keep them fingers crossed

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7/8/2006 12:37:36 AM

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"Trouble is they might not stay long here if they do come."

heck if they came in and just gave us an ACC Championship or strong NCAA run, then bolted to the NBA, i wouldn't care. anything to get more recognition to NC State. heck it'd probably say something about Lowe on his recruiting and coaching to make them NBA ready in say 2 years. i'd hope they would come back and eventually get their degree though, as that is the primary goal of this university. it would probably do a great deal of good for the State bball program, and we'd probably end up with some great players to come here in the years after.

7/8/2006 2:55:37 AM

^ I agree 100%

7/8/2006 6:11:04 AM

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"heck if they came in and just gave us an ACC Championship or strong NCAA run, then bolted to the NBA, i wouldn't care. anything to get more recognition to NC State. heck it'd probably say something about Lowe on his recruiting and coaching to make them NBA ready in say 2 years. i'd hope they would come back and eventually get their degree though, as that is the primary goal of this university. it would probably do a great deal of good for the State bball program, and we'd probably end up with some great players to come here in the years after."

Was about to post the same thing.

Leaving in a few years is a good thing. It'll prove that we have a coach that can develop talent and put lots of players in the league. (Which is what recruits usually want).

7/8/2006 11:17:39 AM

hopefully McMillan and Wright get to speak with each other and Lowe during the Nike All-American Camp. it'd be nice to see a pic of all three talking together.

7/8/2006 4:43:36 PM

i read an article in the paper about how North Carolina was losing homegrown basketball talent and other places were putting out more talent. Chris Paul was the last N.C All-American, which is pretty recent, but think of the other names that were from N.C...

Tommy Burleson
David Thompson
Michael Jordan
Phil Ford...

the list goes on

7/8/2006 5:57:06 PM

N.C. holds its own against the highly populated NY and Cali just fine. i'd say we're one of the best especially considering the population disadvantage to those two.

7/8/2006 6:50:34 PM

N&O Article on the Nike Camp

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"Having the staff in place even before Lowe officially started earning a paycheck helped State land small forward Johnny Thomas just weeks after Thomas put on a breakout all-tournament performance at the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions in the Triangle over the Memorial Day weekend. Lowe, like the rest of the NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches, wasn't allowed to comment on Thomas or any other players State has been recruiting this weekend. But State is in the mix for several other high-profile players from of the Class of 2007. One key figure State hoped to land this weekend at the Reebok ABCD Camp in Teaneck, N.J., was Anthony McClain, a highly regarded center. Before that, at Nike, Lowe had a chance to watch both of the point guards State has been pursuing -- Chris Wright, who originally had chosen State then changed his mind when Sendek left, and Jamelle McMillan, son of former Pack star and current NBA coach Nate McMillan. At one point on Friday, Lowe sat along the baseline conferring with Harris, Sendek's former assistant, while Sendek stood 20 feet away along the sideline of the same court watching the same group of players. Recruiting is a competitive business and that's why Lowe is scheduled to spend 22 of 31 days this month on the road flagging the players he thinks will fit into his system. "My feeling is that it's an even playing field," Lowe said about recruiting. "You watch and take the good and utilize it yourself. But, if you want a kid, you have to get in there and battle. You have to work harder than they work. My thing is I'm going to do what I have to do to get a kid, bottom line short of doing something illegal. You've got to hustle. And if the kid has to see your face every time he looks up, then I'll be right there.""

http://www.newsobserver.com/752/story/458894.html

7/10/2006 10:15:58 AM

I'm liking Lowe the more, and more I read about him. Here's to hoping he becomes a great college coach to match how great of a guy he seems to be.

7/10/2006 10:25:28 AM

i am really liking the dedication lowe seems to be showing at this point. atleast from what the media is saying he is doing everything in his power to get the right guys to come to state.

7/10/2006 10:26:09 AM

McClain is one of the top centers in the country from what i understand. like #4. would be sweet if we could get a highly touted Center to go a long with Thomas, and possibly Wright and McMillan.

