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10/12/2006 11:24:10 AM

Has JJ set a PC date yet?
Do we know when he will announce?

10/12/2006 11:29:39 AM

4PM today

10/12/2006 11:37:01 AM

wait for it.................

10/12/2006 11:37:19 AM

^^Thanks

10/12/2006 11:56:23 AM

Quote :

"I mean we're not going to be anything short of God Damn awful this year."

Forget this...

Quote :

"I'll judge Lowe based on how the team improves as the season progresses."

Stick with that. Probably the novel concept ever introduced in Sports Talk.

10/12/2006 1:53:45 PM

I'm not quite sure why people think we're going to be awful...

Atsur, Fells, Grant, and Costner should provide a pretty solid group. McCauley showed some great moves last year--he's not Ced, but he could be decent at the 5-spot. Bench is shallow--just Horner and Lewandowski until the end of December, then Ferguson is available...Degand and Harris may be eligible depending on what the NCAA decides.

Even if we just have 7-8 players, frankly, that's what most teams play anyway. The only issues would be injuries or foul trouble.

This squad definitely has potential. We'll just have to wait and see how things go.

10/12/2006 2:03:16 PM

Our top 5 are pretty good. We really need Horner and Ferguson to step up... and hope to God that Degand gets cleared.

10/12/2006 2:07:28 PM

we are just soft in the middle, witch usually spells disaster in the ACC

10/12/2006 2:10:06 PM

McCauley probably won't be a defensive force, but the guy has some amazing footwork on offense. I'll be interested in seeing how he's developed since last season (in particular, finishing once he gets to the basket).

Really interested in seeing Costner out there, too.

10/12/2006 2:11:19 PM

What's funny about page 10 is that Walt Sobchak was a Herb hater and wanted him gone IIRC. This is what YOU PEOPLE wanted. Don't get mad now, Herb is gone, this is what you wanted.
The only thing I fault Sidney on is not going after McMillan more, and now that he missed out on Wright, he probably regrets it.

That said please to get Hickson here!

10/12/2006 3:34:23 PM

Trust me I am not a Herb hater, and this is def. not what I wanted. I support the team and I hope Sid pulls in Hickson. I was just making a point with my earlier post. It seemed to me that everyone was a little too warm and fuzzy, thats all.

10/12/2006 3:50:43 PM

JJ, you da man!

10/12/2006 3:57:34 PM

GG SID!!!!!!!!

10/12/2006 4:26:56 PM

Our roster:

Quote :

"2007/2008 Seniors: 1 Gavin Grant Juniors: 2 Courtney Fells 3 Ben McCauley Sophomores: 4 Brandon Costner – (medical redshirt) 5 Trevor Ferguson 6 Dennis Horner 7 Bartosz Lewandowski 8 Farnold Degand (xfer redshirt) Freshmen: 9 Johnny Thomas 10 JJ Hickson"

Three scholarships left--Smith and Warren probably take two of them, no idea on Rashad Green's status.

10/12/2006 5:37:39 PM

ummmm engin atsur??? ^

10/12/2006 6:17:37 PM

Atsur will be gone when the '07 class gets here.

10/12/2006 6:17:57 PM

hows this Johnny Thomas???

10/12/2006 9:39:22 PM

we certainly have a young team in retrospect.

I like that though, gives us time to build and change our system as Lowe takes over.


I like the chances Gavin has this year, he could be a sleeper in the ACC.

10/12/2006 9:40:59 PM

Man when they came in I used to think when these guys are Seniors, Ced, Grant, and Brackman, we will be the best in the ACC with the 3 good freshmen following them in Fells, Costner, and Ben. Now we only have 1 left.

10/12/2006 9:42:48 PM

Gavin will be the man. I have confidence that sid will give Gavin the OK to be nasty. He won't have to sign a permission slip to dunk the ball.

Gotta love how herb's players did better as freshmen when they didn't have to think about his stupid fucking offense.

[Edited on October 12, 2006 at 11:04 PM. Reason : sdf]

10/12/2006 11:02:41 PM

Quote :

"Man when they came in I used to think when these guys are Seniors, Ced, Grant, and Brackman, we will be the best in the ACC"

We all thought the same thing with Hodge, Watkins, Collins, and Powell.

It never happened....which was a recurring theme

10/12/2006 11:04:02 PM

^no one reaches full potential under herb. no joke.

