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10/10/2006 4:08:21 PM

good for him, he made the right decision

10/10/2006 4:09:22 PM

YEAH, STILL SUCKS THOUGH

10/10/2006 4:09:59 PM

10/10/2006 4:30:01 PM

yeah that would be pretty stupid to play basketball. It was nice of him to play last year.

10/10/2006 5:50:00 PM

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"good for him, he made the right decision"

Face it we need to move on, we knew he would leave after his Junior year at the latest.

He has no future in basketball, however millions and a top 5 pick in baseball.

10/10/2006 5:53:40 PM

yea hes doin workouts with the baseball team full steam

they were in the WB yesterday hitting the circuits, so let him be hes enjoying himself

10/10/2006 5:56:28 PM

cant blame the kid, im happy, we get to see big lewandowski this year most likely lol

10/10/2006 5:56:43 PM

^ah shit that guy is going to suck ass isnt he

10/10/2006 6:00:22 PM

also we cant forget that we have a mcdonalds all american redshirt freshman this year... im excited to see costner

10/10/2006 6:00:27 PM

IMO Costner has the most NBA potential.

Big man that can score/pass/rebound and play D at 6' 9".

On another note, Ben McCauley is gonna have to seriously man up this year.

10/10/2006 6:01:46 PM

McCauley showed a lot of potential last year. Great footwork, just has to learn to finish.

Might as well hold open tryouts for a guard spot, though.

10/10/2006 6:04:31 PM

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"NC State's Brackman picks baseball over hoops Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State's Andrew Brackman plans to sit out this basketball season to focus on baseball. The 6-foot-10 junior would have been one of the Wolfpack's top returning players and bolstered a front line depleted by the departure of Cedric Simmons, who left for the NBA after his sophomore season. Last baseball season, Brackman was 1-3 with a 6.35 ERA before a stress fracture in his left hip ended his year. The injury healed in time for him to pitch in international competition for Team USA. He was 4-0 in seven starts with a 2.09 ERA in his freshman year. "I look at this basketball season as a redshirt year for me," Brackman said in a statement. "My primary focus will be on playing baseball but I still consider myself part of the basketball program." Brackman said he will reconsider his decision to play basketball after the professional baseball draft in June, though first-year Wolfpack coach Sidney Lowe wouldn't rule out Brackman playing basketball this season. "The door is always open," Lowe said. "I wouldn't close it on him. He's one of our kids. He's part of our family. He's been on the team before. I'm just not one to close the door on family. He's always welcome. The players feel the same way." Brackman said playing professional baseball has been a "big dream of mine ever since I was a little kid and that dream has a chance of coming true in June. Because of that I feel that the most important thing for me is to be as prepared mentally and physically as possible for the draft." Brackman averaged 7.6 points a game last season and blocked 28 shots, the second-most on the team. Brackman figured to see significant minutes this season after last year's 22-10 team lost Simmons and fifth-year senior forward Ilian Evtimov. That leaves the Wolfpack with one experienced frontcourt player: 6-8 sophomore Ben McCauley, who averaged 2.1 points and 6.9 minutes in 27 games. "I think the window might still be cracked," McCauley said. "I think we all want to stay positive toward that idea. I talked to Andrew many times during the week. He still says he's confused about it. "He's got a really difficult decision to make. I've told him many times that whatever decision he makes, I'm behind him 100 percent." The other front line players include 6-8 redshirt freshman Brandon Costner, who played just five games because of a stress fracture in his leg, and 7-3, 245-pound freshman Bartosz Lewandowski. The losses could even force 6-7 swingman Gavin Grant to spend time inside, which could leave the Wolfpack short-handed against bigger teams. Still, his teammates sound OK with Brackman's decision -- even if they'd love to have him on the court. "We could definitely use him for a couple of Duke and Carolina games," Grant said."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2620502

10/10/2006 9:28:34 PM

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"Lowe answered questions for over 30 minutes, many of them dealing with junior Andrew Brackman's decision to play basketball only."

nice, mess up the most important word in the story

10/10/2006 9:30:52 PM

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"We could definitely use him for a couple of Duke and Carolina games," Grant said."

