker. Join us at noon at the Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham/Research Triangle for an update on future plans for UNC sports. Attendance is complimentary for Sports Council members----click here to register. 

Convention Center to Host Tobacco Road Summer Showcase    

The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau reports that Raleigh Convention Center will be the site of the Tobacco Road Summer Showcase on July 5 -- 9. The Showcase is an Amateur Athletic Union boys and girls basketball tournament this year that will use 10 courts in the Raleigh Convention Center's exhibit hall. The Showcase is expected to attract 75 -- 100 teams from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. 

Wolfpack Basketball Season Stats     

NC State fell to Temple in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio, marking the end of NC State's 24th trip to the NCAA Tournament. Some highlights of the season include: NC State defeated Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest for the first time since 1989; the last Wolfpack squad to post more victories than the 2012/13 squad's total of 24 was the 1983 National Championship team; and Mark Gottfried is the first coach in NC State history----and only the third coach in ACC history----to take each of his first two squads to the NCAA Tournament. 

Beating the Odds with your NCAA Bracket     

Bracket got you down? You're not alone. The odds of correctly choosing the winners of all 63 games is one in 9 million trillion, according to Wall Street Journal columnist Carl Bialik. You're about 60 billion times more likely to win the multi-state Powerball lottery. ESPN.com's 2012 bracket challenge drew more than 6 million entries, but no one picked all the winning teams. For more bracket stats, check out this article reprinted from Progress Energy's Current Lines newsletter.