7/10/2006 10:31:47 AM

McClain's profile hasn't been updated on scout.com

the nbacamp review on rivals has McClain considering an offer from us:

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"Anthony McClain, who has been a defensive force inside, is considering offers from Virginia Tech, Maryland, Wake Forest, Georgetown, North Carolina State and Rutgers."

7/10/2006 2:01:56 PM

wow, I'm loving Lowe right now

7/10/2006 2:45:04 PM

he may be the new kid on the block, but he's at least getting his name out there, and in good fashion too. in a perfect world i would have ESPN cover the first game in UVA's John Paul Jones Arena, and Lowe's first game as head coach. the games would both have a good story, and even if both UVA and NCSU were drubbing some weak teams, it would be good to cover just b/c of how excited the fans in the arenas would be. i want Dick Vitale to come here, not b/c i particulary like him, but b/c it would most likely mean a nationally televised primetime game, and it would be that much sweeter for all the world to hear Dicky V finally slob someone's knob besides K and Roy.

7/10/2006 5:43:50 PM

^Have you listened to Vitale cover a game in the past few years?

It doesn't matter where he is or who's playing, he always turns the talk toward Duke or UNC.

7/10/2006 5:56:30 PM

^yeah true. he could be covering the annual international turtle race and still find a way to work in UNC and Duke.

7/10/2006 5:58:28 PM

not to mention

everytime he mentioned NC State

he had nothing but praise and good things to say

but lets bitch about UNC and Duke more

7/10/2006 6:12:32 PM

Wright to State is the wordddddddddddddddddddddddd

checkin packpride for details, im gettin a link here in a second if I can get one, heard it from a few players that hes recommited

could be false but all signs point to yes

[Edited on July 10, 2006 at 6:23 PM. Reason : damn, damn broke it before me in chit chat]

7/10/2006 6:21:09 PM

oh i respect Dicky V for talking good things consistently about State. what most people have a problem with is that it seems like he brings up Duke or UNC almost every time he does a game.

7/10/2006 6:21:36 PM

Wright to NCSU is huge if true!

7/10/2006 6:22:44 PM

haha, Herb who? I cant wait to see how Wright (and other ATHLETIC players) develop in Lowe's system

7/10/2006 6:33:48 PM

assuming its true

7/10/2006 6:39:25 PM

please let it be true.....please let it be true

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"heard it from a few players that hes recommited"

which players????

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7/10/2006 6:43:58 PM

im doubting the truthity on this one. not to say he won't end up here, but not yet I wouldn't think.

7/10/2006 6:51:47 PM

Hope you're (W)right

Guessing your Wrong.


If so, that came out of the blue

7/10/2006 6:54:15 PM

dang, yall sure do care about some ncsu basketball

7/10/2006 7:13:27 PM

I think the wright to state news is bogus. He recently updated his profile and put Pittsburg at number 2 on his list which bumps us down to 5. Also, he said he was still planning on visiting more schools so it doesn't make sense that he would have committed already. Hope he does come to state but I'm not getting my hopes up yet.

7/10/2006 7:15:40 PM

suckers

7/10/2006 7:27:45 PM

according to his site we are now #4 I believe butttttttttt according to guys veryyy close to the team, he is to visit next week...not sure how credible that is but I know that Lowe has been talkin to him alotttttttttt lately and we should see us be bumped up on his site very very soon


this also coming from guys who saw Gavin and Trevor in Florida with NBA scouts gettin their game to where it needed to be at a camp down there, same camp that a few draft picks were at pre-draft i.e. Diaz

[Edited on July 10, 2006 at 7:35 PM. Reason : d]

7/10/2006 7:31:14 PM

I hope you're right. he's still got us at #5 on Packpride though.

7/10/2006 7:33:03 PM

^ If you're referring to the schools he's listing, we are #5. They are in alphabetical order by interest level. (We're the 3rd in Alphabetical order with "Medium" interest).


