Julius Mays is graduating and transferring here for his senior season. Per sources.

5/2/2012 4:17:11 PM

Why the fuck is that asshole crying to USAToday anyway

5/2/2012 4:22:10 PM

http://acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com/30103/harris-transfer-creates-void-in-wolfpack-frontcourt-will-jefferson-fill-it/

repost article for new page

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" “He played well in practice and wasn’t rewarded,” Harris’ father Torrell told USAToday. “He was good enough to hold an All-American (Kansas’ Thomas Robinson) scoreless for seven minutes in the Sweet 16, but when the team lost six games in a row, they never changed their rotation to play him. He wasn’t recruited by Mike Gottfried and he wanted to play his players.”"

5/2/2012 4:26:58 PM

Come on dad, you're making it hard for me to wish the kid well.

5/2/2012 4:28:16 PM

I don't hate kids for having stupid dads, I hate dads for having stupid kids though.

5/2/2012 4:29:53 PM

How about a realistic statement like "When we committed to NC State it was a program that was getting 3rd and 4th tier recruits so we thought it was an opportunity where he'd be good enough to crack the lineup at a major program in a major conference. After Gottfried became the coach and the program gathered momentum we realized he may never have a chance to crack the rotation and we figured a midmajor program or a bottom feeder in a major conference like South Carolina would be a better fit."

5/2/2012 4:31:51 PM

Haha, the love-blindness of parents. Harris had talent and potential... just wasn't ready yet.

5/2/2012 4:32:44 PM

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"Julius Mays is graduating and transferring here for his senior season. Per sources."

lulz.

[Edited on May 2, 2012 at 4:33 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2012 4:33:05 PM

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" “He played well in practice and wasn’t rewarded,” Harris’ father Torrell told USAToday. “He was good enough to hold an All-American (Kansas’ Thomas Robinson) scoreless for seven minutes in the Sweet 16, but when the team lost six games in a row, they never changed their rotation to play him. He wasn’t recruited by Mike Gottfried and he wanted to play his players. Do you have any idea what my son's WP40 is?”"

5/2/2012 4:38:38 PM

hahahaha, his dad is obviously an incredible idiot. We never lost 6 in a row, its Mark Gottfried, and was he there at practice watching, knowing that his son was better than other players? And Gottfried didn't even have HIS players. WTF?!? lol...what an idiot. Good riddance

5/2/2012 4:52:15 PM

to be fair, it could be possible that the errors (losing streak and Mike Gottfried) could be a mistake on the writer's part. but still...

5/2/2012 6:02:13 PM

HOLY RUN ON SENTENCE, BATMAN!

5/2/2012 6:03:30 PM

Any chance Tyler Purvis could walk on to the basketball team? He wouldn't take a scholarship and could provide us some depth.

5/2/2012 6:11:28 PM

^^^ in the article it had [sic] after Mike, so that's just how Torrel's dumbass said it

5/2/2012 6:13:02 PM

hahaha writer's like 'i'm not _that_ dumb'

makes the dad come across as an idiot who has no clue. which seems right.

5/2/2012 6:15:57 PM

You either wanna win, or just look good losin. Torrel just can't seem to do either.

5/2/2012 6:20:54 PM

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"in the article it had [sic] after Mike, so that's just how Torrel's dumbass said it"

ahh...i either didn't notice that, or he updated it. so yeah...that makes poppa harris sound like a dumbass. but best of luck to tyler harris wherever he ends up.

http://statsheet.com/mcb/games/2012/03/23/nc-state-57-kansas-60/play_by_play?vplayer=99744

Thomas Robinson had 3 points while Harris was in the game. 1 FG and 1 FT. So Harris didn't hold him scoreless for 7 minutes. And in 2nd half Robinson was on the bench for about 2 minutes while Harris played.

I got the statsheet link from here:
http://www.backingthepack.com/2012/5/2/2994859/tyler-harris-dad-talks-about-transfer-says-lots-of-wildly-inaccurate

[Edited on May 2, 2012 at 6:45 PM. Reason : fixed link]

5/2/2012 6:26:12 PM

LOL

Tyler Harris, substitution (IN)
Tyler Harris, missed 2-point shot
Tyler Harris, personal foul
Tyler Harris, offensive rebound
Tyler Harris, missed 2-point shot
Tyler Harris, personal foul
Tyler Harris, substitution (OUT)

time well spent

5/2/2012 6:43:13 PM

im telling you
that boy never met a shot he didnt like

5/2/2012 6:55:51 PM

I knew his dad's reputation was bad, but damn, Tyler is going to have trouble transferring with him saying shit like that. What a moron.

5/2/2012 7:07:12 PM

makes me wonder why Harris waited so long to make a decision to transfer... kinda like the seth greenberg firing - six weeks after the season is over....really?

I mean Painter was pretty quick to announce and now has had time to shop around openly. It couldnt have been to Harris' advantage to wait this long.

I think we are promising some recruit major freshman minutes > harris gets wind of it > someone leaks to rest of team that recruit will be signing with us soon > BYE

then I remember we are state, duke is duke, and this is basketball > meh

5/2/2012 7:09:37 PM

Can we start talking about workable rotations? that always cheers me up!