Haha yeah like we need more players to lose by 20 this year.

10/10/2006 9:37:43 PM

When we hungry, we eat...

10/10/2006 10:01:53 PM

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"I still consider myself part of the basketball program"

10/10/2006 10:01:55 PM

you guys can always go out and support the baseball team

unless you have some sort of unc-ch inferiority complex

but thats not the case

right?

10/10/2006 10:56:39 PM

as long as he doesn't hurt his pitching arm, he can play bball

10/10/2006 11:00:46 PM

This basketball season is going to be PAINFUL.

10/10/2006 11:03:55 PM

So, let me ty to sum up what Lowe said and see if it makes sence:

1). the door is open, he can play if he wants.

2). if Brackman changes his mind later on, he can come in this season.

3). Although he may feel that playing both is stressful, brackman is so talented at both spots that he could make it manage and still be a top five baseball pick. But I respect his decision to stick with baseball, cause it must have been difficult for him.

10/10/2006 11:08:01 PM

^ how is that summing anything up?

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""The door is always open," Lowe said. "I wouldn't close it on him. He's one of our kids. He's part of our family. He's been on the team before. I'm just not one to close the door on family. He's always welcome. The players feel the same way.""

And is Sidney Lowe incapable of forming compound sentences?

10/10/2006 11:34:49 PM

We are Uber fucked.

10/10/2006 11:45:33 PM

^^ Sidney Lowe is Ernest Hemingway.

10/11/2006 12:03:12 AM

somehow Lowe's simple sentences don't slow quite as nicely as Hemingway's

10/11/2006 12:24:41 AM

GERON JAMES FOR HEISMAN

10/11/2006 12:31:49 AM

Dynasty2004 FOR SPORTS TALK MOD

10/11/2006 12:46:41 AM

we need bodies on the team, but

andrew brackman's complete failure to do something as simple as box david noel out in the first half of the carolina game (fool had 8 offensive rebounds in one half with the revolving door guarding him), makes me really want to watch the knuckle-curve in the spring and not even worry about his absence from the Lowe-ballers.

outstanding decision. and hey, his baseball (and our baseball team, which is gonna have some good starting pitching this year) really benefits.



....

he must have read that guy's thread about basketball being a subpar sport before he jumped ship

[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 2:07 AM. Reason : edit]

10/11/2006 2:06:13 AM

holy cow, ferguson and horner look like they might be a combined age of 25.

I'm not gonna lie, we look like we should be competing in the Big South this year. We have 10 players, 1 of which is a 7'3 Adam Simons clone, 2 of which look 12, and one of which is Braxton Albritton.

OMG, we'll have to rely on the Simons clone to guard Hansbrough...

[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 2:22 AM. Reason : .]

10/11/2006 2:16:11 AM

^^ im with you, though he did have a few explosive sessions off the bench i didn't see him consistently contributing that much to the team. was it the weight?

10/11/2006 4:19:00 AM

^
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLJ%2CGGLJ%3A2006-37%2CGGLJ%3Aen&q=define%3Abench&btnG=Search

[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 4:30 AM. Reason : sss]

10/11/2006 4:29:40 AM

Don't even try to downplay how this will not affect our team that much. That is just retarded.

10/11/2006 7:25:12 AM

^^
awww look kids, i earned a post stalker

[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 7:30 AM. Reason : ]

10/11/2006 7:28:28 AM

y'all know what brackman is doing right? he's waiting to see how much the basketball program is going to suck. if it sucks too bad, he won't come back.

10/11/2006 9:12:05 AM

thats exactly what he is doing

10/11/2006 10:43:48 AM

I am excited to see what our team can do this year

10/11/2006 11:38:41 AM