Quote :

"didn't Villanova recently play with 4 guards?"

Yep, their 2006 squad was a #1 seed

Starting Five
Kyle Lowery 6'1
Mike Nardi 6'2
Allan Ray 6'2
Randy Foye 6'4
Dante Cunningham 6'9




[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 9:16 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2011 9:15:21 PM

5/16/2011 9:18:35 PM

starting 4 guards is risky, but if you have the talent to pull it off like 'Nova did then it would probably create some difficult matchups for other teams

5/16/2011 9:19:07 PM

Quote :

""@DaveTelep Dave Telep On the phone with Torian Graham. He's NC State and Mark Gottfried's first commitment from the Class of 2012.""

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM. Reason : legit]

5/16/2011 9:20:46 PM

We back?

5/16/2011 9:24:18 PM

Oh, no! Too many 5* guards. We're doomed.

5/16/2011 9:25:24 PM

LOL, you people.

5/16/2011 9:29:36 PM

From a semi-happier time:

http://basketball.ytmnd.com/

5/16/2011 9:34:28 PM

I can't post over there, but someone should go tell IC that Lewis is from Winston-Salem

Quote :

"Lewis, Graham, Warren and Purvis are all Raleigh kids and clearly Gottfried doesn't mind taking kids from imaginary schools."

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=78&f=1410&t=7518825

5/16/2011 9:35:54 PM

we would be able to run like the wind if we had Zo, Lewis, Graham and Purvis in the guard rotation

it gets me wet just thinking about the possibilities

^i'm shocked they are being so tame about us landing Graham. only a few "$$$$$$$" posts

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 9:38 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2011 9:36:03 PM

Oh Hai 5 stars

5/16/2011 9:38:07 PM

Quote :

"Lewis is from around here (Winston-Salem) I'm pretty sure."

if this was one of you guys, preesh

5/16/2011 9:53:36 PM

doesn't ucla high post generally play 3 guards around the perimeter? if they know what's good for them then they know that championship teams need depth...what's wrong w/ being the 6th or 7th man when you know you'll play the same amount of time as a starter? look at unc and dook and they're rotation...5 star players coming off the bench...and if you stick around a year or 2 longer than you planned then you'll be the starter for sure

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 10:00 PM. Reason : df]

5/16/2011 9:59:59 PM

wow - we gott a break finally?


keep a-smilin' down on our bball program plz

5/16/2011 10:13:04 PM

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/index

yay for being on espn.com's recruiting front page

5/16/2011 10:21:41 PM

Quote :

"We back?"

oh, we back.

5/16/2011 10:53:57 PM

5/16/2011 10:55:37 PM

If we get the recruiting class mentioned, I'll have to shop this pic with the appropriate pictures and call it We Gott It 4 Cheap.

5/16/2011 10:56:11 PM

If we got all those guys I could see us failing hard and then having long threads about how Gottfried never really got a true center.

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 11:01 PM. Reason : even though not having bigs is usually fine in college i could see us being the ones that fail]

5/16/2011 11:01:07 PM

^^^I love that picture. I had to think who it was for a minute, but Mike O'Donnell's fist pump is my favorite part.

5/16/2011 11:08:41 PM

golf wang

5/16/2011 11:18:08 PM

you guys are ecstatic about getting A 5* and within a few hrs some of you guys are already building scenarios in your head where we're gonna have to have 5*s coming off the bench within 2 years

Cart is miles ahead of the horse here

5/16/2011 11:25:16 PM

http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/odonnell_mike00.html

5/17/2011 12:07:22 AM

In his ballislife video he mentions his other favorite pastime = Fishing!

Could this be the ACCs first dual sport signing for B-Ball and Bass Fishing?

5/17/2011 7:09:51 AM

Graham had a good interview on 620 The Buzz this morning. He was really vocal about trying to get Rodney on board. He said that they are brothers and talk 2-3 times a day.

