27 pages of fun

3/22/2009 4:31:42 PM

I never watched ASU play during the year, but I think it's commendable that they did as well as they did while their star player completely disappeared.

3/22/2009 4:34:11 PM

yeah, comparably speaking, imagine if Atsur would have been out/non-existent during State's NIT run in '06-07

3/22/2009 4:54:14 PM

Lowe is better than Sendek.

3/22/2009 5:03:01 PM

Arizona advances to the Sweet Sixteen while ASU loses in the second round, a glorious day of basketball as far as I'm concerned

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"Lowe is better than Sendek."

Nobody is saying that, but Lowe being a shitty coach doesn't make Herb a great one

[Edited on March 22, 2009 at 5:06 PM. Reason : .]

3/22/2009 5:05:09 PM

hey, Utah and Cleveland State should boost the RPI

maybe they'll re-seed you as a #3 for the sweet 16

3/22/2009 5:06:27 PM

^lulz, it's not Arizona's fault that WFU stunk it up, they can only play the games they're given

3/22/2009 5:08:02 PM

you're right. sometimes getting a 12 seed is better than getting the dreaded 6 or 7

3/22/2009 5:16:50 PM

Tough loss today, Pendergraph's second half absence really hurt as did the wiggers' timely 3 point shooting. But all in all a very good year, expecting good things to continue next year.

3/22/2009 10:57:32 PM

especially if Herb can land Natyazhko and/or Smith!

3/22/2009 11:08:17 PM

^^ I like how there is no mention of you predicting them getting to the Elite Eight now

[Edited on March 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM. Reason : .]

3/23/2009 12:30:36 AM

I think its funny that many of you see: TreeTwista10 feel the need to come in here and post shit. But in reality if it was us in ASU's place today it would have been OMG SIDNEY LOST TO SYRACUSE AND A TOP FIVE COACH OF ALL TIME WHO'S WON IT ALL.

3/23/2009 12:55:02 AM

Yeah I thought they would get to the Elite 8, but maybe that was a stretch for the Sun Devils in their first postseason appearance with Herb. There's things that can be improved but there's also plenty of this team and Herb to be proud of. He took a sad and worthless program and made them nationally relevant.

3/23/2009 1:01:18 AM

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"But in reality if it was us in ASU's place today"

No, because we all went to NC State, not Arizona State, so who gives a fuck about ASU's place today, why don't you take your NCSU degree and put it on the ground and take a steaming shit on it cause thats basically what you're figuratively doing already.

I post shit for all the dick brains in here to point out the reason that true State fans like myself don't miss Herb, but apparently you haven't been paying attention to enough of his predictable collapses and meltdowns.

3/23/2009 1:28:11 AM

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"so who gives a fuck about ASU's place today"

Then just fucking stay out of the thread and stop trolling like always.

My allegiance will always fly with NCSU.

As will all of the others in this thread.

3/23/2009 1:59:46 AM

i just get sick of all the pointless and meaningless sendek/lowe comparisons

because they're pointless and meaningless

3/23/2009 2:01:43 AM

You are the main one comparing them.

I don't compare them. I just defend Herb. I want Lowe to succeed. What he and Lowe do are independent of each other now.

3/23/2009 2:04:31 AM

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"You are the main one comparing them."

give me a fucking break

the only reason i even get upset is because a bunch of other people LIKE YOU want to compare herb's program to lowe's program, the state of the program when herb took over compared to the state of the program that lowe took over, where herb is now compared to where we are now with lowe, etc

don't you try and tell me i'm the main one comparing them

if bandwagon people like you didn't measure lowe by sendek then stupid ass threads like this wouldn't exist, but no, blame it on me

3/23/2009 2:07:34 AM

I do not compare Lowe to Herb much like I don't compare him to Gaudio, Roy, K, whatever.

I compare Lowe to Lowe. My mixed feelings about Lowe have nothing to do with Herb. NOTHING.

3/23/2009 2:10:45 AM

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"My mixed feelings about Lowe have nothing to do with Herb. NOTHING."

