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"no, you learn to read strait guy [Edited on April 4, 2007 at 3:17 PM. Reason : or stop writing in faggot. none of us want to read faggot because its a gay language]"

That was pretty funny actually

4/4/2007 9:54:50 PM

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"Hopefully Horner can show why Herb recruited him -- his shooting ability."

kid's on his way. shot a hundy vs. marist, if you don't remember. he's getting a lot better at making room for himself too. i know you all know i think he's money, but he's going to surprise a lot of people this year.

4/4/2007 10:29:27 PM

i think he'll be good. not best player in the acc good ever. but he'll be big for us.

4/4/2007 11:58:24 PM

egg yea

4/5/2007 12:32:30 AM

We shot 49.4% from the field last year. That number was good for 2nd best in the conference. The team has some good shooters, but more importantly the shot selection is miles ahead of what it was under Herb.

4/6/2007 10:49:25 AM

^ Doesn't mean a thing if you can't rebound, % of possessions with points is what matters. I mean if you miss a shot get the rebound and score, you're 50% from the floor, or if you hit your first time, you're 100%, but it's still the same result, you still score. Same on the defensive end just flip flopped.

4/6/2007 10:52:29 AM

stamina is key to rebounding

4/6/2007 1:26:26 PM

Yeah, and stamina shouldnt be an issue for once next year. We may have on of the strongest frontcourts in the ACC and I cant remember the last time I could say that. Rebounds shouldnt be our achilles heel either.

Our biggest potential season killer ~ lack of PG leadership. The battle for numero uno PG will be interesting next year. And I can only hope Hickson, Costner, McCauley and Smtih stay for at least two years so we can keep that solid Frontcourt and also have an experienced starting PG for the 2008/9 season that can run the offense as fast as Sid wants.

4/6/2007 2:00:05 PM

Who stole this alias's account and posted something intelligent?

EDIT: Shit nevermind, had you confused with BeetsNRythm

[Edited on April 6, 2007 at 2:05 PM. Reason : ]

4/6/2007 2:05:07 PM

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"Trevor Ferguson practiced with the team for a year before playing and it didn't make him ready to play this year."

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't that year with a different coach and style of play. Comparing Ferguson's year and Degand's year is comparing apples to oranges.

4/6/2007 2:16:37 PM

imagine if sid came a year early. take off horner ferguson and give him ced bennerman brackman bethel hell even evtimov. sickness

4/6/2007 2:20:25 PM

^^ great point. Also fergie is a "ginger kid" and we all know about them.

DeGand and Johnston arent stupid ginger kids & are both way more athletic: which obviously adds to them having more potential than fergie.

Any news on Bartosz and us possibly taking his scholly for a real contributer?

4/6/2007 2:35:21 PM

I think Ferguson also practiced as 2 guard. I didn't hear anything about him being prepared for PG until ACC season had already started.

4/7/2007 12:23:44 AM

I'm not sure if there is a thread about this yet, but I saw that K-State's stud recruit Michael Beasley may open his search back up after Huggins bolted and he mentioned in an article on espn.com that Memphis, NC State and FSU were on his list.

4/8/2007 12:54:26 PM

we don't want him

4/8/2007 12:59:07 PM

You dont want the number one ranked power forward recruit in the country, seems a little weird

4/8/2007 1:06:48 PM

lol fuck it

degand-marques
grant-fells
costner-smith
beasley-horner
mccauley-hickson

best team in the country

[Edited on April 8, 2007 at 1:13 PM. Reason : nobody would ever score degands the only one without a 7 foot wingspan and under 6'5]



all acc rookie team

javi
marques
smith
beasley
hickson

fab five

[Edited on April 8, 2007 at 1:15 PM. Reason : AND BARTOSZ]

4/8/2007 1:12:06 PM

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"degand-marques grant-fells costner-smith beasley-horner mccauley-hickson best team in the country"

that's no bullshit.

4/8/2007 7:36:32 PM

^yeah right. One, maybe two of those guys are going to the NBA.

Florida and Ohio State each had at least three NBA players. Most of the time, the best team in the country has to be stacked with NBA talent.

4/8/2007 7:43:55 PM

^if it happened, which i doubt:

Hickson, Beasley, Costner will all be in the NBA soon....Grant has a chance if he plays smart this year. If Fells can become more consistent, he has everything the league wants.

4/8/2007 7:45:46 PM

if this happens we will be a top 10 team no doubt......anyone remember when ticket packages were available last year?

4/8/2007 7:46:59 PM

^^^ costner, hickson and beasley will all potentially enter the draft next year, sir.

^^ beat me to it, but still.

[Edited on April 8, 2007 at 7:49 PM. Reason : ]

4/8/2007 7:48:15 PM

^^^I didn't see beasley up there. Anyway, a lot of wishful thinking with grant and fells. There are already a bunch of guys at their positions who are better.