Those "interest levels" are completely bogus for the most part. They're rarely updated and aren't usually correct unless the guy comes out and proclaims he has a clear leader.


I get the feeling Georgetown is going to be hard to beat

7/10/2006 8:03:50 PM

one of our assistant coaches used to be a coach in the dc area, so he probably knows the local schools and has some ties with the local coaches

7/11/2006 9:26:44 AM

sendek vs lowe for McMillan

http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/459422.html

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"Recruit in midst of Pack NCSU, old coach vie for McMillan INDIANAPOLIS - Jamelle McMillan is stuck in the middle of a basketball recruiting battle that has Wolfpack written all over it. McMillan, son of former N.C. State great and current Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan, is being recruited by both the Pack and Herb Sendek's new school, Arizona State. Insert wicked cackle here. McMillan, a 6-foot-1 point guard out of O'Dea High in Seattle, represents the first major recruiting fight between State's new coach, Sidney Lowe, and its old one. Sendek left State after 10 years in April. If that weren't entertaining enough, McMillan's recruiting story took on another twist when his father was mentioned as a candidate to replace Sendek before Lowe was hired. McMillan, who participated in the Nike All-America camp last week, said his father never seriously considered the idea of coaching at his alma mater because he never completed his degree at State. The college job required a college degree. McMillan, who said his dad planned to finish his diploma once his NBA coaching career was over, admitted that the situation entertained the family for a few weeks this spring. "It was basically laughs," Jamelle MacMillan said about hearing from family back in North Carolina about the State coaching search. "We got a big kick out of it. It was definitely an interesting situation." At that time McMillan had already received a scholarship offer from State. When Sendek left, State athletics director Lee Fowler called Nate McMillan to tell him the scholarship offer was still good regardless of who would become the next coach. Lowe has been in contact with Jamelle McMillan since officially taking over at State. After Sendek arrived in Tempe, Ariz., he offered McMillan a scholarship to play for the Sun Devils. McMillan also has received scholarship offers from Stanford, Clemson and Georgia Tech. Need another wrinkle? Lowe and Sendek have a history with State's other point guard target, Chris Wright of St. John's College High in Washington D.C. Wright, the 18th-best prospect in the 2007 class as ranked by Scout.com, had committed to play at N.C. State before Sendek left for Arizona State. Lowe is still pursuing Wright for the Wolfpack. With disappointment lingering over Wright's rejection of State and Wright's interest in Georgetown growing, Wolfpack fans are doing what they can to convince McMillan to choose their school. McMillan said he has been hearing from State fans -- he isn't sure how they got his e-mail address -- for months. They all want to know if he's still interested in State. His answer is yes. In fact, when McMillan saw Lowe watching him at the Nike camp, it eased his mind. "They definitely kept their promise so it's pretty exciting," said McMillan, who is ranked 98th by Scout.com. McMillan, who averaged 13 points, 5.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists as a junior at O'Dea, said he would be a good fit at either school, playing a controlled offense like Sendek's, or the up-tempo game Lowe has promised at State. McMillan knows both. He plays a ball-control style at O'Dea for former NBA player Phil Lumpkin. He also plays a wide-open style with the West coast powerhouse AAU club Friends of Hoop coached by Jim Marsh, another former NBA player. Sendek would seem to have an edge, even after changing jobs, since McMillan has attended camps at State since kindergarten, most with Sendek in charge. McMillan speaks warmly of Sendek, but the McMillan family has a house near the State campus. McMillan knows the area, the school and the atmosphere at State as well as anyone. Whoever snags McMillan will get a kid with a firm grasp on reality. Asked what he thought his weaknesses are as a player, McMillan launched into a succinct summary about creating his own shot off the dribble and not settling only for 3-pointers, about being a soft-spoken person who needed to be more vocal while playing the point. McMillan said he also must finish with more authority off the fast break and even offered that he had been blocked eight or nine times on the break by strong, athletic types at Nike camp. "I'm doing more," McMillan said of his play at Nike. "Hopefully everyone sees that here." He knows which college coaches are watching."

