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11/13/2007 11:59:36 PM

anybody got a student ticket. i haven't missed a game in 2 years.

11/14/2007 12:01:00 AM

chembob final countdown this bitch up mang!

11/14/2007 12:08:07 AM

don't ruin this page with that shit

11/14/2007 8:17:28 AM

i agree

please no final countdown...or at least take the autostart off

11/14/2007 9:18:04 AM

T-minus 33 hours...

11/14/2007 9:27:04 AM

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"at least take the autostart off"

agreed.

keep the autostart crap in chit chat.

11/14/2007 9:33:15 AM

CnnSi has Hickson under the freshman to watch, good pic if nothing else. Hopefully I will embed this right

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0710/cbk.freshman/content.1.html?eref=T1

11/14/2007 9:55:33 AM

Also there he rates State's frontcourt as the 4th best in the country behind only UCLA, UNC and Georgetown.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0710/top.frontcourts/content.12.html

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"During last season's ACC tournament, in which the Wolfpack made a miraculous run to the title game as a No. 10 seed, Costner and McCauley showed the potential to be a dominant front line. The addition of Hickson, a five-star forward from Georgia who can take care of the dirty work in the paint, only makes NC State an even better darkhorse pick in the ACC."

11/14/2007 10:14:35 AM

Glad this thread finally made it to three pages. I can start visiting it again.

Another vote for NO Final Countdown.

11/14/2007 11:53:38 AM

I love adblock.

[Edited on November 14, 2007 at 12:37 PM. Reason : ]

11/14/2007 12:37:28 PM

Just got my tickets

11/14/2007 3:13:42 PM

all these close games have me worried

11/14/2007 10:39:34 PM

section 121 row 9 will be seeing yall tomorrow. Parking and having a mini tailgate at the grass lot across from wendys and gas station.

11/14/2007 11:38:26 PM

the assigned seating bs is gayyyyy

11/14/2007 11:43:58 PM

yaHESS i get a ticket. magic.

11/15/2007 2:33:58 AM

looking for a ticket, student or not I don't care

11/15/2007 2:46:00 AM

ticket office has them for 15. thats what i was about to do but i checked the site and randomly got one. very back of 113 but w/e i'll take it and sneak up.

why does everybody criticize our schedule and glorify uncs. I just took a long look and ours is actually more impressive.

Unc plays davidson @ohio state and @kentucky. we play davidson @michigan state, possibly kstate or nova in orlando.

We play a top 10 team and probably a ranked team in orlando and unc doesn't play any ranked team maybe ohio state gets into the 20s but we are playing @a top 10 team.

Sure they play more road cupcakes but Davidson is probably unc toughest game cuz kentucky is not really great while davidson is our 3rd toughest game?

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 2:57 AM. Reason : wayyy too many 7pm starts...jeesh ]

11/15/2007 2:52:01 AM

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"Parking and having a mini tailgate at the grass lot across from wendys and gas station."

don't let the cops catch ya with booze over there. They'll get all pissy and try to close it for basketball too.

11/15/2007 8:28:27 AM

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"Also there he rates State's frontcourt as the 4th best in the country behind only UCLA, UNC and Georgetown."

anyone that watched the unc game last night saw just how much they are going to miss wright. thompson and steveson were just plain awful.

11/15/2007 8:34:22 AM

YAH MO B THERE

11/15/2007 9:40:40 AM

got my tix

11/15/2007 9:41:35 AM

I've got tix, now where should I park for this game?

11/15/2007 10:57:37 AM

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"ticket office has them for 15. thats what i was about to do but i checked the site and randomly got one. very back of 113 but w/e i'll take it and sneak up. "

I've never had to buy tickets before, how does this work?

11/15/2007 11:05:36 AM

7 hours and 21 mins...

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 11:39 AM. Reason : 21]

11/15/2007 11:39:07 AM

i still can't believe i have this tappi pre-night thing to go to tonight. i had excellent tickets!

priorities, priorities....

