Thank you jesus

Quick question though: Am I retarded, or was Brown ranked the no. 4 SG in the class like a week ago? Just saw he's ranked no. 8 now...

Oh well, I'm happy

[Edited on July 27, 2008 at 6:06 PM. Reason : ]

7/27/2008 6:05:34 PM

Quote :

"he responds "haha you still need a pg and for lowes kid not to shank him.""

pwnt

7/27/2008 6:07:09 PM

FUCKIN' RIGHT LORENZO BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7/27/2008 6:25:55 PM

now let's get a big man to take over for mccauley, favors pls.

7/27/2008 7:22:56 PM

Getting Brown will help us land some other big recruits, this is big for the future of our bball team

7/27/2008 8:35:58 PM

How many more scholarships do we have left to offer?

7/27/2008 8:59:38 PM

1....technically...im imagining 2.

7/27/2008 9:08:56 PM

are we basically waiting to see who we land first between Howell and Favors?

7/27/2008 9:11:54 PM

There are 2 or 3 players that I have heard mentioned that may open up another scholarship. Costner and Johnny Thomas are possibilities, and maybe another. I hope Thomas makes it back but his knee injury seems pretty horrible. There has been speculation of costner leaving for 2 years now.

7/27/2008 9:32:52 PM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/pack-gets-coveted-hoops-recruit

Pack gets coveted hoops recruit

N.C. State secured one of its top Class of 2009 recruiting targets Sunday morning when guard Lorenzo Brown of Roswell, Ga., told assistant coach Larry Harris he is committing to the Wolfpack.

Brown is 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds and will be able to play both point guard and shooting guard in college, according to his coach, Allen Whitehart of Centennial High.

As a junior last season, Brown averaged 25 points, eight rebounds and eight assists per game. He is rated the 29th-best prospect in his class by scout.com.

"He works at all aspects of the game,” Whitehart said. “He does a lot well, and his shooting is coming along. . . .When the ball is in his hands, nine times out of 10 good things happen.”

Brown has connections to a couple other players who are committed to N.C. State in the Class of 2010. Ryan Harrow, a point guard from Marietta (Ga.) Walton High, is one of Brown’s best friends. Forward C.J. Leslie of Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh has been a teammate of Brown on the Worldwide Renegades AAU team.

Whitehart said Brown also seriously considered Florida because of its back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007. Whitehart said Brown hopes to lead N.C. State to similar success. Brown is N.C. State’s second Class of 2009 commitment, joining Marion (Ind.) High shooting guard Scott Wood.

The commitment from Brown adds to N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe’s growing reputation as a recruiter in Georgia. In addition to Brown and Harrow, Lowe got 2007-08 freshman J.J. Hickson of Marietta’s Wheeler High from Georgia.

Hickson led the Wolfpack in scoring and rebounding last season before leaving to become the No. 19 pick of the NBA draft with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

7/27/2008 11:46:38 PM

i was very surprised that the n&o did a piece at all, and especially surprised that it was that nice quick and nice.

i wonder if this has anything to do w/ any sort of new attitude since the combination of sports sections.

7/27/2008 11:56:47 PM

I'm so glad this morning is the last morning I have to listen to the local radio on the way to work.

DJ 1: In basketball news NC State got commit from Lorenzo brown, and they certainly need it when competing for recruits with UNC and Duke.
DJ 2: huh, huh, maybe someone should call him and make sure he knows exactly which school he's committing too, huh, huh, duuurrrrrrr.

7/28/2008 7:32:09 AM

^haha

I was listening to 96 Rock this morning too

I like Salt and Dmitri but that pissed me off

7/28/2008 7:34:15 AM

Assholes. We've gotten plenty of highly rated players (4* and 5*) in years past. Why is it such a surprise that we could land one of the top guards in the 2009 class as well? We've got great facilities, great tradition, great fans, and play in the most prestigious conference in the nation. Again why is it so surprising that we could land such a talent?

5* Julius Hodge McD's AA
5* Cedric Simmons
4* Gavin Grant
4* Andrew Brackman
4* Ben McCauley
5* Courtney Fells
5* Brandon Costner McD's AA
4* Dennis Horner
5* JJ Hickson McD's AA
4* Tracy Smith
5* CJ Leslie

Am I missing anyone else from 2000 on?

