please post your favorite pics from last season!

10/10/2007 11:56:39 AM

10/10/2007 12:16:09 PM

^that was pretty redunkulous

10/10/2007 1:33:37 PM

i really can't wait...

10/10/2007 1:37:40 PM

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 2:08 PM. Reason : 1]

10/10/2007 2:06:59 PM

Haven't seen these posted . . . so sorry if it's [old]

Freshman Interviews with gopack.com. There is audio linked on the gopack.com page.


Johnny Thomas -
http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41959&SPID=3731&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=1258782

Javi Gonzalez, Clayton Beard-
http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41959&SPID=3731&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=1264612

Tracy Smith-
http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41959&SPID=3731&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=1265317

J.J. Hickson's is supposed to be up tomorrow.

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 2:37 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2007 2:37:43 PM

can't come soon enough.

whew.

it's the magic of the red coat!

10/10/2007 2:41:32 PM

all from the game where we beat UNC at home.

10/10/2007 2:45:40 PM

the picture of sidney riding the train

which is unfortunately MIA

10/10/2007 2:47:21 PM

that girl looks a little big to be on another chicks shoulders

10/10/2007 2:48:55 PM

that's a post-menopausal woman, not a girl

10/10/2007 2:50:34 PM

Johnny Thomas needs to be careful.

If he keeps acting like that he could quickly become a fan favorite over the next 5 years. Seems very well mannered and like he'll be a great team player.

10/10/2007 3:06:43 PM

10/10/2007 3:23:30 PM

http://www.accbasketballphotos.com/2007/70203ncsuunc/acb0702030305.html

10/10/2007 3:33:14 PM

Quote :

"the picture of sidney riding the train which is unfortunately MIA"

10/10/2007 3:41:13 PM

ahhh, beat me to it

10/10/2007 3:43:56 PM

moving pics?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ichp7LX4mfA

and best game I've ever witnessed in person:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bNuFY1PepIA

embed? I'm getting excited again

10/10/2007 5:39:34 PM

Fells dunk vs Alabama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=513ALbLuFtU



Highlights from the ACC/Big 22389426 challenge w/ Michigan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YX_2d9iSfg


Costner dunk vs WF

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dJJ4lIcVDVM

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 6:10 PM. Reason : more]

10/10/2007 6:09:57 PM

http://basketball.ytmnd.com/

glory days

10/10/2007 6:27:29 PM

engin atsur highlight clip with some gay music and some comments in some gibberish language

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WX4uBHJoYtk


There is some engin atsur stalker wherever he is playing

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 7:26 PM. Reason : sdf]

10/10/2007 7:24:27 PM

Oops...wrong NCSU Basketball thread.

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 7:34 PM. Reason : see above]

10/10/2007 7:32:58 PM

Quote :

"No Nodding Off As NCSU's Lowe Addresses Sports Club N.C. State Sports Logo By Dane Huffman Posted: Today at 4:54 p.m. Updated: 26 minutes ago When Herb Sendek spoke to the Raleigh Sports Club, he could be bland as the meat loaf. Heads didn’t nod in approval; they just tended to nod off. That wasn’t the case Wednesday, when current N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe went before the group at the Highland United Methodist Church. There were several hundred in attendance, and red shirts aplenty, as Lowe took the podium. The energy in the room was clearly different as Lowe talked about an upcoming Wolfpack team that returns four starters and includes a strong recruiting class. State finished 20-16 last season with a rotation that leaned heavily on its five starters. The Pack will be much deeper this year, and Lowe, in his second season, is clearly pleased with what he has seen of the new players. The freshman class, led by 6-foot-9 All-America J.J. Hickson, should have an impact. “You’re really going to like him. I really like him,” Lowe said as the room chuckled. “He did a move yesterday at practice. I said, ‘Did you all see that move?’ Coach [Quentin] Jackson said, ‘No, did you see your face drop?’” Lowe also called 6-7 freshman forward Tracy Smith “a big-time scorer.” But where State will need an impact from the new players early on is at point guard, where Engin Atsur was a senior last season. Javy Gonzalez, a 6-foot freshman, is out six to 10 weeks with a thumb injury. “I told Javy if it were me, it’d be three to four,” Lowe quipped. Farnold Degand, a 6-4 transfer from Iowa State, may get the first shot at point guard, but Lowe said Degand is more of a point guard who also looks to score.Gonzalez and Marques Johnson, a 6-5 transfer from Tennessee, are more point guards who favor the pass first. Johnson will eligible in December. More talent is on the way. State has two commitments from high school seniors (point guard Julius Mays and shooting guard C.J. Williams) and is pursuing two other top prospects. State also has a commitment from young prospect C.J. Leslie of Holly Springs. Regardless of who plays for State, one of the reasons Wolfpack fans are so enamored with Lowe his clear passion for the school. Sendek won games and recruited good players, but he never stirred the fan base’s emotion the way Lowe can. That was evident again Wednesday when Lowe discussed wearing State’s red and white. “We talked about that all year long, what it meant to play for that jersey,” Lowe said. “You don’t play for the name on the back of that jersey but the one on the front of that jersey.” Lowe isn’t afraid to acknowledge State’s rivals, either. Sendek, after a crushing home loss to North Carolina two years ago, seemed to shrug it off as just another game. Not so for Lowe, who debuted his red jacket for the home game with UNC last season, an emotional win for the Pack. Lowe is quick to tell his players that the games with Carolina and Duke have added significance, for the program and for State fans. “I came here in 1979 and guess what? It’s still a big game,” Lowe said. “So embrace that.” So far, Wolfpack fans have clearly embraced Lowe as he looks to rebuild the program. NEWS AND NUGGETS: N.C. State will play in Hawaii next season, Lowe said Wednesday. He also said State is having conversations with UCLA, Kentucky and Florida about future games. While Lowe didn’t want to say as much, the fact that the Wolfpack is looking for high-profile opponents is an indication of where he thinks the program is headed in future seasons. Coaches with down programs look for weak opponents; teams on the rise look for challenges. GETTING THE JOB: Lowe made an interesting point about getting the job at State. He said he and athletics director Lee Fowler would have different conversations about potential coaches, many of whom eventually turned the Wolfpack down. “It really bothered me. I said to Lee Fowler, ‘These guys really don’t understand the opportunity they’d have at N.C. State. This is one of the best basketball programs in the country,’” Lowe said. “Then one day we were talking and Lee said, ‘What about you? What’s your situation?’ I said, ‘Oh … Let me check.’” ON SLOAN: While Lowe is asked often about playing for Coach Jim Valvano at State, he also had fond memories of Coach Norm Sloan, who recruited him to State but who left after Lowe’s freshman year for Florida. Lowe said he went to see Sloan to tell him he was going to Florida as well. “He told me I couldn’t go,” Lowe recalled. “He said, ‘I recruited you for N.C. State. N.C. State is the best place for you. You stay here and you’ll be fine.’” Of course, Sloan was right. Lowe was the point guard for the amazing Wolfpack team that won the 1983 NCAA title."

