ryan harrow is just ridiculous

10/14/2009 1:19:37 PM

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""I'm going to sign in the fall," he said. "There is no doubt about it... I'm going to sign in the fall. There have been some other schools who have asked me to come on a visit, but I'm loyal to coach Lowe. Everyone tells me that I made a really good decision in choosing to play for coach Lowe, and my family supports my decision. Coach Lowe is going to prepare me for the next level... I can't wait to play for him at NC State."

10/14/2009 3:42:27 PM

god damn this kid is what we need

10/14/2009 4:03:32 PM

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"god damn this kid is what we need"

Amen...signed...double stamped..."I'm Erios and I approve this message"

10/14/2009 6:11:44 PM

this should get us a few recruits

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"The step up to Superleague provides Galway with its first foray into semi-professional basketball on a regular basis. Thus for the upcoming season Moycullen have enlisted a US collegiate star, Simon Harris, to its team. Harris is fresh out of playing four years at North Carolina State, one of the best college basketball teams in the world. Coming from a conference which features countless future NBA stars, Harris is expected to bring a wealth of experience and athleticism to the Moycullen outfit and is set to be a fan favourite. "

http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/17112#

[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM. Reason : its old but i haven't seen it. make a thread if you would like.]

10/15/2009 2:32:39 PM

thanks for the quote phish

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"god damn this kid is what we need"

10/15/2009 2:36:05 PM

http://wolfpackhoops.blogspot.com/2009/10/please-read-big-changes-coming-to_15.html

I'm off the wolfpackhoops bandwagon. I could deal with sometimes putting out suspect info and the piss poor grammar and spelling while it was free, but if you start charging for that shit, then you better start acting like an actual journalist.

10/15/2009 2:36:07 PM

There's gotta be some infringement issues with that. Hope they have a good lawyer.

10/15/2009 2:45:48 PM

^^hah, maybe they'll finally have enough resources to purchase that newfangled word processing software. No way in hell I'd pay for that shitty fucking site.

10/15/2009 2:54:08 PM

I'm gonna miss their videos and interviews.

10/15/2009 4:05:55 PM

haha i defended them as a source of info when they were a blog, but no way am i paying for it

10/15/2009 4:06:05 PM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/

looks like Mike and Roy have held press conferences about the upcoming season, anyone know if Lowe will do one soon?

10/15/2009 4:08:36 PM

wolfpackhoops was a great free site but IMO the polish just isn't there to charge for it. PP seems like a better value when you factor in the physical magazine with scout.com's resources.

hope they don't have another cousins type fiasco...

10/15/2009 4:13:00 PM

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""The step up to Superleague provides Galway with its first foray into semi-professional basketball on a regular basis. Thus for the upcoming season Moycullen have enlisted a US collegiate star, Simon Harris, to its team. Harris is fresh out of playing four years at North Carolina State, one of the best college basketball teams in the world. Coming from a conference which features countless future NBA stars, Harris is expected to bring a wealth of experience and athleticism to the Moycullen outfit and is set to be a fan favourite. "

The comedy in this quote is priceless.

10/15/2009 4:13:10 PM

lifted from another site in regards to the recent Elite 80 showcase in Wilson:

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"Harrow combines outstanding ball handling and court vision with incredible hops and quickness... should still make a major impact for the Wolfpack when he steps on campus in 2010."

http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2009/10/sweet-carolina/

10/15/2009 5:48:20 PM

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"Harris is fresh out of playing four years at North Carolina State, one of the best college basketball teams in the world."

Well, if take all the colleges in the world and assume they all have a basketball team in some form, we are in the top .01%, which would be one of the best in the world. Unfortunately, in DI basketball we hover between the top 30 and 50%.

10/15/2009 5:52:37 PM

^ That and

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"Moycullen have enlisted a US collegiate star, Simon Harris"

A star? Didn't he have like 2ppg or something?

10/15/2009 6:12:45 PM

I think we can all agree that they exaggerated a little in that article.

And that Europeans spell "favorite" funny.

[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM. Reason : or is it just the brits?]