10/12/2006 11:20:10 PM

Christopher Warren
#19 Ranked PG in the nation
3 Star Recruit


upped his interest level to HIGH on pack pride after the Hickson commit...

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=2690960

10/13/2006 12:02:34 AM

Sidney is gonna do good things... he seems to recruit "ATHLETES" (except for a 7 ' 4" oversized popsicle stick)

10/13/2006 12:07:23 AM

lovelyyyyyyyyyyyyy

sounds like a good prospect for our new offense as well, he looks like bethel a little, the thing I like though is where it says he can get into the lane, that would be lovely for once.

Id love for us to get him.

[Edited on October 13, 2006 at 12:08 AM. Reason : f]

10/13/2006 12:07:29 AM

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[Edited on October 13, 2006 at 12:09 AM. Reason : .]

10/13/2006 12:09:10 AM

Quote :

"hows this Johnny Thomas???"

Thought to be the best player in NC in this class.

10/13/2006 1:03:12 PM

Warren has had us at high since Wright chose Georgetown. But I think with Hickson committing we'll likely get him and/or Tracy Smith.

10/13/2006 1:06:26 PM

tracy smith is good a shit. hope he signs soon. 41st ranked player in the nation
http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=36918&Sport=2

10/13/2006 6:08:00 PM

He won't be signing until the spring.

10/13/2006 8:28:29 PM

Nice, some realy awesome news! I whish he could play this year though.

10/13/2006 8:56:40 PM

whats the deal with rashad green?

10/16/2006 10:50:42 PM

^i think he's just waiting for a firm offer from sidney and the staff.

10/16/2006 10:57:18 PM

We have a good looking future on recruiting, but coaching is completely different. Sidney Lowe will no doubt be able to rack in some good recruits..and even better if the program gets better

10/17/2006 12:15:37 AM

http://tinyurl.com/ydbzab

W-S J article on JJ.

10/17/2006 5:57:58 PM

I think Chris Warren's visitation date was today. Also heard that we're hosting a 7'1 power forward, catalin baciu, pretty soon. anyone got the scoup on these guys? I hope we get a commitment from warren soon.

10/20/2006 11:20:02 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/734/story/501398.html

Does that mean Tracy Smith can now sign in the early signing period? That would be sweet! A class of

C/PF JJ Hickson
PF Tracy Smith
SF Johnny Thomas
PG/SG Chris Warren

would be incredible for Lowe considering he started late. Even better if CJ Williams commits here for 2008 class too. Very good news.

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

10/22/2006 11:21:35 AM

that article looked nice

10/22/2006 1:44:54 PM

http://tinyurl.com/yhsmhb

Quote :

"Durham (NC) Mt. Zion forward Tracy Smith is now qualified. Could his recruitment be coming to an end?"

Hopefully so, with State being the one he chooses.

10/24/2006 12:53:55 PM

What are these rumors I'm hearing of Chris Allen (Mich St commit) being interested in State? Something like he plays with JJ Hickson in AAU ball and well, Mich St has a higher ranked SG than him in the same class so it seems very probable that this may be true. I sure hope so. We could use another shooter/slasher/scorer on the team that can also play the point.

10/24/2006 5:22:12 PM

its a big rumor that we PRAY comes with some truth

think he may be doing a secretive visit, maybe...thats been rumored as well.

10/24/2006 5:27:36 PM

Quote :

"Mount Zion coach Antonio Fozard said State is the clear leader for Smith, who scored an 1,100 on his SAT."

the new SAT is out of 2400, correct?

10/24/2006 5:55:07 PM

1100/1600

hardly anyone (including the NCAA) recognizes the scores from the essay portion

10/24/2006 5:57:11 PM

haha, ^^that's what i was thinking

10/24/2006 6:07:55 PM

1100 is quite good out of 1600

10/24/2006 9:01:34 PM

Better than some of the sub 900 scores some players have at some other high major schools(maybe even this one too).

10/24/2006 11:29:45 PM

bttt for Julius Mays. '08 PG.

10/26/2006 4:48:25 PM

Quote :

"2007 NCSU Basketball Recruiting "

[Edited on October 26, 2006 at 4:50 PM. Reason : just iving you a hard time, awesome commitment]

10/26/2006 4:49:06 PM

saw Tracy Smith at the red/white game last night. he looked like he was having a good time. i think he's as good as committed with us. if we can get a pg that can push the ball we'll be money. good work sid

10/26/2006 7:38:03 PM