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 8:22 AM. Reason : ]

7/28/2008 8:20:45 AM

it's not surprising, it's a celebration of the wal-mart nation.

7/28/2008 8:35:09 AM

^^Most of those 11 guys sucked or didnt stay around long enough to become great

I have learned not to get excited anymore for state recruiting

7/28/2008 8:48:08 AM

salt and D have no ties to any of the schools in the triangle, their comments just reflect on how the rest of the country looks at the triangle schools, salt is from Tennessee and D is from alabama

7/28/2008 8:52:23 AM

The only guy on that list that really sucks is Dennis Horner.

7/28/2008 8:54:55 AM

^exactly, in fact I was surprised to see that he was a 4*. I thought he was just a 3*.

7/28/2008 8:56:50 AM

you forgot scooter sherrill

7/28/2008 9:04:38 AM

wow

i had forgotten how high some of our players were coming out of HS. that list makes me

it's hard to get excited about recruiting now after being reminded that horner was a 4*

7/28/2008 9:24:40 AM

Quote :

"i had forgotten how high some of our players were coming out of HS. that list makes me "

that's what happens when your offense involves nothing but backdoor cuts and 3pointers. regardless of player composition, the result will be mediocre play. you got bad players? you'll play mediocre ball. you got great players? you'll play mediocre ball.

to be totally fair though, we seem to suck at playing a more traditional game, too. i'll give lowe some time though, i like where i think he's heading.

7/28/2008 9:35:06 AM

Quote :

"^exactly, in fact I was surprised to see that he was a 4*. I thought he was just a 3*."

Horner was a 3* on Scout and a 4* on Rivals iirc (might be the other way around though). He was a Top 100 player coming out of high school.

7/28/2008 10:33:39 AM

How long has Kelly been a 5*?! Scout has him as a 5* and the 4th best PF nationally. Rivals has him as a 5* and the 6th best PF nationally. 1) How did I miss that jump? 2) Is he really that good?

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 11:15 AM. Reason : Just found the answer. Bumped up on July 5th. Don't know how I missed that.]

7/28/2008 11:10:03 AM

that's what happens when unc offers a kid. but yeah he's pretty good.

7/28/2008 11:26:09 AM

rivlas says that favors is about to narrow his list...should be interesting.

7/28/2008 11:46:26 AM

narrow his list to how many?

we've been hearing us, uga and ga tech for a good while now. if that's what he's narrowing it to, nothing's really changed.

7/28/2008 11:49:55 AM

Ryan Kelly has steadily been improving his ranking. A year ago at this time we were one of the only major schools really recruiting him. He was an ultra skinny (185 lbs iirc) 3* PF with offers mainly from mid-majors. At that time I think his 3* ranking was warranted b/c his body at the time didn't really seem to lend himself to competing with other PFs in major conferences that would weigh a good 30-50 pounds heavier than him. He has gained a fair amount of weight (he's up to 205 or 210 now) and has really improved his game. With his steady improvement and weight gain he began receiving interest and offers from bigger schools, and was bumped to a 4* player, then he ended up getting another bump more recently to a 5* player, which coincidentally was soon after UNC offered him ). I doubt he goes to UNC b/c he'd be riding the pine most likely with all of the PFs they've got. Some of them may not be as highly rated as Kelly, but have the more traditional PF body and game.

A year ago I definitely didn't care about getting Kelly. Now I would love to have him. He's worked really hard to fill his body out some.

7/28/2008 3:20:35 PM

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/773101.html

7/28/2008 3:37:25 PM

Wow.

What an awesome couple of days for NCSU basketball.

7/28/2008 3:39:13 PM

Quote :

"This story is no longer available."

What is in that link?

BTW, I HATE it when people post only a link with no other commentary or anything...

7/28/2008 3:40:02 PM

RICHARD HOWELL COMMITS.

no joke.

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/773088.html



[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 3:45 PM. Reason : pic and link]

7/28/2008 3:41:36 PM

I cant help but wonder if Lorenzo Brown expects to be a one-and-done like JJ? That whole GA-Sid connection rubs me that way at least....

