give me a fucking break, wilkins had a terrible attitude, i'm glad herb ran him away.

sidney's bringing in quality guys, on and off the court

12/2/2006 2:33:09 PM

You can say what you want about Wilkins and Powell, they both made NBA rosters, it would have been nice to have them play 4 years in raleigh.

12/2/2006 2:38:09 PM

^^agreed............but we lost quite a few recruits while herb was here though (Adam Simons, Mike O'Donnell, Trey Guidry, Dom Mejia, Justin Flatt)......I really think if Dom Mejia had stayed he could have been a solid player because he just about carries Drexel right now.

[Edited on December 2, 2006 at 2:41 PM. Reason : change]

12/2/2006 2:40:52 PM

Updates on our 2008 commits so far:

http://www.ncprepsports.net/bbaskLeaders07.htm

CJ Williams averaging 26 pts/8 rebs so far this year.



http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/596766.html

Julius Mays scoring 36 in a win going up against Ohio State's higher ranked recruit for 2008.


I'd say they are doing pretty well and should definitely be rising in the rankings.

12/2/2006 2:42:13 PM

lowe would have really gotten off with a bang if wright hadn't of backed out

12/2/2006 3:10:25 PM

^absolutely. that was a big loss

12/2/2006 6:03:15 PM

wilkins and his whole family sucked
his dad kept bad mouthing the program

adam harrington also left

Quote :

"Adam Simons, Mike O'Donnell, Trey Guidry, Dom Mejia, Justin Flatt"

non are ACC calibre

12/2/2006 6:08:41 PM

dude, you cant knock teen wolf, the Ministry Of Defense!

12/2/2006 6:17:06 PM

Quote :

"lowe would have really gotten off with a bang if wright hadn't of backed out"

well lucas is rated above wright, so that actually wouldn't be true if we land lucas

12/2/2006 6:47:29 PM

[Edited on December 2, 2006 at 7:32 PM. Reason : ]

12/2/2006 7:32:27 PM

Quote :

"but we lost quite a few recruits while herb was here though (Adam Simons, Mike O'Donnell, Trey Guidry, Dom Mejia, Justin Flatt)......I really think if Dom Mejia had stayed he could have been a solid player because he just about carries Drexel right now."

Ahahahaa. What a terrible post. Mejia? He would be behind Braxton and Nieman on our team now. Bartosz is better than Simons was. Guidry was solid, I hated he left. Flatt I don't remember where he ended up.

Point is why hate on Herb when these guys left because they knew they couldn't cut it in the ACC?

12/2/2006 11:13:16 PM

Just think how crazy it would have been if we had last year's roster matched with Sidney's coaching and play style. If the players we had last year could have just played in ways that suited their skills vs. being forced to run Princeton all the time, we could have had an amazing run. Bennerman, Ced, and Grant would be outstanding with Sid's system, and Bethel and Atsur would give us depth at point guard/ long range shooters......

12/2/2006 11:24:05 PM

no one ever said herb couldn't recruit. He just cant develop players or exploit athleticism, even if it meant a full head of hair.

12/2/2006 11:28:52 PM

Larry Harris was Herb's assistant all 10years and is now Lowe's assistant (not news to anyone I'm sure)

http://louisville.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=423294 - top 25 in 2005

http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052604aaa.html - top25 in 2004

12/2/2006 11:48:58 PM

Yes, Larry Harris is, and has been, the man. It was a great day when it was announced that he had decided to stay with NC State and Sidney Lowe instead of following Herb to ASU. I expect that also played a factor with our recent recruits and the new ones that still decided to stay when Herb left. That probably also is a big part of how Sidney could still land such a decent first recruiting class even though he himself could not start recruiting until he finished his degree late last spring.

12/2/2006 11:54:13 PM

homeboy also drove Mike Bell away - who went on to be A10's player of the year when he got there

12/3/2006 12:03:00 AM

^Umm Michael Bell never played in the A10....that Mike Bell for Temple is a totally different one.

The one that sat the bench here named Michael Bell transfered to Florida Atlantic. Get you information straight when you talk shit. He was the ATLANTIC SUN conference player of the year. This is Campbell's conference. Big loss there. Quit hating on Herb.

ALL of the Herb lovers love Sidney now, so stop with the hating. Sid is the man.

12/3/2006 1:52:11 AM

Quote :

"ALL of the Herb lovers love Sidney now, so stop with the hating. Sid is the man."

well i can't speak for everyone, but i can certainly speak for myself. to this day i still support herb, but i love what sidney has done so far. hopefully we can keep larry harris around to keep finding top talent and getting them to think about the pack before anyone else has a chance.

cj williams and julius mays are going to be just plain sick. i think the only thing that could potentially stop both of them from being top 50 recruits is the fact that they committed here, but i'm not even sure if that will stop them from the sound of things.

i'm excited about the next few years of basketball, including this one. while i'm still tempering my hopes of making the tournament this year, i definitely think we'll do a lot better than most people are expecting. i think we will probably at least make the NIT, and if we can stay healthy and ferguson is the real deal, who knows? it's too early to tell right now, but i'm definitely enjoying a 0 in the loss column. hopefully i can still say that on monday.

