9/20/2010 4:46:34 PM

Howell looks beastly. Vandenberg even looks like he's added some muscle. It's good to finally see those 3 freshmen in State uniforms.

9/20/2010 5:04:15 PM

I think I see one of Scott Woods' balls.

9/20/2010 5:06:35 PM

painter has made a big gain too

9/20/2010 5:08:38 PM

^^

[Kramer enters]

KRAMER: I've got the magazine. The underwear ad came out.

JERRY: Boy, they really worked on your pectorals.

GEORGE: Your buttocks are spectacular.

ELAINE: Oh my!

KRAMER: What?

ELAINE: I'm not sure but... I think I see your...

9/20/2010 5:09:19 PM

I lol'ed at the difference between Coaches Strickland and Towe.

9/20/2010 5:20:08 PM

The Larry Harris four frame zoom was funny.

Not to count the chickens before they hatch but a 2011 class of Uchebo, Nelson-Ododa and Tyler Harris would be pretty sweet.

9/20/2010 5:40:29 PM

i lol'd at the photoshop

9/20/2010 5:42:13 PM

I think it would be nice if we picked up a shooting guard for '11, especially since CJW is gonna be gone after next year, and there's no telling how long LoBro is gonna stick around depending on how good he is.

9/20/2010 7:40:20 PM

^Which is why we want guys like Harris and Seagears.

9/20/2010 7:43:42 PM

monte towe cracks me up

9/20/2010 8:13:55 PM

damn, Seagars committed to Rutgers yesterday

Here's an updated recruiting board from about 4 months ago that I posted

5* G: Quinn Cook
5* F: Quincy Miller
5* G: B.J. Young
4* F: Tyler Harris
4* F: Maurice Harkless
4* C: Desmond Hubert
4* F: Rodney Hood
4* C: Marshall Plumlee
4* F: LaQuinton Ross
4* F: Joseph Uchebo
3* G: Tony Kimbro
3* G: Bishop Daniels
3* F: Jacob Lawson
3* F: Durand Johnson
3* G: Jerome Seagears
3* F: Darius Nelson
3* G: Lonnie Jackson
3* C: Deng Leek
3* F: Quddus (Deuce) Bello
3* C: John Cannon
3* G: Angel Rodriquez
3* F: Alonzo Nelson-Ododa
** F: Rokas Cesnulevicius

9/22/2010 10:03:36 AM

had a bizarre dream last night that we played Seton Hall in Reynolds Coliseum and it was absolute pandemonium. it was 47-47 at halftime and CJL scored all 47. i got to sit on the floor. it was joyous.

(why seton hall, i have NO idea)

[Edited on September 22, 2010 at 10:11 AM. Reason : .]

9/22/2010 10:11:16 AM

wow, I just realized that I had a dream about our bball team and CJ Leslie last night too. It was real short, but I remember CJL had back to back alley-oop dunks and the crowd was going nuts

9/22/2010 10:21:36 AM

well I had a dream that we went ofer on the year and all committed ritual suicide.






jk

9/22/2010 10:26:34 AM

hahahahha i had a dream last night that ncstatetke was at a local community center wearing an ASU shirt and yelling at people about getting new tires put on his tractor. i am not making this up.

9/22/2010 10:57:42 AM

Visited Naadir Tharpe this week.

Influx of talent transfering to WOG. Uchebo and Warren are playing for Quinten Jackson this year.

9/24/2010 7:37:38 AM

I want the (assumed) Asian on that recruiting list.

9/24/2010 8:16:08 AM

I know this isn't directly related to State but Austin Rivers just committed to Duke

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/basketball/mens/news/story?id=5632647

9/30/2010 11:57:00 AM

rather he go to Duke than UNC, hate to play against the kid either way, awesome player

9/30/2010 12:04:40 PM

i'm pretty sure he's been duke's to lose since he decommited from florida. regardless, hope he only stays one year.