7/28/2008 3:42:25 PM

wow....fucking badass

7/28/2008 3:46:35 PM

weight gain...
sounds like similar problem..
Julius Hodge had.
he used to be 170 lbs or less coming into NCSU.
same old story..

7/28/2008 3:46:45 PM

Holy fucking shitballs ... this is good news

7/28/2008 3:50:53 PM

hell yeah!!!

Wood
Howell
Brown

with Brown and Howell now committed, hopefully we can land favors

our 2010 class is already shaping out to be a kickass class too

Sid knows how to recruit

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 3:52 PM. Reason : yo]

7/28/2008 3:51:30 PM

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I leave work at 3:25 and just got home a couple of minutes ago. I look at the front page of PP and see that we picked up Howell. FUCKING SWEEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the Brown commitment I wasn't expecting us to get another commitment for awhile.

7/28/2008 3:51:55 PM

So when will these guys start playing? I haven't been following what class these recruits will be coming into...although I'm guessing Brown will be next year.

7/28/2008 3:55:45 PM

Brown, Howell, and Wood are for the 09-10 season.

7/28/2008 3:56:46 PM

Quote :

"A year ago I definitely didn't care about getting Kelly. Now I would love to have him."

yeah, same.

watching video of him last year he just looked goofy, but he's gotten a lot more fluid w/ his game, made a lot of improvement.

that said, i doubt we get him.

edit: WHAT? HOWELL?

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 3:59 PM. Reason : NEVERMIND, hold out for favors]

7/28/2008 3:59:11 PM

someone post these kids scout profiles to keep people up to date


and HOLY HELL

this is GREAT

7/28/2008 4:01:29 PM

Shit, that's amazingly awesome!

Our next two classes are looking fucking stellar.

Need another big guy if possible in one of the two classes. Costner's replacement basically.

7/28/2008 4:01:33 PM

Quote :

"Sid knows how to recruit"

Question is will he be here long enough to coach these guys? And if he does, will he do any better with them than he did with JJ and this past year's team?

7/28/2008 4:02:32 PM

so you think getting Favors would get us squeaked into a top ten recruiting class?

7/28/2008 4:02:47 PM

lol i was reading this thread, went to take a shower, and then came back and was messing around with google reader. i was trying to add packpride to it, hoping to to make reading up about my ncsu news (especially recruiting news) a little easier. i add it and the top headline was something about howell committing. i thought, yeah, that's old ne----what! howell too!?!

^^and yep, i'm crossing my fingers, hoping that last year was just an aberration from what lowe can do with top-level talent.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 4:04 PM. Reason : ]

7/28/2008 4:03:15 PM

Richard Howell
Ht: 6-7 Wt: 215
Position: PF
Year: Class of 2009
AAU Team: WW Renegades
High School: Wheeler HS
(Marietta, GA)

2009 Scout.com HS Basketball Rankings (full list):
Pos: PF Pos Rank: #27 Pos Rating:


Biography:
Not available.

7/28/2008 4:04:07 PM

Lorenzo Brown
Ht: 6-4.5 Wt: 175
Position: SG
Year: Class of 2009
AAU Team: World Wide Renegades/Team Dickerson
High School: Centennial HS
(Roswell, GA)

2009 Scout.com HS Basketball Rankings (full list):
Pos: SG Pos Rank: #8 Pos Rating:

Scout.com Player Evaluation:
STRENGTHS
Court Vision
Explosiveness

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT
Decision Making
Defensive Presence
Long term may be a combo guard. Known primarily for his ability to score the basketball. Sees the floor well which often times causes him to force passes. Can get buckets as needed and when he's locked in could be a deadly scorer. Tendency to coast because he's that talented so he's bringing it each time out is something to work on.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM. Reason : ]

7/28/2008 4:04:35 PM

he's a small PF, haha scout doesnt even have him as being offered

we need Favors now, cmonnnnnnn Favors, even tho we "techincally" have no more schollies, right?

7/28/2008 4:04:37 PM

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=50453

7/28/2008 4:05:19 PM