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"-Gets lots of steals with his quick hands"

9/16/2012 8:02:46 PM

Just in case any one was curious like me, the Fall Signing Period is November 14-21 this year.

9/16/2012 8:48:37 PM

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"-Never changes his face. Never looks rattled"

I realized this while watching some highlight vids. His face never changes. Whether he just made a three or crossed a guy out of his shoes... same stoic face.

9/16/2012 9:15:48 PM

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"Weaknesses: -Needs to continue to add strength to his 168 pound frame"

Another one of those myths people believe. Skinniness is very low on the factors that determine basketball performance.

Shooting, ball handling, height, speed, and athleticism are all things I would worry about, instead.

It would be much more intelligent for a 40% shooter to become a 50% shooter rather than try to put on X pounds of muscle. Hodge would probably be in the NBA if he had spent more time shooting rather than bulking up.

9/16/2012 9:26:28 PM

and not getting shot

9/16/2012 9:28:40 PM

if we're being honest though, that probably didn't change a whole lot.

9/16/2012 9:40:44 PM

Wait, when did hodge bulk up???

9/17/2012 9:52:45 AM

If we are being honest, getting shot and drafted by a team with 8 shooting guards didn't help.

9/17/2012 9:56:39 AM

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" Remember when our point guard depth chart included julius mays and marques johnson?"

Hell, remember when javi gonzalez was our starting pg? you can't get any worse than that.


Also I hear barber committed because he loves the new uniforms.

9/17/2012 10:00:14 AM

he likes bra trops?

9/17/2012 3:28:45 PM

yes and shorts that make you look like you go fast.

9/17/2012 3:29:25 PM

So who's next? Anya, then Randle?

9/17/2012 4:39:37 PM

if he adds those 2, i'm sure they'll start work on a statue outside of the rbc cen, err, pnc arena

9/17/2012 4:44:20 PM

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"Remember when our point guard depth chart included julius mays"

lol current kentucky guard julius mays. might have been sidney lowe's fault.

9/17/2012 4:45:00 PM

I was searching for news about Barber to look into his off-the-court problems and theft allegations (of which I found none) when I came across this gem:

http://keepingitheel.com/2012/09/17/unc-basketball-recruiting-cat-barber-to-nc-state-troy-williams-to-carolina/

It's a UNC link, but it mentions Barber was talking about going to the same school as a good friend of his (a forward) Troy Williams. Any chance we open a recruiting line if we think we can get to him through Barber? We do need some positions filled in that area, and we have plenty of scholarships left right?

[Edited on September 17, 2012 at 4:46 PM. Reason : ]

9/17/2012 4:45:55 PM

I would like a real center

9/17/2012 4:57:18 PM

^

9/17/2012 5:00:45 PM

You mean a true bigman, like anya or meeks?

(and we'll still have vandenburg in 2013, and he's gonna be a defensive beast! )

9/17/2012 5:00:47 PM

We have plenty of scholarships for both, don't we? Aren't we sitting on four or five for 2013?

9/17/2012 5:03:21 PM

I was thinking it was 5 or 6, if lo and cjl go.

9/17/2012 5:11:25 PM

i hope we get meeks

dude looks solid, and he's a NC guy

9/17/2012 5:20:52 PM

Gott tweeted near Houston today, I wonder who he was seeing

^i heard UNC won't offer Meeks unless as a fallback, so we might convince him to come a la Lewis

[Edited on September 17, 2012 at 5:28 PM. Reason : .]

9/17/2012 5:27:02 PM

For reference,

SR: Richard Howell, Scott Wood
JR: Jordan Vandenberg (he did get a redshirt, right?), CJ Leslie, Lorenzo Brown, Ralston Turner (will redshirt this season and have 2 years left. I think)
SO: Thomas De Thaey
FR: Tyler Lewis, Rodney Purvis, TJ Warren

So that gives us 10 scholarship players this season. Only 9 eligible (Turner sitting out). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the limit is 13 scholarship players. So we already have 3 open spots. Howell and Wood would free up 2 more scholarships, bringing the total to 5 after this season. And Leslie and Brown going pro could bring that total to 7 spots open. Well, 6 if you go ahead and include Cat Barber.

Please correct me if I got any of this wrong...I was doing it from memory, so I may have missed something/someone.