good god im not going to get a damn thing done this winter.

10/10/2007 7:38:35 PM

^ I'm so glad Sloan told him to stay put. Now I don't have to hate my entire college sports spectator life. I only have to hate the football part of it.

10/10/2007 8:02:59 PM

10/10/2007 8:06:43 PM

I'm not gonna miss a game, I know that much...

10/10/2007 8:28:26 PM

Ken Pomeroy predicts us to go 9-7 in the ACC (or maybe his computer does, I don't know)

http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4

[Edited on October 10, 2007 at 9:30 PM. Reason : a]

10/10/2007 9:30:22 PM

10/10/2007 9:47:43 PM

basketball prospectus?

awesome

10/10/2007 9:53:39 PM

Wait, how does pommeroy add rookies who nobody have seem play to his equations and then pretend they could be accurate.

He might as well just guess like everyone else.

(which is probably what he does)

10/10/2007 11:13:12 PM

i thought the same thing

looks like he puts too much emphasis on returning minutes, which doesnt account for incoming talent.

what would ohio state have looked like without greg oden, or us without costner?

10/10/2007 11:16:39 PM

can't wait

the Arby's E. Center will be rockin

10/11/2007 2:56:09 AM

Quote :

"Costner dunk vs WF http://youtube.com/watch?v=dJJ4lIcVDVM"

that's my upload

10/11/2007 3:21:35 AM

Tracy Smith is onboard with Gavin's prediction, apparently:

Quote :

"“I think our team will be good, with a chance to go to the Final Four and win a championship,” Smith said. “Hopefully, we won’t lose more than four games.”"

10/11/2007 8:21:51 AM

great pic

http://www.accbasketballphotos.com/2007/70203ncsuunc/acb0702030330.html

[Edited on October 11, 2007 at 9:07 AM. Reason : oops]

10/11/2007 9:03:06 AM

hahahaha

10/11/2007 9:17:32 AM

fells is silly

10/11/2007 10:19:58 AM

I don't consider myself overly optimistic at all, but that 9-7 prediction is crazy. The ACC will have another down year, and State looks pretty decent, but he still has us at 9-7 and like 5th?

10/11/2007 10:29:26 AM

I don't see us doing any worse than third in the ACC this year.

10/11/2007 10:31:10 AM

we will win some games we are predicted to lose
and we will lose some games we are predicted to win

typical state shit mang, thats our season

[Edited on October 11, 2007 at 10:38 AM. Reason : s]

10/11/2007 10:31:50 AM

10/11/2007 10:38:16 AM

For the love of all thing holy, please do not let NCSU-UVA be a Noon kickoff. That would be especially horrible with the Red-White game and homecoming going on, and trying to have something of a tailgate.

10/11/2007 10:43:27 AM

Don't forget about "B-Ballin at the Old Barn" on Friday the 19th.





JJ Hickson interview to go with the other ones above:

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=1267232

10/11/2007 10:54:26 AM

i think this is the most important thing he said in that interview:

Quote :

"I would love to graduate from NC State and put a smile on her face,” Hickson said. "

10/11/2007 11:04:36 AM

haha he said graduate

10/11/2007 11:11:02 AM

i'm as optimistic as they come about state basketball, but there's not a snowball's chance in hell that he graduates. at least now while playing.

10/11/2007 11:45:54 AM

it sure would be nice to be 12-0 coming into the Carolina game. Looked at the schedule and our non-conf games all look winnable with the tests coming at Mich State and maybe Davidson.

We also play Presbyterian? I wasn't aware they had a basketball team.

10/11/2007 11:57:35 AM

shit i'd love to see that happen. that means he'd be playin here 3-4 years. i expect he'll go pro after 1-2 years. so yeah, let's hope grandma keeps him in school

10/11/2007 12:06:59 PM

GO PACK!

10/11/2007 12:08:12 PM

great interview with jj hickson. i loved his comments about the unc game. i've got a feeling that with sidney around, we won't see anymore 20 point losses to unc when we're favored to win.

10/11/2007 12:26:36 PM

Quote :

"Teammate most likely to be president one day: Trevor Ferguson Teammate most likely to be a head coach one day: Trevor Ferguson The thing that would make my mother proudest would be: Graduating from college Best-dressed teammate: Gavin Grant Teammate who will be the biggest surprise this year: Dennis Horner Road Trip You are Most Looking Forward To: Michigan State The thing nobody knows about me: I’m the hardest working man in the business"

10/11/2007 1:01:20 PM