11/15/2007 12:09:02 PM

Steve Levy: Where do the Wolfpack rank in your life?

Me: I say Wolfpack (makes hand flat and raises to head-level), sex (lowers hand slightly), and breathing (lowers hand almost to the floor).

11/15/2007 12:14:41 PM

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"I've never had to buy tickets before, how does this work?"

I just did this for the first time as well on gopack.com, just click on tickets, and then buy tickets, and its pretty easy from there on out, i just got tickets for section 112 for $15 a piece, granted they arn't the best seats, but lower level seats 7 hours before the home opener isn't too shabby.

Hopefully the stadium will be full,
GO PACK!

11/15/2007 12:27:20 PM

I hope the stadium arena is full also, but if you are able to a buy a lower level ticket 7 hours prior to game time, it is unlikely that the arena will be full.

11/15/2007 12:37:30 PM

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"i still can't believe i have this tappi pre-night thing to go to tonight. i had excellent tickets! priorities, priorities...."

state ball >>>> tappi whatever the hell it is

for example, I wasted valuable HW/study time and probably did worse on some tests by watching UNC almost get their asses handed to them just on the off chance that they lose.

11/15/2007 12:51:59 PM

we'll be tailgating in the student lot starting at 5

11/15/2007 12:52:35 PM

Long, but pretty good read on Hickson.

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"Hickson finds father figure in Lowe Freshman, coach share close bond as McDonald's All-American looks to make an immediate impact in Pack's rotation Langdon Morris Sidney Lowe arrived at the Weisiger-Brown Athletic Facility for an afternoon practice to find that he wasn't the first member of his team or staff to arrive. It was no surprise to Lowe, however, that freshman forward J.J. Hickson, the most highly-touted recruit in Lowe's first recruiting class, had already been through a 6 a.m. workout. It was Hickson's drive that caught Lowe's eye and reminded him of the Jim Valvano mentality instilled in himself as a player. "He has a great work ethic," Lowe said. "He comes to play. He's passionate about the game. I went down to watch him work out. First of all, he works out at six in the morning. Then he'll come back in the afternoon after school and practice. And I'm watching this guy, and he never let up. He never ever let up." Basketball wasn't Hickson's first choice, however. As a child in Marietta, Ga., he dreamed of being a football player, despite his mother constantly telling him he would one day play basketball. But when Hickson was 12, his mother passed away, forcing Hickson to live with his grandmother, Marie Myers. In tribute to his mother's wish, Hickson picked up the basketball and made it his life. "When she passed, when I was 12, I picked up the basketball and just fell in love with it from there," Hickson said. Though he had basketball and a loving grandmother, Hickson lacked a father figure growing up. His father had left and wasn't involved in his life. But when Hickson met Sidney Lowe, he caught a glimpse of the father figure he had been missing. "My grandmother raised me," Hickson said. "It was basically me and her growing up. She was all I had, and I love her to death. Growing up, I never had that father figure in my life. "When I met coach Lowe, he was that father figure to me, and that's why I came to State. And I know whether I do good or bad on the basketball court, I know he's going to care for me like one of his." According to Lowe, recruiting Hickson was more about being that father figure than anything else. It was his commitment to the McDonald's All-American as a son, rather than a player, that sold Hickson on State. "When I was with him, I didn't only talk about basketball," Lowe said. "I talked about his personal life. I wanted to know how he was doing. I wanted to know 'Was he dating? How was school?' We just sat down and talked. And then I gave him some advice on certain things. And then I told him, 'I'm going to treat you like my own. It's going to be that way as long as you're at State if you come.'" Lowe's NBA experience helped the recruitment process as well. As the No. 3-rated center by Scout.com and an All-American out of high school, Hickson's ultimate goal is to reach the NBA, and Lowe's experience with NBA greats weighed in Hickson's decision. "My experience in the NBA was a factor in him coming to us because that's where he wants to go," Lowe said. "I told him I'm going to teach him and work with him like I did those other guys, whether it was [Kevin] Garnett, Rasheed [Wallace], or whoever it was." Physically, Hickson measures up to be a force in the post: he's 6 feet 9 inches, weighs 242 pounds and many teammates have already labeled him the strongest player on the team. With a size-17 shoe and the face of an 18-year-old, there's no telling how much more the freshman could grow. Though he insists his grandmother wants to see him graduate from N.C. State, Hickson acknowledged that the idea of jumping to "the league" has crossed his mind. "I'm not going to go through the season thinking that I'm just going to be here for one year and leave," Hickson said. "I'm going to come in and play basketball, and if the opportunity presents itself, I'll sit down with my family and coaches and go from there." Hickson is expected to contribute immediately, if not take hold of the spotlight altogether. He's shown glimpses of that expected brilliance, leading all scorers with 21 points in the Red-White game and averaging 11 points in the Pack's two exhibition games. In the second exhibition, Hickson started at center in place of junior Ben McCauley, who played limited minutes due to illness. According to assistant coach Pete Strickland, Hickson's growth at the college level has been aided by the talented frontcourt he has to face in practice. Srickland described the Hickson-McCauley battle in practice as "iron sharpening iron" and said the two are probably performing the best on the team in practices. And as Hickson has quickly found a father in Lowe, he has inherently acquired a new family of brothers in his teammates. Senior forward Gavin Grant, in particular, has taken a liking to the freshman. "I don't want to say I recruited him, but I was his host on his visit. So we [were] really cool and enjoyed each other's company," Grant said. "He's pretty much just like me: a city kid who likes to have fun and laugh. We get along, and we complement each other really well." Hickson's routine and attitude are unchanged since arriving at State: wake up early, work hard and get better. And though he said he has no personal goals for being in the spotlight this season, his goals for the team are much higher. "My passion is just to get better every day," Hickson said. "That's what I look forward to when I get out of bed, is getting better at basketball. I just want to win some games and restore the school to what it used to be.""

