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10/26/2012 4:54:43 PM

^awesome

10/26/2012 4:58:13 PM

Quote :

"^^Anya has a 9'3" wingspan. The 6'8" for him is pretty irrelevant, he'd be able to defend anyone in the post."

LOL!! Now that would be freaking hilarious sight.


His wingspan is 7'9"

10/26/2012 5:04:00 PM

reading fail

http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2012/04/beejay-anya-has-the-largest-wingspan-in-hoops-history/

I misread the part where they said he had a 9'3" reach.

My point still stands, just a bit less effectively.

10/26/2012 5:07:59 PM

How can your reach be longer than your wing span? How is that measured?


[Edited on October 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM. Reason : /]

10/26/2012 5:18:19 PM

I think you just stand flat-footed and reach straight up as high as you can and measure to the fingertips. So basically he can probably nick the net with his fingertips while standing flat-footed.

Wing span is left hand fingertips to right hand fingertips with your arms fully stretched out to the sides. Reach would be stretching your arms straight up to see how high you can reach.

10/26/2012 5:21:16 PM

oh ok got it

[Edited on October 26, 2012 at 5:23 PM. Reason : i always thought reach was from the shoulder to the finger tips]

10/26/2012 5:23:22 PM

Wingspan... only without wings...

Also, a little under three weeks until the early signing period. Let's get Cat & Kyle locked up or locked down.

10/26/2012 5:26:30 PM

if Beejay or Randle signs, that won't be a problem

10/26/2012 5:27:36 PM

from page 1...this made me lol. so true, from hondaguy

Quote :

"i think it's a given Hickson won't be here more than this year. We can hope, but not likely. And we may get Costner for another year, but I see him either getting better or being stupid and thinking he is better than he is and leaving early anyways."

10/26/2012 10:04:15 PM

Quote :

"Joe Giglio ?@jwgiglio Coveted 2013 recruit Kennedy Meeks, in red, with UNC's basketball players http://pic.twitter.com/rYTDbvNQ"

[Edited on October 27, 2012 at 5:18 PM. Reason : doesn't mean shit though]

10/27/2012 5:17:18 PM

Still funny though. They must have given him some looks like, "You're wearing that???"

Of course, Donte Page-Moss' scout profile picture was him in an NC State letterman jacket, and we know how that turned out. I'm just glad that we are on the radar with these high profile guys. They wouldn't have given us a second thought 2 or 3 years ago.

10/27/2012 5:29:14 PM

From his twitter feed it looks like the visit went really well for Anya. He seems to have started some kind of flirty relationship with a waitress he met somewhere in town. I think it's great for us that he had our visit after Indiana.

Also, people are commenting on packpride that we're out for Meeks. Too bad, but I didn't see us getting him anyways.

10/28/2012 5:51:17 PM

Quote :

"Dominic Woodson? @ woodsondominic Going to make a decision next week"

also, Anya:

10/28/2012 6:09:06 PM

White women. It's like fishing with dynamite.

10/28/2012 6:11:39 PM

hahaha

10/28/2012 6:55:55 PM

Quote :

"I'm just glad that we are on the radar with these high profile guys. They wouldn't have given us a second thought 2 or 3 years ago."

we were on plenty of radars 3 years ago.

10/28/2012 7:00:26 PM

Friend of mine told me that there was a standing ovation at Tobacco Road when Gott and Anya walked in

10/28/2012 7:23:38 PM

^ ^ lol, exactly.

This school recruits itself. People who used to hide behind the "herb is a good recruiter, its hard to get anybody when they have to play duke/unc!" now are pretending they never created that argument

[Edited on October 28, 2012 at 7:25 PM. Reason : a]

10/28/2012 7:24:39 PM

I like Anya and Woodson both better than Meeks anyway. If we land one or both of them, I'll be thrilled.

10/28/2012 7:28:16 PM

it sounded like MEEKS is btw Gtown and UNC. he might not OV State. but it was on the IC site not PP.

10/28/2012 10:54:09 PM

Of the 3 I'd rather have Anya, but Woodson isn't far behind. We've got scorers, Anya's length on defense could be a big plus. Feel like Meeks would be more in the Reggie Johnson type mold.

10/28/2012 11:44:43 PM

Agreed. We were beaten by UNC and Kansas last year because of their shot-blocking big men. No shocker that the teams that played in the championship had the 2 best shot-blockers in college basketball. It makes things a hell of a lot easier when you make the other team scared to slash to the hoop.

Anya would be like John Henson, but with more girth to box guys out.

10/29/2012 5:53:48 AM

Quote :

"Anya would be like John Henson, but with more girth to box guys out."

And also less athleticism...so basically...not like John Henson.

10/29/2012 6:57:10 AM

He would sorta be in the mold of a Dirk nowitzki , except wider and shorter and more defensive minded without the shooting/scoring ability.

10/29/2012 7:22:03 AM

Ya he would kind of be like me except the exact opposite in every aspect.

10/29/2012 7:32:02 AM

http://zagsblog.com/articles/beejay-anya-down-to-n-c-state-indiana/

So, would yall take Woodson and Anya if it meant that Randle definitely wouldn't come here? I sure as shit would. Of course, I'm mentally preparing myself for a whiff on all three, just in case.

[Edited on October 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM. Reason : ]

10/29/2012 11:29:32 AM

Quote :

"White women. It's like fishing with dynamite."

hahaha post of the year

10/29/2012 11:30:43 AM

^^We'd take Woodson and Anya if they wanted to come, can't imagine Gott turning either away.