5/2/2012 7:46:07 PM

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"makes me wonder why Harris waited so long to make a decision to transfer... kinda like the seth greenberg firing - six weeks after the season is over....really? "

really? it's pretty obvious that he was waiting on Leslie to not go pro.

5/2/2012 7:51:18 PM

^
Yeah, people forget the REAL deadline was just a few days ago.

5/2/2012 8:07:10 PM

Yeah, the Jimmy V Classic makes me think of Jeremy Lin too...

5/2/2012 8:36:11 PM

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"Yeah, people forget the REAL deadline was just a few days ago."

haha shit i did forget that. i felt a surge of retroactive nervousness as i read that.

5/2/2012 8:41:16 PM

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"haha shit i did forget that. i felt a surge of retroactive nervousness as i read that."

that's how you know you're a state fan...

5/2/2012 8:46:45 PM

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1168534-amile-jefferson-prep-star-would-be-shot-in-the-arm-nc-state-needs

can you imagine amile teaming up with richard powell under the tutelage of mike gottfried

5/3/2012 9:17:19 AM

So that Coastal Carolina dude that was mentioned earlier has apparently signed with Illinois.

I'm going to assume they have a law school. What say you, Slave?

5/3/2012 9:31:23 AM

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"Gary Hahn: "The horn sounds and that will do it. State drops a tough one to Quinnipiac, 285 to 14. Check that, 287-14. Bonusphere.""

Quality

5/3/2012 9:45:44 AM

Yes indeed

Jesse Jackson Jr went there IIRC

5/3/2012 9:53:59 AM

^^^^ can you imagine the dual threat of richard howell and powell? i'm getting chills.

5/3/2012 10:07:14 AM

Can you imagine bartosz and tbdv?

5/3/2012 10:13:46 AM

richard powell can guard the center

5/3/2012 10:16:18 AM

When I first heard that Harris was transferring I was pretty pissed, but reading that quote from his dad makes me glad he is gone. There is no room for dissension on a team with big aspirations. I can imagine MARK Gottfried is happy to not have to get calls and hear shit from Harris's dad now.

Yeah Harris could have been a 7th or 8th man off the bench next year and played a valuable role in games with foul trouble, but we'll be fine without him. Long term his loss will mean more unless Gottfried pulls another monster class with bigs this year. The loss of Painter is much worse for next season than Harris.

5/3/2012 10:36:36 AM

And all this time I thought harris would start over painter and howell next year.

5/3/2012 10:39:37 AM

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"The loss of Painter is much worse for next season than Harris."

you guys can stop posting this. literally everyone knows this w/o being told.

5/3/2012 10:58:54 AM

But some people actually think Harris was going to break into the rotation next year...

5/3/2012 11:01:21 AM

he played seven minutes in the kansas game and we lost painter... he was going to break into the rotation next year.

5/3/2012 11:08:10 AM

He and Painter didn't play the same position and we have one, possibly two players coming in to play his position who are rated higher.

Only way he would have broken into the rotation was through injuries.

5/3/2012 11:22:00 AM

don't know about you guys, but i think that losing painter was worse than losing harris.

5/3/2012 11:24:06 AM

Can we argue about who it was bigger to have return, CalJ-Lez or Zobes next?

5/3/2012 11:34:42 AM

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"He and Painter didn't play the same position"

yes, they did.

5/3/2012 11:35:34 AM

don't downplay the return of Scood

5/3/2012 11:38:55 AM

i'll see your piece of shit bleacherreport article and raise you another

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1167975-amile-jefferson-duke-is-the-best-fit-for-top-recruit

Quote :

"Every college basketball player wants to win and while the Wolf Pack will sport a solid team next season, the Blue Devils will sport one of the best in the nation as they annually do."

5/3/2012 11:42:03 AM

face, you know you don't have to ask to argue. some poor soul will always take the bait.

5/3/2012 11:42:03 AM

Painter was a center who sometimes played/guarded the 4.

Harris was a small forward who sometimes guarded the 4. We didn't lose anyone at the 4 this year. We have Leslie and TDT coming back with Warren coming in for sure. That's 3 people who would probably play/guard the four in front of Harris (with hopefully another coming in with Jefferson...but at least one more guy will probably be signed that can fill in there).

At the SF we have Wood and Warren. He probably would have gotten more minutes there because CJW actually logged some minutes at the 3 as well (when Brown and AJ were in at the same time). But I think between Wood, Warren, and possibly CJL or another recruit, there still wouldn't have been many minutes there.

5/3/2012 11:45:39 AM

dude, i can't spend two full days explaining to you how our lineup works. i'm going to give it one last try.

we have lorenzo brown
we have someone else that's 6'5" or under
we have scott wood
we have two forwards

that's how our basketball team works.

5/3/2012 11:53:09 AM

would it really be "two full days" though?

5/3/2012 11:54:47 AM

I agree, people overblow the significane of having a 9 man rotation

5/3/2012 11:55:06 AM