How can you say that when you often bring up Lowe's lack of success by comparing it to Herb's 5 straight tourney appearances, or when you say things like you'd take a 2nd round NCAA exit over where we are now...how can you say stuff like that then claim you're not comparing them?

The only reason most of the people who are overly-critical of Lowe are that critical are because they are comparing his lack of post-season success with Herb's mild postseason success

3/23/2009 2:12:18 AM

Dude, you are putting words in my mouth again.

Find one post in this thread where I compare Herb to Sidney or say any of that you just mentioned.

Do you sometimes confuse me with someone else or what?

3/23/2009 2:14:41 AM

I don't know if I can find one in this thread, but you're just knowingly lying if you don't think I can find one in the Lowe Credibility Watch thread...I can find plenty of them

3/23/2009 2:15:30 AM

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"when you say things like you'd take a 2nd round NCAA exit over where we are now"

I have not mad any comments like these.

When I post in this thread, which I have for all three years, I am posting about Herb and not our team.

3/23/2009 2:18:24 AM

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"Yeah I thought they would get to the Elite 8, but maybe that was a stretch for the Sun Devils in their first postseason appearance with Herb."

lulz, maybe?

also, here's yet another shot at State from the local media (big fucking surprise):
In Case Wolfpack Fans Forgot, Arizona State Was In The Tournament

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"and NC State was not. Despite a bed-wetting in the PAC-10 Championship game and another early exit from the NCAA Tournament, the legend of Herb Sendek grows. No story about the Sun Devils is complete without some reference to Sendek’s backstory and how the Wolfpack have taken huge steps backwards. The best recycled talking point, which came up on the air today with Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated, is that Sendek took NC State to 5 straight NCAA Tournament appearances. The way it gets presented by writers and talking heads, you’d think UCLA’s run under John Wooden paled in comparison. Even Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim took a shot at the NC State piñata before the Orange bounced Sendek’s squad. After another rehash of how Sendek ended up at Arizona State, Boeheim viewed the end result with a biting “I thought somebody was pretty stupid and somebody was pretty smart.” Reading that quote gave me what alcoholics call a moment of clarity. What was the source of this unbreakable bond between two entities that were not meant to coexist? Wolfpack fans are over it, and Sendek is too classy to even throw in veiled references. What keeps this alive? It’s simple — coaches. Sendek is incredibly well liked by his peers, and it’s obvious those coaches view NC State as a joke when the smoke cleared. And where do you think the national guys get their cue?"

http://www.850thebuzz.com/blog/?p=8664

just because a coach says something doesn't mean the media has to replay it and make a big fucking deal out of it...way to keep pouring salt in our wounds Joe Ovies, thank god we won't have to hear this same bullshit anymore for at least a couple of months

[Edited on March 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM. Reason : .]

3/23/2009 3:31:41 PM

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"just because a coach says something doesn't mean the media has to replay it and make a big fucking deal out of it"

In fairness, if they didn't do that shit Sportscenter would be 15 minutes long, the Sports page would be four pages, and nobody would post here.

3/23/2009 4:10:34 PM

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"coaches view NC State as a joke when the smoke cleared."

Sad but true.

3/23/2009 4:26:39 PM

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"The way it gets presented by writers and talking heads, you’d think UCLA’s run under John Wooden paled in comparison."

3/23/2009 4:56:51 PM

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"also, here's yet another shot at State from the local media (big fucking surprise):"

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"by JoeOvies"

(State grad)

3/23/2009 5:15:02 PM

it is not at all surprising that coaches feel like herb sendek was doing just a peachy job here.

although the fact that jim boeheim is talking about herb being a good coach is laughable when boeheim matched herb's most successful postseason 3 times in his first 4 years at syracuse.

[Edited on March 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM. Reason : .]

3/23/2009 5:16:19 PM

Oh, and armorfrsleep, did you read this part

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"What keeps this alive? It’s simple — coaches. Sendek is incredibly well liked by his peers, and it’s obvious those coaches view NC State as a joke when the smoke cleared. And where do you think the national guys get their cue?"

I guess coaches around the country do pay attention to one another after all!

