Monte Towe can appreciate a David Thompson statue standing outside Reynolds Coliseum. Deserving? No question. Towe was Thompson’s teammate for four years at N.C. State and the point guard on the 1974 ...
On Feb. 24, David Thompson and his teammates from the 1974 NCAA champion North Carolina State team gathered for a 50th reunion on campus in Raleigh, N.C. After that game, North Carolina State was ...
They held a party Saturday for David “Skywalker” Thompson, the N.C. State icon and basketball hall of famer, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. And it was just right for the man they were honoring.