9/30/2010 12:09:42 PM

gonna head on over to IC now

9/30/2010 12:13:37 PM

Quote :

"rather he go to Duke than UNC"

me too. I figured he would commit to Duke, but knew that UNC was trying to get him. Rivers could have been Barnes' replacement.

10/1/2010 1:15:41 PM

Zagsblog post about Tyler Harris. Not much other than the usual great time and fun at game comments.

Quote :

"As for N.C. State, Torrel Harris, Tyler’s dad, said it went well. “The N.C. State official visit was great,” Torrel said. “We had some good conversations with head coach Sidney Lowe, Larry Harris, Monte Towe and Pete Strickland about the direction the program is headed. Tyler and I were very impresssed with all the experience of the coachees and staff members. “We met with director of academics Carrie Legger, who discussed every aspect of the academics and their dedication to help the student athletes graduate. “We watched the team practice for one hour and Tyler was able to see how his style of play would fit into their offense and the things that Coach Lowe demands from his players. We attended the football game against Virginia Tech, which was a thrilling game. “He spent some quality time with the players on the team both Friday and Saturday. He thought the players were cool and he got along with them well.”"

http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/10/04/tyler-harris-visits-n-c-state/

10/5/2010 6:29:55 PM

Pretty much the entire team had BBQ catered to them on the East side of the RBC on Saturday. After they finished up, they all tailgated and played cornhole with all the fans in that area. Harris definitely seemed to be having a good time.

10/5/2010 6:50:10 PM

Former Texas commit DeAndre Daniels will be at the Red Rally on October 15th.

10/5/2010 9:21:04 PM

Are they still talking about him reclassifying to 2010?

Also the Red Rally better have every State fan in the area show up. We need to show how much support we have for this team. Last year's was a little underwhelming. Then take that compared to Kentucky's midnight madness the same year (I know it's apples and oranges but it shouldn't be) and it easy to see why recruits would want to be part of that program (less the corruption, of course).

Anyways, please show up. If anything, you'll get to see Vandy dunk for the first time in a year. He can really throw it down, too.

10/5/2010 10:04:30 PM

that would be kinda difficult considering the class of 2010 already enrolled and have been attending class (everywhere except unc) for over a month now

10/6/2010 1:18:54 AM

Looking back, those articles were from late august so I didn't know if there was a possibility of him enrolling somewhere for the spring semester as odd as it sounds.

10/6/2010 2:22:16 AM

We are back on the list for Purvis - Lowe actually went to see him last thursday iirc

10/6/2010 12:00:31 PM

Purvis thought we weren't gonna recruit him

10/6/2010 12:02:06 PM

Quote :

"NC State is back on the list for sophomore guard Rodney Purvis of nearby Raleigh Upper Room Christian Academy. The Wolfpack recruiting relationship with Purvis goes back to his eighth-grade year. He attended a lot of NC State basketball and football games last year. He didn’t attend Wolfpack sporting events last year while concentrating on his own season, and he didn’t have transportation at times. Purvis has been public with his recruitment on Twitter, and made it known that he wanted the Wolfpack to recruit him, his “hometown” school. NCSU assistant coach Pete Strickland was scheduled to see Purvis on Thursday, but coach Sidney Lowe made a surprise appearance at Upper Room. The showing paid off and Purvis told The Wolfpacker that NC State was back in the mix, but no scholarship offer yet. Several sources say that if the Wolfpack make a serious run at Purvis, they’ll get a fair shake. Since he’s local, the staff won’t have to go too much out of their way to “show the love.” NC State faced longer odds after C.J. Leslie decommitted, but patience won out in that recruitment. NC State will be tipping its hand if they come to his games this year at Upper Room (coached by former Wolfpack player Avie Lester), and then same with Purvis, if he comes to some of the NC State home games."

10/6/2010 12:04:23 PM

I just noticed on our scout page we have Antonin Galaya (3 star) and Kofi Mensa (2 star) listed as prospects for this years class shown but neither have offers. Are we possibly going to add them to this years class?


