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"there's been some mutual interest for a while. google, youtube, check it out yall! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzSVYFmZw0"

damn. if we land this kid.. woa stop right there. setting myself up for failure.

10/11/2011 2:29:14 PM

For page 283

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"Two schools on top for Brice Johnson By Jeff Borzello It’s been an interesting few months for Brice Johnson and his recruitment. He missed a chance to boost his stock at the NBPA Top 100 camp in June when he suffered a concussion early in the event and had to sit out the rest of the event. But he certainly bounced back at the Peach Jam in July, dominating every opponent in front of college coaches from across the country. Averaging 4.2 blocks per game and shooting nearly 82 percent from the field spurred one high-major head coach to call him a future lottery pick. Johnson went from a player who might have been leaning towards staying in-state and going to Clemson or South Carolina to one with offers from North Carolina, Ohio State, Connecticut and Florida. So far, the 6-foot-9 power forward from Edisto (S.C.) has taken official visits to North Carolina State, North Carolina and Florida, with one to Clemson still on the way. A pair of schools is standing out: North Carolina State and Florida. “They are the top two,” Johnson said. We will soon find out where the No. 29 prospect in the country will end up, as Johnson plans to make a decision soon. “Sometime this month,” he said. "

10/11/2011 2:31:56 PM

Man... Shit like this. I hate how NCSU always gets my hopes up and then COMES CRASHING DOWN.

I'll be here with my fingers crossed.


COME ON JOHNSON!

10/11/2011 2:54:06 PM

god damn that kid is THIN.

10/11/2011 3:36:43 PM

looks very similar to John Henson

10/11/2011 3:39:15 PM

doesnt look to have impressive leaping ability ... but definitely has nice touch.

10/11/2011 3:46:57 PM

^^thought the same thing

[Edited on October 11, 2011 at 3:47 PM. Reason : ]

10/11/2011 3:46:58 PM

^^^^^^

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"@jeffborzello: UPDATE: Brice Johnson just texted to inform me that North Carolina and Florida are his two favorites. NOT NC State."

We are in his final four though with UNC, Florida and Clemson.

10/11/2011 4:14:15 PM

Looks like it was a ClassicMixup

10/11/2011 4:15:21 PM

Shiiiiiiiiit

[Edited on October 11, 2011 at 4:20 PM. Reason : apparently borzello is a bozo]

10/11/2011 4:18:14 PM

what the fuck...that's some classic NC State shit.

10/11/2011 4:23:35 PM

well the folks at IC will get a kick out of that.

10/11/2011 4:27:59 PM

Fine with me, usually they get it mixed up the other way.

10/11/2011 4:32:22 PM

Brice Johnson did tweet this just 30 minutes ago:

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"Brice Johnson The List is narrowed down to UNC, Florida,NC State, and Clemson."

http://twitter.com/#!/bjohnson_23/status/123852464360407040

10/11/2011 4:45:15 PM

I've already forgotten, isn't Jefferson coming for an OV soon?

[Edited on October 11, 2011 at 5:01 PM. Reason : Nov 5th, according to someone 9 pages ago]

10/11/2011 4:53:34 PM

Quote :

"Man... Shit like this. I hate how NCSU always gets my hopes up and then COMES CRASHING DOWN. I'll be here with my fingers crossed. COME ON JOHNSON! "

LOL. You jinxed it man.

10/11/2011 5:32:39 PM

10/11/2011 5:44:18 PM

Hope he comes into C-F on the 5th to see us whoop some tarheel ass....and then commits to us. That'd be cool

10/11/2011 6:33:00 PM

We need more guys who can jump straight up dunk the ball.

10/11/2011 6:44:29 PM

Yeah body built like Henson which we have seen isnt too bad in college, but when Henson goes pro he is gonna get thrown around like a rag doll which is why he stayed in school.