12/3/2006 3:10:18 AM

Quote :

"I expect that also played a factor with our recent recruits and the new ones that still decided to stay when Herb left."

with all this football coaching fever, i gave in and got scout premium and was reading insider stuff from earlier in the season and a few players said they would've transferred if harris had not have stayed. i don't remember who and i'm not going to bother to look, but i was shocked at how much of a difference it did make.

12/3/2006 3:58:07 AM

I loved how I read a report that said Hickson was committed to helping us recruit the best players we could. We should be using him and Tracy Smith to recruit guards.

12/3/2006 11:28:15 AM

i know im behind on things.
but damn this excites me.

12/6/2006 3:24:57 PM

do we have a shot at Michael Sanchez?

12/6/2006 4:29:50 PM

no, but I hear his brother Dirty is interested

12/6/2006 4:34:19 PM

Why would you want Sanchez? Our best option right now is Jai Lucas. Go for him.

12/6/2006 4:35:31 PM

Jai would be great


a 7 footer wouldnt be bad either...but we may be holdin off for another year, something Lowe may have in the works.

12/6/2006 4:36:18 PM

My ears are burning.

12/6/2006 4:37:22 PM

what is the deal with Rashad Green? packpride has had him there forever with us listed as his only school and we gave him an offer.

2/2/2007 11:14:36 AM

Rashad Green has been out of the picture for a long time

2/2/2007 11:19:14 AM

Green "committed" to us before we ever offered. Apparently there was some bit of confusion, in that he felt we were giving him a scholarship when he was really a recruit of some interest. I believe he was more of a backup option, and we have never offered him. Not sure if is looking at other schools or has any interest in walking on.

2/2/2007 11:20:01 AM

god i hope there is a mass exodus from chapel hill after this season

2/2/2007 11:49:51 AM

Even if there is, they will just reload in a year or two like last time.

2/2/2007 11:52:42 AM

but we'll still be able to pound them next year

plus we have the potential to be just as loaded within two or three years

[Edited on February 2, 2007 at 11:53 AM. Reason : ]

2/2/2007 11:53:12 AM

[Edited on February 2, 2007 at 11:59 AM. Reason : way off]

2/2/2007 11:58:43 AM

I'm going to take this opportunity to say how friggin amazed/stoked I am with what Lowe has done on the recruiting front so far! If he has any sort of success on the court we could potentially be building a juggernaut.

2/2/2007 12:19:39 PM

so what exactly is the recruiting ranking for basketball now?

2/2/2007 12:23:03 PM

^^, basically.

i hope tracy smith ends up here, there's been some questions.

2/2/2007 12:31:15 PM

I really love the recruiting as well. I've given him a pass for this year, so even as disappointed as I have been, I won't hold it against him. If he brings in all his kids and we still don't play defense and suck ass at passing and free throws, then I'll have something to complain about.

2/2/2007 12:35:09 PM

What ever happened to Jai Lucas? I guess we didnt get him...

2/2/2007 12:54:22 PM

we got marques johnson...thus ending our recruitment of jai. we're out of scholies

2/2/2007 12:56:37 PM

marques johnson is the transfer from Tenn, right? How does he compare? (I dont have scout premium)

He's GOT to be better than fergie...

2/2/2007 1:00:08 PM

He is EASILY better than Fergie....hell Nieman plays over Ferguson.

Johnson was a 4* recruit....top 100 maybe? He is a baller.

2/2/2007 1:03:34 PM

johnson is a good player. he was playing a lot at the beginning of the season but then different rotations were getting used and he wasn't getting much playing time, even though he probably would have again soon

he wants playing time now, and he'll be able to get it with us. people who have seen him play have said good things

2/2/2007 1:04:26 PM

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/

Video of JJ Hickson on the front of the site.

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=22351

[Edited on February 2, 2007 at 1:13 PM. Reason : Johnson's rivals page....impressive list]

2/2/2007 1:09:52 PM

However many ^

What's the word on Smith? I notice he hasn't signed, what's goin on with that?

2/2/2007 1:15:16 PM

Quote :

"Mike O'Donnell"

this guy was cool as shit...i had english 101 with him, and we worked on a group project...i had it freshman year and didnt know state stuff too much- i use to think he was a regular person(cause i was like taller than him or something)- hope he is doing well in whatever hes doing now

[Edited on February 2, 2007 at 1:17 PM. Reason : adam simons is from alamance county...guy fucking sucked in hs there]

2/2/2007 1:15:59 PM

yeah simons was pretty much the biggest stiff i've ever seen

well, he and lewandowski

2/2/2007 1:20:26 PM

in highschool everyone called him lurch

2/2/2007 1:22:08 PM

johnson is already practicing...im hearing we are going to have talent at PG with degand and johnson that we haven't seen in a LONG time.

i wouldn't worry about smith. I haven't heard anything that would make me doubt it.

2/2/2007 1:29:54 PM

Id be wary of calling lewandowski names.

He is polish so he might be passive, but then again he could friggin slap u from across a room with that wingspan of his....

2/2/2007 1:35:48 PM

damn, Hickson looks pretty impressive by the looks of that video

2/2/2007 1:49:01 PM