so wake picked up a JuCo commitment from one of the Kentucky kids that left when Cal was hired. his status on his myspace page is classic.

Quote :

"K-Tuck just committed to the University of Wake Forest !!!..."Demon Deacons""

http://www.myspace.com/ktuck_25

4/11/2009 6:18:09 PM

GO UWF

4/11/2009 6:26:49 PM

^ Word. The University of West Florida is the bomb!!!

4/11/2009 6:39:03 PM

The University of Ohio State!

- Terrelle Pryor

4/11/2009 6:56:03 PM

I proofread an assignment for a NC State football player that used the phrase University of UCONN twice. He was from up north.

4/11/2009 7:10:57 PM

John Wall just committed to NC State.

4/11/2009 7:32:20 PM

can we hire Wall's mom for womens bball coach so he'll come here?

4/11/2009 7:43:40 PM

Wall is a 5th year senior in highschool. I mean holy shit, high school is a joke, how do you fuck that up?

4/11/2009 7:45:52 PM

He didn't 'fuck that up'. He reclassified when he went from Broughton to Word of God so he could play another year of basketball.

You were involved with that conversation once already in this thread.

4/11/2009 8:02:32 PM

^ oh so he changed highschools and he failed a grade.. that makes it all gravy

I'm sure he could work for NASA

4/11/2009 8:17:47 PM

some of his classes didn't transfer or something. if he wanted to he could have graduated last year, but he wanted to have this year of basketball

4/11/2009 9:12:00 PM

IF he wanted, he could have graduated in 4 years? Okay, thanks for that info. That applies to anyone who ever went to highschool.

4/11/2009 9:24:59 PM

^ Dude, at least make your troll attempts semi-entertaining.

4/11/2009 9:35:05 PM

^^all he would have had to do is take one class and he would have graduated in 4 years in spite of the classes that didn't transfer from school to school

4/11/2009 11:12:41 PM

anybody saw John Wall's interview at Nike Hoop Summit last night? If yes, can you give me a synopsis please?

4/12/2009 12:02:37 PM

yeah, it went a little something like this

“I don’t have any respect for Roy Williams. I encourage [my players] to play for guys that will inspire them to be good people. If you’re not a good person, you can’t make someone a good person.”

4/12/2009 12:22:06 PM

^since when does being a good person have to do with winning national championship?

4/12/2009 12:46:41 PM

just put up a CJ Leslie video in case you guys wanted to check it out. Its from the Boo Williams and he really impressed us. Also we talked to a few people up there and the overall feeling most have is that NC State is still a big time player for him...if not THE player to beat in this whole recruiting process.

http://wolfpackhoops.blogspot.com/2009/04/video-cj-leslie-2009-boo-williams-nike.html

4/12/2009 8:09:20 PM

how do you guys get in touch with the players? just out of curiosity.

4/12/2009 8:21:20 PM

via Facebook

4/12/2009 8:21:44 PM

we rarely use facebook. We call/email/text more than anything. Or just go talk to them after games or at events.

4/13/2009 8:17:33 AM

Quote :

"so wake picked up a JuCo commitment from one of the Kentucky kids "

I think it's because you didn't capitalize wake and did Kentucky that I first thought wake tech. I was amazed that he decided to switch from on juco to another.

4/13/2009 8:26:08 AM

I didn't know wake tech has a bball team

4/13/2009 12:30:10 PM

http://wolfpackhoops.blogspot.com/2009/04/video-luke-cothron-2009-boo-williams.html

We just posted another and probably better video of Luke Cothron. Also a few quotes from him.
Check it out if you want.

4/13/2009 1:28:19 PM

Cothron is bigger than I expected. Doesn't look overly explosive, and seems to need to work on his coordination a little. Still, he'd be a nice complement to Leslie if we can reel him in.