11/15/2007 1:07:39 PM

sexy..


PACK 89
W&M 63

11/15/2007 2:24:28 PM

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"I just want to win some games and restore the school to what it used to be"

11/15/2007 2:42:04 PM

found their roster and started googling their names to dig up some dirt for trash talking tonight.

found this in the process

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZBlWltbjs&feature=related

Vali Lazarescu is his name.

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 3:00 PM. Reason : .]

11/15/2007 2:52:00 PM

Hickson/McCauley will handle this kid

11/15/2007 3:12:03 PM

is hickson gonna start or are we bringin him off the bench?

11/15/2007 3:27:35 PM

i could really use a student ticket if someone knows they arent going

11/15/2007 3:29:27 PM

Is McCauley better now? His illness was the reason that Hickson started last week.

11/15/2007 3:30:01 PM

i think he'll probably play off the bench...lowe is gonna let the vets get a shot

11/15/2007 4:43:55 PM

2 more hours...

11/15/2007 4:53:30 PM

2 more hours

11/15/2007 5:00:56 PM

any chance of getting a video link for this one?

11/15/2007 5:25:07 PM

I'm sure someone will be nice enough to post the link.

11/15/2007 5:27:10 PM

I'm counting on it

11/15/2007 5:27:48 PM

i'm hoping for a link too

11/15/2007 5:29:38 PM

me four!

11/15/2007 5:44:54 PM

SUNSHINE...


sorry... south park reference


(it means I agree)

11/15/2007 6:01:57 PM

me also

11/15/2007 6:04:58 PM

HA, so i was just talking with the guy that will be interviewing me for a job tomorrow. his presentation is gunna start in a couple min and we start talking about wolfpack athletics. he asked me when the first bball game is and i say it's tonight. so then he asks if it was hard getting tix for tonight and i say that it was pretty hard, but that i gave my tickets away. he asked where my seats were and i told him....

he goes "you're a fuckin idiot, why would you rather come to a boring meeting instead of going to the game?! it's ok, i'll make it up to you "

.....think chances of landing teh job just got better.

11/15/2007 6:14:04 PM