7/11/2006 10:25:49 AM

I like our chances with McMillan.

7/11/2006 6:40:23 PM

yeah definitely. the kid's a legacy here. pluses for us: father played here, family has house here, the McMillans have family here, has been to a ton of bball camps since he was a kid, nate and sid are friends, plenty of playing time, etc. negatives for us: he currently lives in Seattle and might like to go to school at UDub with some of his hs classmates, it is Sid's first year so he might want to be coached by someone more established in the college game, etc.

isn't Nate's jersey honored in the rafters?

[Edited on July 11, 2006 at 11:28 PM. Reason : ]

7/11/2006 11:27:04 PM

I thought McMillan was a lot better than this.... #97? if we dont get him who really cares... any PG who is ranked that low isnt anything special

7/11/2006 11:29:05 PM

McMillan is the #15 PG in the nation and a 4-star recruit according to the scout network. rivals also has him as a 4-star recruit and the #12 PG in the nation. i'd love to have McMillan.

[Edited on July 12, 2006 at 12:28 AM. Reason : ]

7/12/2006 12:19:36 AM

scratch what i said about him going to UDub. according to PP he has a "No Interest" level under his profile of schools.

7/12/2006 12:30:57 AM

recruits can change rankings dramatically their senior year, i wouldn't put too much into the ranking

7/12/2006 9:27:31 AM

You take a guy like Jamelle because he's a player and legacy. Sure I wouldn't be behind a guy that sucks that's a legacy, maybe as a walk-on...but Jamelle can play.

7/12/2006 10:38:22 AM

He's a 4-star NOW, but if he commits...watch him drop to a 2-star....

Fuckin' Chuck Norris

7/12/2006 11:00:20 AM

JT3 may be on to something about Wright, some guy on packpride yesterday ( Hulan Pickett) a recruiting expert says that we are "strongly in the picture for wright".

this guy also broke the news about wrights initial committment about a week before it was made public.

Damn im pumped, get this guy back and we are well on our way.

7/12/2006 11:28:30 AM

The Wright race is far from over, Hulan was just saying that regardless of what you read(ie. publications saying we're in 4th or 5th) we are right there with georgetown. I am feeling good about him though, it would be huge to get him back in the fold.

7/12/2006 12:03:43 PM

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"isn't Nate's jersey honored in the rafters?"

Yes, happened about 2 years ago.

7/12/2006 12:13:19 PM

if you're over 7'2" i dont want you on my bball team. unless you are unlike every other freak, you are ucoordinated, slow, weak, and a liability besides the occasional blocks and put back dunks.

7/12/2006 2:22:03 PM

^see Luke Schensher

7/12/2006 5:17:11 PM

^^ alright since you don't want them I guess I'm stuck with Ralph Sampson, Yao Ming, Shawn Bradley, and Tommy Burleson...

One amazing college player, two very good college players, and one good professional off the top of my head...

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 3:16 PM. Reason : a]

7/13/2006 3:16:11 PM

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"The Wright race is far from over, Hulan was just saying that regardless of what you read(ie. publications saying we're in 4th or 5th) we are right there with georgetown. I am feeling good about him though, it would be huge to get him back in the fold."

For some reason I feel very very good about right.

Name a bigtime program in a top conference that you have absolutely no competition at your position. NC State is about the only program who could say that.

McMillan is being recruited as a SG as I understand it. Wright would start from day 1 and play a whole heckuvalot if he lives up to half of his billing.

7/13/2006 6:56:14 PM

man, it dont matter, will never be my terps

7/13/2006 7:44:19 PM

check out the newly updated roster on GoPack.com. it looks like Larry Harris' son will be playing for us.

http://ncst.facebook.com/profile.php?id=18203031&hiq=simon%2Charris
plus it looks like he's now at NC State per his facebook profile

[Edited on July 14, 2006 at 12:21 AM. Reason : ]

7/14/2006 12:20:26 AM