[Edited on April 13, 2009 at 1:42 PM. Reason : ]

4/13/2009 1:42:01 PM

^ i saw a guy who looks like he absolutely cleans up anything near the basket not to mention he has his own game. I like his throwback '85 fade

4/13/2009 2:57:34 PM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/prepsnow/pack-shows-interest-in-senior-point-guard

Start the inevitable comparisons to the Javi recruitment.

[Edited on April 13, 2009 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

4/13/2009 4:28:52 PM

why do we need another point guard? we need big guys.

4/13/2009 4:41:56 PM

Quote :

"I didn't know wake tech has a bball team"

I think their basketball program starts next year.

4/13/2009 4:51:26 PM

Yeah, im not sure why we have to use all of our available scholarships either. If there isn't someone that is ACC caliber, pick up a walk-on from a local school, save the scholly for next year and call it a day.

No sense hamstringing the program for years with marginal players. Not necessarily saying that's what this guy is, that's just what it looks like on first glance.

4/13/2009 4:52:01 PM

Yeah, he seems to have come out of nowhere. Unless he's fantastic (which doesn't seem likely, or he would have more offers this late in the game), it doesn't seem we need another (inexperienced) point guard. Then again, maybe he's a sleeper who's going to come in, immediately start, and be a huge contributor. I kinda doubt it though.

4/13/2009 4:59:52 PM

I believe this is the dude who just got his grades together (maybe good SAT or some shit) and now people are knocking down his door.

From what I can gather he is a baller but his grades kept all the big dogs away because they thought he wouldnt qualify.

maybe degand is not gonna be around next year

4/13/2009 5:10:37 PM

they have been on this guy for awhile

he was averaging double digit assists per game.
we slacked off recruiting a little but then Monte saw that his game was really looking good.

that is why he have started being interested AGAIN.

as for

Quote :

"save the scholly for next year and call it a day."

schollies are updated every year, if they dont cut it, cut them.

4/13/2009 5:14:31 PM

^it may be common practice, but unless the kid fucks up in some way, I think it's pretty unclassy. If he is not good enough to be here, be straight with him up front.

4/13/2009 5:20:46 PM

Quote :

"schollies are updated every year, if they dont cut it, cut them."

how often is this done?

4/13/2009 5:28:03 PM

marques johnson ring a bell?

4/13/2009 5:30:20 PM

Telling a kid he's relegated to the bench and hinting that he's being recruited over = cutting him.

It's cruel, but it's no different than an academic scholarship really. If you don't produce, you're going to lose it.

4/13/2009 5:44:09 PM

Quote :

"It's cruel, but it's no different than an academic scholarship really. If you don't produce, you're going to lose it. "

when you put it like that it makes perfect sense

To me, at least, since Im on an academic fellowship that gets renewed every year.

4/13/2009 5:50:05 PM

From the Williams article on wolfpackhoops

Quote :

"The thing about him is that he's careless with the ball and is very turnover prone"

This is exactly who need to run the point

4/13/2009 10:11:52 PM

Quote :

"If there isn't someone that is ACC caliber, pick up a walk-on from a local school, save the scholly for next year and call it a day."

We already did this with one scholarship for this year.....or so it seems like he was going to walk-on here.

4/13/2009 10:35:04 PM

no, he probably would have taken a scholarship to a smaller school

4/13/2009 10:47:39 PM

Quote :

"Herron said Williams needed to add strength, but is an outstanding shooter and scorer. "

I love when coaches say this.

4/14/2009 8:30:34 AM

shits getting interesting in the wall camp

4/14/2009 6:43:34 PM

I heard the same thing.

4/14/2009 6:53:28 PM

As in good interesting, or bad interesting?

4/14/2009 6:54:58 PM

tell us the interesting shit

4/14/2009 6:55:33 PM

straight to the NBA interesting

4/14/2009 6:59:43 PM

he might be eligible for this years draft

4/14/2009 7:00:08 PM

i'm also hearing other interesting shit. i'd almost ignore the NBA shit, while interesting, that's 99.999999% not going to happen.

4/14/2009 7:14:30 PM

well spill it or shut the fuck up!

4/14/2009 7:16:20 PM