10/15/2009 6:30:16 PM

http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1002383

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"North Carolina State moves from No. 7 to No. 4 in this week's updated 2010 team recruiting rankings following the commitment of power forward Luke Cothron, the No. 33 ranked prospect in the Rivals150. We have also expanded the list from 20 teams to 25, and Notre Dame, Oklahoma, California, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M now round out the top 25. The addition of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M bump the Big 12 up to four teams in the rankings. Notre Dame pushes the Big East to three representatives, with Syracuse being the No. 3 team overall. California is the lone Pac-10 representatives in the rankings. The ACC is still the top recruiting conference in 2010 with six teams in the top 20 - five in the top 10. The Big Ten is second with four teams, including Ohio State at No. 1. The SEC is represented by four teams. Memphis is the only Conference-USA team in the rankings, and the Atlantic-10 has both Xavier and Dayton in the top 25."

We currently have the top rated ACC class according to Rivals, yes even higher than the Holes.

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"The 2009 recruiting class' loss is the 2010 recruiting class' gain for North Carolina State. Brown, a highly ranked four-star combo guard, didn't make the cut academically and now joins the 2010 class. He is paired up with Harrow, who is a five-star point guard. Harrow is one of the most dynamic scorers in the class despite his small frame. Cothron, a four-star prospect, is the next in a long line of skilled forwards to come to North Carolina State in recent years."

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 12:48 AM. Reason : ]

10/16/2009 12:47:44 AM

I'm a bit worried that Lowe is our basketball equivalent of Butch Davis or Chuck Amato.

10/16/2009 12:58:43 AM

meh, this is basketball. id rather have roy williams than gary williams

10/16/2009 1:05:04 AM

Where would we be ranked if we still had CJ?

10/16/2009 1:12:38 AM

#1

10/16/2009 1:14:16 AM

^also where we'll be once we get Leslie back in the fold!

10/16/2009 1:53:42 AM

I really hope Harrow is working Leslie hard right now. The #1 class would be huge for Sid and this program.

10/16/2009 8:58:48 AM

there is no way we couldnt be #1 with that many top 50 players
it would be one of our best recruiting classes of all time right up there with 1971

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM. Reason : e]

10/16/2009 1:11:51 PM

^ohio state and memphis have some pretty damn good classes themselves right now. And im gonna venture a guess that they're not done

10/16/2009 2:43:24 PM

If Duke gets Barnes and Irving they'll be #1...

Also, I don't understand how we get "points" in the recruiting rankings on both Scout and Rivals for BOTH years of Lorenzo Brown... just saying, shouldn't they revamp 2009's rankings then?

10/16/2009 2:50:52 PM

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"And im gonna venture a guess that they're not done"

Ohio State already has a 6 man class, pretty sure they are done.

10/16/2009 3:04:38 PM

I think Ohio State might be done. They've got 6 commits and only 4 seniors on the team. I don't know how many of their roster players on on scholarship though. I only see them taking one more at most. I also don't see us jumping them.

Memphis does have a pretty nice class right now, even though Joe Jackson should not be ranked above Harrow considering that Harrow abused him each time they faced off. We would definitely jump Syracuse and we might jump Memphis. I don't really know how the points add up.

10/16/2009 3:13:47 PM

In the O-state write-up, it states that they have a 7 man class, although only 6 are listed.

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"Thad Matta has plucked some of the top prospects in his region, creating a formidable seven man class"

10/16/2009 3:19:31 PM

I'm always surprised when Ohio State is near the top in basketball recruiting

They don't produce many good pros, they rarely have consistent stretches of dominance, and they play in what would strike most 17 year old recruits as the most boring conference to play in

But every year it seems like their top 10

10/16/2009 3:32:38 PM

It's because they've got Archie Miller recruiting for them.

10/16/2009 3:35:38 PM

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"They don't produce many good pros"

I'm not sure how much that really matters, since kids are getting drafted pretty high out of OSU every year.

10/16/2009 3:51:43 PM

Archie joined his brother at 'Zona

10/16/2009 3:56:35 PM

They had Cook, Conley, and Oden, and the big white guy, but who before that ? Michael Redd ? That's a nice little 7 year gap in your argument

10/16/2009 3:57:28 PM

^^ yeah I forgot about Archie following his brother. He did get one guy, Jordan Sibert, in tOSU's 2010 class though.

10/16/2009 4:04:37 PM

^^Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd. Best PG/SG combo in the history of college basketball!!

10/16/2009 4:08:14 PM

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"They had Cook, Conley, and Oden, and the big white guy, but who before that ? "

Mullens got drafted in the 1st round in this years' draft, Koufos went in the first round last year and then the three you mentioned a couple years ago. You really think high school kids give a shit that they weren't having kids get drafted 10 years ago? That's fucking stupid. Recruits care that they are putting players in the league NOW.

