Quote :

"Jason Jordan ?@JayJayESPN 2013 F Kennedy Meeks says NC State, Georgetown and Louisville are recruiting him the hardest right now."

yeah son.

8/14/2012 11:47:21 PM

bttt for dez wells

8/23/2012 8:36:59 AM

Offered today to #1 ranked player in class of '15, Karl Towns

http://www.highschoolot.com/content/story/11462917/

per twitter:

Karl Towns ?@KATis32
NC State was amazing. Got a scholarship there. Was pretty hyped. #wolfpack


But then -1 for this later tweet

Karl Towns ?@KATis32
Coach Godfrey, the pops, and I enjoying the visit. Got offered by the Wolfpack. #hyped http://instagr.am/p/OrzmDKiTZf/

8/23/2012 7:02:40 PM

niiice - what are the odds he stays excited about NCSU after Calipari offers the KU package?

8/23/2012 7:09:19 PM

maybe he has an Iphone and he texts about charles godfrey a lot and the autocorrect got him.

^ Bill Self coaches KU.


Calipari is at Kentucky.

[Edited on August 23, 2012 at 7:10 PM. Reason : a]

8/23/2012 7:09:26 PM

very impressed by Towns' interview on WRAL. Hard to believe he's only a HS sophomore. Very well-spoken and comfortable in front of a camera.

8/24/2012 10:38:05 AM

the godfrey thing may have been autocorrect

8/24/2012 10:39:07 AM

is this the kid that Calipari coached for the Olympic trials (not sure they made it to London)?

8/24/2012 12:41:32 PM

Yeah Calipari coached him and is apparently a huge UK lean. Also rumors he's trying to reclassify to the 2014 class.

8/24/2012 12:49:59 PM

Quote :

"very impressed by Towns' interview on WRAL. Hard to believe he's only a HS sophomore. Very well-spoken and comfortable in front of a camera."

8/24/2012 2:02:10 PM

From that article

Quote :

"Towns said academics will play a big role in where he goes to school, but the basketball program – specifically the players and coaches – will also be important."

Hope he is watching the news about UNCheat

8/24/2012 2:12:12 PM

We officially made Randle's Final 10, fwiw:

http://blogs.fayobserver.com/accbasketball/August-2012/Julius-Randle-includes-N-C--State,-Duke-and-North-

8/27/2012 1:50:54 PM

This stuff may have been posted already but I hadn't seen it.

From a source I trust:

Julius Randle will be visiting for Midnight Madness – I don't know what Midnight Madness is so someone will have to explain that one to me. I'm old...

Dez Wells is trying to schedule a visit next month.

Top 10 PG Anthony Barber will visit in September. State is in his top 4.

Rumors are that we found a big man in Spain during our trip that might fit our needs. I don't have any names yet.

8/30/2012 12:08:32 PM

oh boy, cant wait for Tomas de Taio

8/30/2012 12:12:06 PM

@TheWolfpacker
Top 50 hoops senior coming to visit NC State this weekend

8/30/2012 12:32:39 PM

^^^Midnight Madness is a "party" thrown for b-ball teams at midnight on the day that practices start. Lots of teams have them: Kentucky, UNC... It said he'd be visiting our Midngiht Madness? I've already forgotten, did we have a midnight madness last year? I know we didn't do it for years before.

8/30/2012 12:37:40 PM

No. We had something after the UNC football game last year.

8/30/2012 12:49:24 PM

Oh yeah, I went to both the football game and b-ball practice, I'd already forgotten about it.

8/30/2012 12:52:24 PM

Who is our visitor this weekend?

8/30/2012 1:04:27 PM

Four-star big man BeeJay Anya will unofficially visit NC State this weekend.

— Pack Pride (@PackPride) August 30, 2012

8/30/2012 1:11:16 PM

Barber? I thought I remember reading that he would be visiting on the 1st.

[Edited on August 30, 2012 at 1:12 PM. Reason : ^cool]

8/30/2012 1:11:40 PM

Yeah the NCSU midnight madness happened at the then RBC center right after the NCSU v UNC game.

Even though we beat UNC, the stands felt pretty empty for the NCSU bball bash.

Worse, it was pretty boring. I don't think having a recruit visit then is putting our best foot forward.