It looks so damn good to see three 5-star recruits on our page

back in 2004 and 2005 we had one 5-star and two 4-star recruits (Simmons, Brackman and Grant & Costner, Fells, McCauley). They panned out pretty well for us. LOL at 2-star Mike O'Donnell as our only recruit in 2003

[Edited on October 6, 2010 at 12:58 PM. Reason : asdf]

10/6/2010 12:55:45 PM

Let's make a huge impact on Daniels friday...getting a chant going for him would be huge.

10/6/2010 2:55:56 PM

Quote :

"back in 2004 and 2005 we had one 5-star and two 4-star recruits (Simmons, Brackman and Grant & Costner, Fells, McCauley). They panned out pretty well for us"

Any other sophomoric recruiting analysis you'd like to grace us with? I don't know how you could possibly think that Grant, Costner, Fells and McCauley "panned out pretty well for us", they barely played in Herb's last season and didn't do shit for us when Lowe was coach.

10/6/2010 4:25:50 PM

Quote :

"LOL at 2-star Mike O'Donnell as our only recruit in 2003"

you shut your mouth, rainbow threes are awesome.

10/6/2010 4:27:13 PM

Quote :

"LOL at 2-star Mike O'Donnell as our only recruit in 2003"

Atsur was part of that class, too

And we only had two open scholarships from Powell and Crawford

10/6/2010 4:32:04 PM

Quote :

"Grant, Costner, Fells and McCauley ... didn't do shit for us when Lowe was coach.""

that's kind of a retarded statement. not shit?

10/6/2010 4:41:57 PM

it's a pretty common expression

10/6/2010 4:44:05 PM

Zagsblog say we're recruiting a kid named God's Gift. No joke.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/10/06/gods-gift-will-sign-in-april/

10/6/2010 4:51:57 PM

Best name ever?

10/6/2010 5:03:48 PM

the modern day god shammgod

10/6/2010 5:09:05 PM

^^^^i realize it's a common expression. i just you're using it inaccurately. while none were superstars, they definitely contributed.

ha, god's gift.

10/6/2010 5:36:36 PM

Quote :

"i just you're using it inaccurately"

No I'm not, and if you're going to leave out entire words from your posts then you're in no position to critique my usage of expressions.

Quote :

"while none were superstars, they definitely contributed."

Contributed to us losing a ton of games

10/6/2010 5:46:48 PM

His last name, Achiuwa, was given to him upon immigration. His original surname was Towomen.

10/6/2010 5:55:29 PM

Quote :

"No joke."

10/6/2010 5:59:56 PM

Quote :

"you shut your mouth, rainbow threes are awesome."

there's a pot of gold at the end of rainbow threes.

re: purvis. i think that kid could already play in the NBA. His body for what, a sophomore? is ridiculous.

[Edited on October 6, 2010 at 6:21 PM. Reason : ]

10/6/2010 6:19:13 PM

Quote :

"Contributed to us losing a ton of games"

And we wouldn't have won a single game without them. They were our statistical leaders for years. Don't be a fucktard please.

10/6/2010 7:51:57 PM

They had ONE good year, and even that year we only went to the NIT. After the 06-07 season they were a bunch of entitled malcontents who did as much to hurt the team as to help it. You can continue sucking off some dudes who rarely gave 100% and didn't win a thing if you want but I'm not whitewashing their flaws out of some misguided sense of loyalty.

10/6/2010 8:19:14 PM

Mike O'Donnell's signature move was his feet on defense. It was entertaining enough just to watch him look like he had just chugged 10 coffee's right before the game. Dude had enough energy for 3 players.

The "Grant, Costner, Fells and McCauley" group underachieved so badly, it's hard for me to agree that they "panned out pretty well for us". The only good memories I have of them are:

1) Beating Duke in the ACC tournament
2) Beating UNC at home

10/7/2010 9:25:31 AM