10/11/2011 6:54:45 PM

Quote :

"Follow24Hodge Julius Hodge Coach loves u!! From when he first saw u. The heels waited til' u cracked the top20 to offer (no respect).we did on sight! you deserved it! 1 hour ago Julius Hodge Follow24Hodge Julius Hodge P.S. those "other guys" down the heel...didnt think you were good enough. WE ALWAYS KNEW you were! i told you that from day1 i seen u play! 1 hour ago Julius Hodge Follow24Hodge Julius Hodge With the TOP backcourt thus far for 2012 class #handsdown! All we missing is that SF that can IMPACT the entire #PACKNATION! be THAT for us! "

10/12/2011 6:36:54 PM

Is there a Julius Hodge recruiting violation pool

10/12/2011 6:40:02 PM

Oh look, ernie posting about stuff he obviously has no idea about.

10/12/2011 6:43:10 PM

^ what are you talking about dude?

hodge is really really walking a fine line.

10/12/2011 7:05:58 PM

i agree he definitely is... but it's so blatant you have to think he checked with the NCAA to make sure it isn't a violation???

i mean absolutely nothing is being hidden about what he does... do we think there is a possibility he could be that stupid? or careless?

10/12/2011 7:07:32 PM

he never mentioned his name. point blank. nothing to see here.

10/12/2011 7:10:39 PM

i get that but is logical insinuation enough??? we don't know... i hope not

the word "SF"
his "top 20 ranking"
"heels" are recruiting him too...

10/12/2011 7:12:42 PM

who's he talking about?

10/12/2011 7:23:17 PM

According to Rivals, Providence's backcourt is more highly ranked (#8 SG and #10 PG) than NC State's (#6 and #55 PGs). And UCLA has the #2 and #52 PGs.

[Edited on October 12, 2011 at 7:43 PM. Reason : those are overall rankings, not position rankings]

10/12/2011 7:36:28 PM

Unless he's getting paid, what he is doing is no different than any other ncsu grad or college grad for that matter using twitter to convince someone to come to their school. If NCAA is going to penalize on that, they will have to expand enforcement by 10000%

10/12/2011 9:56:25 PM

yeah i would be shocked if the NCAA has an enforcement policy on former players using Twitter to encourage recruits

might seem shady, but he's been doing it long enough that if there was an issue, i'm sure it would have been handled by now

10/12/2011 10:00:26 PM

Haven't there been times when former UNC players had contact with recruits and people asked about it. Wasn't it just deemed ok because of their standing with the university?

10/12/2011 10:57:08 PM

I'm sure Debbie has compliance staff that monitor him. He hosted the Red Rally last year. He's in close enough contact with the athletics dept that they're not gonna let him fuck it up before Gottfried even gets started.

I think other users nailed it already. No name, no problem. And as long as he's not providing benefits, it's free speech.

10/13/2011 8:58:59 AM

Quote :

"Unless he's getting paid, what he is doing is no different than any other ncsu grad or college grad for that matter using twitter to convince someone to come to their school. If NCAA is going to penalize on that, they will have to expand enforcement by 10000%"

10/13/2011 9:23:49 AM

Tyler Lewis workout and HiGhLighT vid (i think most of the highlights are old):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khwseld8Glg&feature=player_embedded

10/17/2011 9:38:28 AM

THE JULES OF HARLEM

ON HIS WAY TO STARDOM AN NCAA VIOLATION




[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 9:59 AM. Reason : fg]

10/17/2011 9:58:45 AM

Until Hodge is an employed staff member of NC State University, I don't see how it is a violation. Former players all over the country encourage recruits to come to their schools. They shouldn't be allowed to play in summer leagues with them if the NCAA doesn't want them advising them on where to go.

10/17/2011 10:03:12 AM

Enough with this bullshit.

10/17/2011 10:03:52 AM

Getting Warren would be HUGE. We haven't won a head-to-head recruiting battle with UNC in ages (since Thompson maybe??).

10/17/2011 10:07:49 AM

Quote :

"Unless he's getting paid, what he is doing is no different than any other ncsu grad or college grad for that matter using twitter to convince someone to come to their school. If NCAA is going to penalize on that, they will have to expand enforcement by 10000%"

Quote :

"yeah i would be shocked if the NCAA has an enforcement policy on former players using Twitter to encourage recruits might seem shady, but he's been doing it long enough that if there was an issue, i'm sure it would have been handled by now"

Quote :

"Until Hodge is an employed staff member of NC State University, I don't see how it is a violation. Former players all over the country encourage recruits to come to their schools. They shouldn't be allowed to play in summer leagues with them if the NCAA doesn't want them advising them on where to go."

http://www.technicianonline.com/sports/facebook-you-have-one-ncaa-violation-1.1647898#.Tpw3u9749e8

10/17/2011 10:12:28 AM

V beat them head to head for a handful of recruits in the 80's. (Not many though)

We had huge recruiting classes on a routine basis.