And in the past it's happened at Reynold's, but I think we've only done it for the last four or so years.

8/30/2012 1:14:10 PM

Quote :

"Julius Randle will be visiting for Midnight Madness – I don't know what Midnight Madness is so someone will have to explain that one to me. I'm old..."

Midnight madness is some gay shit that UNC does before the first day of basketball practice.

8/30/2012 1:21:21 PM

^^
Remember the announcer couldn't read the roster in the dark? Made for some really awkward player intros.

8/30/2012 1:22:00 PM

Amile Jefferson visited during our midnight madness last year, fwiw

8/30/2012 1:37:36 PM

we didn't have a midnight madness last year (it can't be a midnight madness if it's at 5pm!)

8/30/2012 1:42:59 PM

^They did the scheduling using TDT's watch?

8/30/2012 1:44:20 PM

I'm not sure what else to call it--open practice?

8/30/2012 1:44:37 PM

midnight madness is not exclusive to UNC

at a lot of smaller schools, like St. Joseph's for example, this is big time excitement.

8/30/2012 1:52:30 PM

Quote :

"B-ballin in the Old Barn"

Quote :

"Red Rally"

Dumb names we've tried.

8/30/2012 1:55:34 PM

That's it, Red Rally, which I'm fine with.

8/30/2012 1:56:33 PM

Quote :

"I'm not sure what else to call it--open practice?"

I always thought it was the Red-White basketball game...

8/30/2012 2:21:11 PM

plus I thought i heard/read that it was a pretty rowdy event after the football beatdown?

8/30/2012 3:55:10 PM

It was a lot like this

8/30/2012 4:44:47 PM

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/19967359/dezmine-wells-speaks-for-first-time-following-expulsion-


also, reggie cameron

Quote :

".@reggiecam5 tells @SNYtv he has cut his list to 7 - UConn, Georgetown, NC State, Carolina, Miami, Seton Hall & Michigan "

8/30/2012 5:25:38 PM

Gottfried is referring to our midnight madness as "Primetime with the Pack"

Quote :

"Mark Gottfried ?@Mark_Gottfried #WPN mark your calendar for Oct 12 #PrimetimeWithThePack our version of midnight madness I want all of you to be there "

8/30/2012 5:29:06 PM

8/30/2012 5:42:30 PM

Prime time in the ACC at the PNC

8/30/2012 5:59:52 PM

Of course the crowd will be light for a red-white game at the same day as a football game. They used to schedule it during tailgating time. Last year it was after the UNC game. 4-5 hours of tailgating plus a 3 1/2 hour football game (standing and yelling in the sun) yields a tired crowd, even for the decent number that showed up.

When our basketball program is relevant, people will show up just for the scrimmage/midnight madness/whatever.

8/30/2012 6:43:52 PM

Quote :

" @KySportsRadio: Dez Wells has left Lexington for Memphis. Unless something drastic changes this weekend, it is unlikely he ends up at UK"

8/30/2012 7:35:24 PM

i'd say our program is relevant this year

8/30/2012 7:51:02 PM

Tyler Lewis tweeted that Beejay Anya is on campus. Hope everything goes well because we need bigs.

TJ also tweeted about him a couple of days ago.

8/31/2012 12:07:59 PM

TJ, BJ and CJ

8/31/2012 12:09:04 PM

We aren't a factor for wells.

8/31/2012 12:13:45 PM

^ pretty sure i read somewhere that he was gonna visit us...

8/31/2012 12:15:56 PM

Quote :

"When our basketball program is relevant, people will show up just for the scrimmage/midnight madness/whatever."

Ha so you're contending it's not now?

8/31/2012 12:21:01 PM

Visiting UK, memphis, maryland, ohio state and oregon. Going to decide by tuesday.

Dave Telep tweeted that he isn't interested.

8/31/2012 12:25:12 PM

uk aside (and they now appear out), all those programs are still able to add classes for the fall semester

we arent and would require wells go before some sort of admittance court to be allowed to transfer

8/31/2012 12:27:18 PM

I doubt that would be a big deal. What might be is the ncaa rule, which says if he isn't enrolled within so many days from the first day of class, then this semester would not count towards the year he has to sit out as a transfer.

8/31/2012 12:36:35 PM

What kind of college class lets you sign up in september?

8/31/2012 12:47:10 PM