The Randle-sweepstakes is a little too hard to predict to bank on it. We need a solid season and a great OV to win him over. I think we're behind both Texas and Florida at this point, but could see UK being out of it relatively soon if they're not already out of it.

10/29/2012 11:44:32 AM

I don't think the question is whether or not we would take Woodson or Anya...but more along the lines of, "if one commits, does the other drop us?"

They're both similar players that play the same position. I doubt either guy is looking to split time for the next 4 years.

10/29/2012 11:51:13 AM

Well Anya is going to be in a time-share here or Indiana. So he must be pretty comfortable having to earn his spot.

And I'm not even sure how Indiana has a spot for Anya anymore after taking Williams, they're already having to bank on someone losing a scholarship or transferring at this point and still recruiting Anya.

10/29/2012 12:01:32 PM

So Woodson said he was gonna decide this week. And Anya is set to decide between us and IU in "the coming weeks." Sounds like we'll know a lot more here in a few weeks. It sounds like we're in good position with these two. It would be tough to miss out on both.

10/29/2012 12:38:24 PM

Quote :

"Feel like Meeks would be more in the Reggie Johnson type mold."

I've thought this as well. Him or Sean May.

10/29/2012 12:54:11 PM

Quote :

"“It’s the perfect place for me. I’m going to be able to play a lot right off the bat because C.J. Leslie and Richard Howell are leaving.” After talking to coach Mark Gottfried and the coaches, Anya added: “Their system would fit me so well. A lot how I could I do a lot of damage in their offense and how I fit in perfectly with what they need. I’m the missing piece for their national championship run. “It made me feel really good. I just need to go back and discuss the stuff with my parents.”"

Sounds an awful lot like Anya is favoring us.

10/29/2012 1:04:16 PM

i love it when kids are clearly just repeating verbatim what the coach told them.

10/29/2012 1:12:33 PM

Quote :

"B.J. Anya is down to N.C. State and Indiana and says he likely will choose from among those two schools sometime in the coming weeks. “As of right now,” he told SNY.tv by phone Monday morning. “That might change, but I doubt it.”"

I love quotes like these.

10/29/2012 1:33:02 PM

I don't think landing Anya and Woodson would hurt us with Randle. They aren't going to take minutes from Randle. Having both of them in the fold would free us up to play Randle anywhere he (and we) like(s). He'd be on a team stacked with talent, one and done, and then we'd still have Anya/Woodson to be studs in the post for a couple more years.

I think it's a complete pipedream for that to happen, but it wouldn't be a shock with the way things have been going in our recruiting. Right now I'm just hoping we can land one or both between Anya and Woodson. I'm holding off all hopes of Randle until it gets closer to the Spring.

10/29/2012 2:35:02 PM

Quote :

"I don't think landing Anya and Woodson would hurt us with Randle. They aren't going to take minutes from Randle."

I don't think so either, I was just asking the hypothetical question to the fans: "if getting both Anya and Woodson meant we don't get Randle, would you take them?". I think it's possible we could get all three. I also think it's possible that we don't get any, although I think it's more likely that we get at least one.

10/29/2012 2:46:46 PM

Quote :

"Right now I'm just hoping we can land one or both between Anya and Woodson. I'm holding off all hopes of Randle until it gets closer to the Spring."

This. But from interviews and articles I've read it sounds like we're in good position to land one of Anya and Woodson, if not both. Fingers crossed.

10/29/2012 3:34:08 PM

I'm hearing a decision is coming from one or both (Woodson and Anya) this week.

[Edited on October 29, 2012 at 4:15 PM. Reason : keeping fingers crossed]

10/29/2012 4:13:35 PM

If they don't commit this week to a school I'm pretty confident they'll commit another week

10/29/2012 4:28:20 PM

Quote :

"if not both"

Precisely a 0.00% chance this happens, at best

10/29/2012 4:31:48 PM

Oh, ok. Thanks for the precise number. But is that a fact, or are you just speculating out of your butthole?

[Edited on October 29, 2012 at 4:37 PM. Reason : speculation]

10/29/2012 4:36:31 PM

Quote :

"I'm hearing a decision is coming from one or both (Woodson and Anya) this week."

You realize Woodson said on twitter that he was deciding this week, right? It was even posted in this exact thread, on this page.

10/29/2012 4:41:08 PM

Shhh, don't give away his sources.

10/29/2012 4:49:05 PM

Quote :

"You realize Woodson said on twitter that he was deciding this week, right? It was even posted in this exact thread, on this page."

No I didn't see that but get mad about it.

10/29/2012 5:43:02 PM

Nobody's mad, you just look like an idiot.

10/29/2012 6:33:17 PM

speaking of twitter, i think beejay has made up his mind

10/29/2012 7:50:04 PM

^

What makes you think that? He seems to re-tweet both IU and State fans.

Yep, he tweeted that he will announce tomo!

[Edited on October 29, 2012 at 8:27 PM. Reason : ...]

10/29/2012 8:04:26 PM

Quote :

"MerSladezz: @BAnya_Allday smh you trippinnnn , I'm tryna figure out where your goin .. Let me know please ??"

Quote :

"BAnya_Allday: @MerSladezz lol you need to hit my phone then, I can't have twitter knowing"

10/29/2012 8:26:57 PM