3/23/2009 5:17:14 PM

^yeah I knew Ovies was a State grad, but he still takes shots at us on his blog...and frankly from many of the videos they post on the blog it seems like he is more of a Miami fan than a State fan (at least during football season).

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"I guess coaches around the country do pay attention to one another after all!"

hey, if a local sports blogger says it's true it must be right? I'm not really in the mood to keep arguing about Sean Miller and whether or not he got butthurt by how Herb was treated anymore, it seems like a moot point anyways.

3/23/2009 8:55:11 PM

There's a difference between "taking shots at us" and "calling out retards"

[Edited on March 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM. Reason : and I'm pretty sure he's just from Miami, not a Miami fan]

3/23/2009 9:17:13 PM

Kyryl Natyazhko is making his official visit this weekend

6'10" 240lbs, ****, #10 center in the nation, from Florida. good friends with Rihards Kuksiks and '09 commit Ruslan Pateev

offers from: FSU, Kentucky, Miami, Pitt and Xavier

3/25/2009 6:42:49 PM

This is big because I really have no faith in Boateng taking over for Pendergraph.

3/26/2009 12:18:39 AM

I watched ASU's last game and Boateng looked like he didn't know what he was doing.

It's amazing how such a all-world slam dunk player out of high school has turned out so crappy.

3/26/2009 8:09:35 AM

well he's played for two coaches that don't know what the hell to do with a big man

if he played at UConn or Georgetown, he might have been good

3/26/2009 9:18:56 AM

I thought Herb used Pendergraph fairly well, they ran a good amount of the offense through him. I think the untrainable Boateng is a no talent ass clown.

3/26/2009 9:40:17 AM

i've been friends with Kyryl on FB for a while and his status makes it seem that he's really excited about this recruiting trip to ASU

3/26/2009 10:04:27 AM

James was voted 1st team All American by the AP along with Griffin, Curry, Hansborough, and Blair
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4027698

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"Harden is Arizona State's first AP All-America."

[Edited on March 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM. Reason : ]

3/30/2009 1:51:00 PM

Darius Smith, **** from Chicago just gave his verbal to UConn.

the rich get richer

3/30/2009 10:31:15 PM

I honestly had no idea UConn was even recruiting him. Must have gotten in on him after Durand Scott committed to Miami...

3/31/2009 2:09:22 AM

What was this about Herb trying to push his name for the UVA job?

4/1/2009 10:54:20 AM

ive read that he is inquiring about the UGA job as well

4/1/2009 11:07:43 AM

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!1

4/1/2009 11:20:14 AM

iknorite??!?!

per Seth Davis:

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"I spent much of Monday on the phone chasing down rumors about who was going to get the vacant Virginia job. Most people “in the know” told me it was down to Tubby Smith or Sean Miller, and two reputable sources told me that Arizona State coach Herb Sendek was trying to get into the mix."

lolwut

I thought ASU was the place to be?!?1

[Edited on April 1, 2009 at 1:43 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2009 1:43:03 PM

^it's a good thing that didn't happen

We all know Lee Fowler would prepare a 10 minute video montage to be played before the State-UVA game at the RBC. Picture it in your head.

"For 10 years, Hall of Fame bound coach Herb Sendek roamed the sidelines in Raleigh. Amassing a (insert numbers here) record, he carried on the great tradition of NC State basketball. Loved by his fans just as Jim Valvano, Norm Sloan, and Everret Case were before him, Herb Sendek elevated NC State basketball to heights previously unknown."

4/1/2009 2:07:01 PM

Kyryl Natyazhko, the nation's top unsigned center, enjoyed his visit last week and has narrowed it down to ASU and Xavier

he is expected to make his decision on April 11

4/3/2009 12:12:15 PM

so, the Natyazhko sweepstakes was between ASU and Xavier

now that Miller left for AU, this really helps things out for Herb getting the top unsigned center in the nation

4/6/2009 5:02:32 PM

^that's very important to all of us!

4/6/2009 5:05:02 PM

I didnt know Demarcus Cousins changed his name

4/6/2009 5:05:03 PM