10/17/2011 10:14:24 AM

Quote :

"V beat them head to head for a handful of recruits in the 80's. (Not many though)"

Which ones?

10/17/2011 10:19:47 AM

There really is no evidence to back this up except word of mouth. Have heard guys like Walker Lambiotte (transferred to Northwestern), Chucky Brown, and Rodney Monroe. (UNC favored King Rice over Corchianni, who was also a McD's AA)

UNC also wanted Lowe and Whit, (Norm Sloan recruits). And you'll get debates over Washburn, (they accepted fellow McD's AA Kevin Maddon that same year who had an equal if not worse SAT score, 500?) and Charles Shackleford.

10/17/2011 10:29:19 AM

@Ernie Again the part you are not getting is the recruits names were mentioned directly. "John Wall PLEASE come to NC STATE! Also according to the article it was more of a concern with people directly contacting the recruit.

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"communication via message boards, chat rooms, walls, comments, blogs, IM, etc. is not permissible."

Construing a random tweet in which no names were mentioned as a communication with a recruit is a pretty big stretch. I think our compliance staff is very aware of Hodge and is more than capable of dealing with any concerns without help from the TWW tweet police.

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM. Reason : asdf]

10/17/2011 10:29:43 AM

guys, the concept of a loophole is not a foreign one to anybody. you don't have to explain the same technicality over and over.

the point is: julius hodge is sitting squarely in a loophole, knowingly murdering the spirit of the law. sometimes people get upset when you do this to their rules.

10/17/2011 10:44:15 AM

I'm sure he isn't aware that it's a fine line. So TWW drawing attention to it is sure to help the situation. Maybe someone should start a thread on PP, or better yet, on IC.

10/17/2011 10:47:52 AM

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"Ernie Again the part you are not getting is the recruits names were mentioned directly"

I didn't say this was a violation

I asked where I can put money down on when he commits a violation

Quote :

"I think our compliance staff is very aware of Hodge and is more than capable of dealing with any concerns without help from the TWW tweet police."

This is a pretty specious argument. Have all the faith you want in the compliance department, but if that faith were 100% justified, no recruiting violations would ever occur at any school.

I'll never understand why message board dudes get all up in arms when you legitimately criticize one of their boyz. Tweet police? Come the fuck on. Hodge is treading dangerously -- I'm not trying to stop him or call attention to it, I'm just having some laughs because it's so blatant.

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"So TWW drawing attention to it is sure to help the situation."

Ah, yes. We should just sweep these things under the rug. Good things always come from that. People acting stupidly deserve to be recognized as stupid.

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 10:54 AM. Reason : ]

10/17/2011 10:49:10 AM

^do you think drawing a bunch of attention to it on tww is going have any effect on the situation other than a negative one? that's all i'm saying.

10/17/2011 10:57:15 AM

Negative consequences?! For potential violations?! Accountability?! OH GOD

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM. Reason : Here's a positive effect: Hodge stops this before he gets us in trouble.]

10/17/2011 11:12:36 AM

Quote :

"julius hodge is sitting squarely in a loophole, knowingly murdering the spirit of the law. sometimes people get upset when you do this to their rules"

In a game like recruiting if you aren't exploiting the loopholes you aren't doing it correctly.

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" For potential violations?!"

More like non-existent violations.

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"Come the fuck on. Hodge is treading dangerously -- I'm not trying to stop him or call attention to it, I'm just having some laughs because it's so blatant. "

Actually given the information he is doing exactly as he should. He is exploiting loopholes. Also just in case you forgot if this were close to a violation it would likely be an extremely minor secondary violation that wouldn't fucking matter.

So in summation, we have the tweet police getting their panties in a wad over the fact that a past player isn't committing an extremely minor secondary violation. Glad I could clear that up for you.

10/17/2011 11:19:43 AM