He also said that hes going fishing today

5/17/2011 8:53:55 AM

I LOVE THAT THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF OLD PEOPLE LIKE US LIE IN THE HANDS OF A 17 YEAR OLD.

Sports. Never lose the feeling.

5/17/2011 8:59:04 AM

Good looking recruit I too would like to see us land a skilled big man as well though

5/17/2011 9:00:32 AM

There's obviously no way to know how it will all play out, but if Leslie were to leave after next year we would have the room to take all of these "dream guards" AND a big man.

5/17/2011 9:10:07 AM

From what I heard yesterday from someone that talks to Purvis is that Duke's staff is going after him harder than we are.

5/17/2011 9:10:26 AM

http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/tougher-44114-wolfpack-basketball.html

5/17/2011 9:16:40 AM

^
nice sn

5/17/2011 9:18:57 AM

Mark Gottfried really is a godsend for this basketball program

also, for some reason I feel like Purvis coming to NCSU is going to happen. He's friends with so many current, past and future players

5/17/2011 9:28:11 AM

Rumor flying around the athletic department is the same

5/17/2011 10:14:05 AM

same as...?

5/17/2011 10:16:04 AM

what DROD just said

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:16 AM. Reason : about Purvis]

5/17/2011 10:16:26 AM

I would guess he mean's the athletic department feels the same confidence he will come our way with Graham.

5/17/2011 10:17:52 AM

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:25 AM. Reason : lol]

5/17/2011 10:23:25 AM

gg to Gottfried and welcome aboard Graham. Go pack!

5/17/2011 10:41:49 AM

Quote :

"Rumor flying around the athletic department is the same"

Same thing I said a week or so ago when the Purvis de-commitment was official. I just hope Graham and Lewis and all can convince him. It seems it's down between us and Duke with the Duke staff pushing harder.

5/17/2011 11:00:17 AM

nice article
http://nationalhoopsreport.net/2011/05/16/watch-out-north-carolina-kids-gottfried-is/

5/17/2011 11:06:38 AM

shit if Gottfried can outmuscle Duke for Purvis that would say a lot about him

he did it at Alabama with Richard Hendrix and Jamychal Green (kept him from other top schools) so why not here?

5/17/2011 11:14:58 AM

Quote :

"John Wall, Hassan Whiteside, Ryan Kelly, the Plumlee brothers, Reggie Bullock, Ty Walker (Wake Forest), the Plumlee brothers, Ryan Kelly, JT Terrell, Ian Miller, Jarrell Eddie, Demontre Harris and Melvin Tabb are all in-state players ranked inside the top 100 that went elsewhere."

Guy obviously thinks a lot of the Plumlee brothers.

5/17/2011 11:16:28 AM

Quote :

"Watch out N.C. kids, Gottfried is trying to lock you up"

5/17/2011 11:17:53 AM

^^
And Ryan Kelly.

5/17/2011 11:18:36 AM

Quote :

"When Gottfied was at Alabama, he made it a point to lock up the state borders. He held off Roy Williams for Richard Hendrix. Billy Donovan, Billy Gillispie and Paul Hewitt all wanted Jamychal Green. The couldn’t get him. Gottfried won out."

Bit easier to lock up the state borders of Alabama than a state you share with two top ten programs.

5/17/2011 11:23:12 AM

You must be forgetting about UAB and Auburn. Barkley went there.

5/17/2011 11:25:25 AM

Quote :

"Bit easier to lock up the state borders of Alabama than a state you share with two top ten programs."

Not to mention a lot more national level talent in NC

5/17/2011 11:37:18 AM

honest question: when was the last time we battled w/ Duke for someone(that they wanted bad) and won?

5/17/2011 11:44:20 AM

^truth be told its shocking how little Us, Carolina, and Duke fully recruit the same players. Theres the occasional high profile but for the most part each school has different types of targets.

5/17/2011 11:49:02 AM

Its been awhile. I'd say either Zach Galifianakis or John Tesh.

5/17/2011 11:49:29 AM