10/16/2009 4:10:13 PM

Recruits today were fucking 9 when Scoonie was running shit, no way he and Redd factor into their decisions

10/16/2009 4:10:39 PM

psh...that's gotta be irony. i mean i hope that's irony. hell you can just look at Corchianni and Monroe as one of the best PG/SG combos.

10/16/2009 4:12:09 PM

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"Recruits today were fucking 9 when Scoonie was running shit, no way he and Redd factor into their decisions"

that hurts your argument, it doesn't help it.

10/16/2009 4:14:13 PM

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"If Duke gets Barnes and Irving they'll be #1... Also, I don't understand how we get "points" in the recruiting rankings on both Scout and Rivals for BOTH years of Lorenzo Brown... just saying, shouldn't they revamp 2009's rankings then?"

the scout guys have said brown wont count in our rankings when they release them

which makes no sense, he's a 2010 recruit now, not a 2009 recruit. just drop him off 09s rankings

10/16/2009 4:14:26 PM

All of those players were local to Ohio or the surrounding states, as are all of their incoming players

I guess I just never realized how much HS talent was in the midwest


and I'm not saying Penn and Redd matter, I'm saying the period between them and Oden, Cook, Conley matters

No pros in 7 years...a few 7 foot benchwarmers isn't going to change that perception over night

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 4:23 PM. Reason : x]

10/16/2009 4:16:38 PM

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"seeing BJ Mullens go 24th isn't going to harden their dicks"

Whatever man, they've been consistently having kids get drafted in the 1st round after only 1 year in school. If you don't think that is impressive to high-level recruits then you are a moron. Why do you think Memphis is still recruiting so well even after Cal left? It's not because of their location or conference they play in, that's for damn sure. It's because they've shown that they can consistently put players in the league after only 1 or 2 seasons.

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"No pros in 7 years...a few 7 foot benchwarmers isn't going to change that perception over night"

7 years is an eternity in college basketball. For instance, 7 years ago Carolina went 8-20...you think any of Carolina's recruits remembers or cares about that? I highly doubt it.

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

10/16/2009 4:25:08 PM

Rose and what army ?

Surely recruits are going to follow in the illustrious high draft lottery footsteps of Rodney Carney and Chris Douglas-Roberts

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"7 years is an eternity in college basketball. For instance, 7 years ago Carolina went 8-20...you think any of Carolina's recruits remembers or cares about that? I highly doubt it."

I know its an eternity...which is why I'm saying that it should matter to players. For that entire 7 year run, Ohio State didn't have one player drafted.

Recruits may not care about 2000 or 2001, but 2005 and 2006 still carry some relevance

What you're saying is that Oden's arrival basically turned the tide of the entire program, from a recruiting perspective

And while it certainly helped, their have to be some underlying factors there, like maybe Matta is just a good as shit salesman



[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 4:36 PM. Reason : x]

10/16/2009 4:31:54 PM

I was kidding about Penn and Redd by the way. Really hope you guys didn't take that seriously.

10/16/2009 4:38:00 PM

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"Rose and what army ?"

Rose, Evans, Dajaun Wagner, Shawne Williams all got drafted in the 1st round after playing 1 year at Memphis.

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"which is why I'm saying that it should matter to players"

but it's precisely why it doesn't matter, they don't care what happened at OSU 7 or 8 or 9 years ago because it was when they were like 10 years old and when OSU had a different coach.

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"What you're saying is that Oden's arrival basically turned the tide of the entire program, from a recruiting perspective"

It wasn't just Oden's arrival, that #1 recruiting class turned into 3 draft picks after just one season. That showed that OSU could put players in the league again, and quickly, despite what had happened under the previous coaching staff.

10/16/2009 4:41:37 PM

You're saying 7 years ago doesn't matter, yet you bring up Dajaun Wagner, little Colon Boy himself



Personally, I think that its mainly the downfall of Indiana and Cincinnati that's created this goldmine for OSU, since those schools used to get all the top players from that area.

I'll be interested to see if they can keep it up when one or both of those schools return to prominence.

10/16/2009 4:51:05 PM

So, what happened to Wolfpackhoops plans of becoming a pay site? Packinsider.com is down and the article disappeared off the wolfpackhoops.com page.

Did they get slapped with a cease and desist order already?

10/17/2009 9:38:47 PM