[Edited on September 17, 2012 at 5:28 PM. Reason : and i will echo the sentiments of those wanting a legit big man. definitely a big need there]

[Edited on September 17, 2012 at 5:29 PM. Reason : s]

9/17/2012 5:27:51 PM

Looks like barber is a thief. Caught steeling from a Louisville player.

9/17/2012 7:31:34 PM

^says butthurt Louisville fans

9/17/2012 7:41:46 PM

old

9/17/2012 7:42:04 PM

I'd be more worried about eligibility issues than any unsubstantiated rumors about thieving. Very few teams were after him despite his talent, which may be a sign that he won't qualify. Pure speculation, take that fwiw. That said, Gottfried has pulled offers due to eligibility issues in the past (see: Graham, T). The fact that he didn't do so with Cat is a good sign.

9/17/2012 7:55:25 PM

So Graham isn't still slated to come next year?

9/17/2012 7:58:01 PM

I can think of at least one thief who gave a team a national championship. Honestly, I could make peace with that.

9/17/2012 7:58:41 PM

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"Caught steeling from a Louisville player."

9/17/2012 8:48:00 PM

we work hard; we play hard

9/17/2012 8:50:57 PM

Everybody Dance Now!

9/18/2012 7:28:46 AM

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"Julius Randle ?@J30_RANDLE Yessir my bro @rpurvis_0 is cleared to play now !!"

This can mean only one thing...confirmation that Purvis and Randle indeed are "bros".

In all seriousness anything related to NCSU popping up on his twitter is a good thing.

9/18/2012 8:16:31 AM

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"Just last week, Roy Williams topped John Calipari when he displayed a collection of 31 championship rings during an in-home visit with top 2013 recruit Julius Randle, according to USA Today’s Jason Jordan. Calipari brought one national title ring to his home visit with Randle. "

Yikes. Hope he doesn't go unc

9/18/2012 8:36:12 AM

I would go out and buy season tickets immediately if we landed this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vmt_24T4zE

9/18/2012 9:22:47 AM

He's got all the playing time he could ever want staring him in the face if he comes here. I know he's good enough for that to be true most anywhere, but we're legitimately out of bigs after this year.

9/18/2012 10:08:27 AM

Julius Mays hosting Julius Randle at Kentucky

http://www.backingthepack.com/2012/9/18/3351058/julius-randle-recruiting-update-kentucky-nc-state-lolwut

9/18/2012 11:22:12 AM

I'm sure Mays and Bubbleguts will warn him about NC State having a rabid fan base with high expectations.

9/18/2012 12:08:36 PM

there goes our battleship

9/18/2012 12:19:28 PM

Kyle Washington is taking his OV to State this weekend:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncstate/basketball/recruiting/player-Kyle-Washington-109182

Not an elite post player by any means, but we need bodies.

9/18/2012 6:36:19 PM

Cool, he can back up Randle for a year then take over as a soph

9/18/2012 6:38:02 PM

A 4* would be elite enough for me, especially with our need for big bodies and the amount of open schollies we'll have.

9/18/2012 6:59:19 PM

but can he play the 2?

9/18/2012 7:00:22 PM

He has quite the derp face. I'm assuming he played last year with Warren? That should help us a bit.

9/18/2012 7:01:39 PM

http://ncstate.rivals.com/viewcoach.asp?coach=1421&sport=2&year=2013

i like what i see

9/18/2012 7:04:01 PM

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"A 4* would be elite enough for me"

I'm not saying he sucks or we shouldn't take him, just that he isn't in the top tier of post players for the class of 2013.

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" I'm assuming he played last year with Warren? That should help us a bit."

Negative, he's from Minnesota originally and this is his first year at Brewster.

[Edited on September 18, 2012 at 8:04 PM. Reason : .]

9/18/2012 8:02:52 PM

how nuts is it that we're like "a 4*? meh" now?

9/18/2012 8:18:16 PM

it's borderline Donovan-calipari delusional.

9/18/2012 8:30:39 PM

We should be elated with any top 100 recruit we can get. This guy has been on the rise, too.

We were blessed with last years' class. I think the fact that we have a ton of scholarships to give allows us to go after a number of different players that might not be the creme of the crop, but will still be important cogs in a winning program. If we can find another Howell or Wood in these guys, it'll be terrific.

9/18/2012 9:44:04 PM

^^ what's delusional about calipari? the man and his entire staff came and toured our facilities. there was nothing delusional whatsoever in that scenario.

9/18/2012 10:14:19 PM