[Edited on April 8, 2007 at 7:50 PM. Reason : SDF]

4/8/2007 7:49:50 PM

v oh okay. well, that was clearly a hypothetical list. so let's not rain on people's hypothetical parades, huh?

[Edited on April 8, 2007 at 8:08 PM. Reason : parade rainer.]

4/8/2007 7:52:58 PM

^I didn't see his name on that list


He's not coming here, FYI

[Edited on April 8, 2007 at 7:54 PM. Reason : dsf]

4/8/2007 7:54:14 PM

and i was about to be all

ALL YOUR RECRUITS ARE BELONG TO US

4/8/2007 8:59:26 PM

wtf, beasley isint coming here

4/9/2007 8:38:01 PM

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"ALL YOUR RECRUITS ARE BELONG TO US"

hahaha

4/9/2007 8:42:32 PM

DraftExpress: Why did you pick NC State, given that they have a first year coach in Sidney Lowe?

Hickson: That’s one of the main reasons that I picked NC State, because he was a first year coach.. He played there, he won a national championship, so he knows what it takes to get there…the skills that it takes to get there. He knows what a team has to put together to get there. He pushes his players to work hard, and I’m trying to go there and be great.


DraftExpress: With you choosing NC State, were you looking for a school that you would have the opportunity to be one and done at?

Hickson: That could be a possibility. I’m not going there thinking I’m just going to be one year and done. I’m going in there with the right mindset of just working hard. Then if the right opportunity presents itself, I’ll talk about it with my family and my coaches and just go from there.

http://www.draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=1239

all this talk a/b hickson leaving after one year seems a bit premature. yeah i think it's more probable than not that he's here only one year, but i wouldn't count out another year or two from him. he's never said that he's a one and done. the second excerpt there obviously tells us he's obviously thought about it but the first quote makes it clear that he's got more on his mind than just the nba.



[Edited on April 10, 2007 at 3:16 PM. Reason : ]

4/10/2007 3:12:58 PM

he is trained to talk to the press...he wouldn't just come out and say he's one and done and all he can think of is the money that comes with the NBA

4/10/2007 4:12:08 PM

^of course. but the championship talk is a different matter. meh, i hope anyway.

4/10/2007 4:22:54 PM

i mean, not really. you're not going to talk to the press before enrolling in an ACC school and say 'we're just trying to finish in the top 1/4 of the conference'

4/10/2007 4:38:18 PM

didnt see if this was posted but heres a highlght reel of his MVP performence at the roundball classic. JJ is straight up dirty on the offensive side of the ball
http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1098413

4/12/2007 2:28:47 PM

I want to buy an alcohol cabnit; something made or from somewhere else. Has to be able to store alcohol/wine bottles, etc. Let me know

4/12/2007 2:31:41 PM

^^ Those announcers were terrible.

They were just blabbering on about random people not even involved in the game the whole time, and basically ignored the game. They almost seemed annoyed when they had to stop their conversation to acknowledge someone who just made an incredible play. I think they hired 3 color commentators and no play by play guys.

4/12/2007 2:38:56 PM

hickson is extremely impressive offensively

we are going to score a shit ton of points next year

4/12/2007 3:07:05 PM

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"I want to buy an alcohol cabnit; something made or from somewhere else. Has to be able to store alcohol/wine bottles, etc. Let me know "

wtf?

4/12/2007 4:05:56 PM

damn, Hickson is going to be a dominating post player

4/12/2007 4:12:35 PM

why was he playing for the West?

4/12/2007 4:43:15 PM

Possibly one of those deals where the west sucks and needed some more players. I know they do that sometimes in the north/south college football game sometimes.

I was watching it one time and saying to myself "Why is this Clemson dude wearing blue?"

4/12/2007 4:45:04 PM

i would just like to say if Damien Wilkins can make the NBA. than everyone on our projected started 5 (including fells) has a shot to make the nBA

4/13/2007 8:23:58 AM

Wilkins should have never come here to participate in the Princeton O. He's actually a good player

4/13/2007 10:55:29 AM

wilkins was a good player when he was here too. Everyone just expected him to be the second coming.

4/13/2007 11:29:16 AM

I wasn't impressed.

He showed some promise as a freshman, but seemed to regress as a sophomore

4/13/2007 11:35:36 AM

We didn't run the Princeton O when Wilkins was here.

4/13/2007 12:02:59 PM

his damn uncle and daddy was the fucking problem

paired w/ DW's shitty attitude

4/13/2007 12:14:21 PM

^^ well we didnt get up and down the floor which is what his game is suited for

4/13/2007 12:24:05 PM

Wilkins was pretty awful. i liked the way he hustled, but he had terrible handling skills, a mediocre jump shot, and couldn't pass worth poop. plus he had his family always chiming in. i mean, we made the tourney the year after he left, addition by subtraction.

4/14/2007 11:18:01 AM