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8/27/2011 2:41:42 PM

Purvis has a new list

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/upper-room-academys-purvis-re-opens-recruiting-releases-list#ixzz1WXxkHS1p

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"Purvis, a 6-foot-4 senior guard who pulled his verbal commitment from Louisville in May, said he’s now, in no order, considering offers from: Connecticut, Memphis, Missouri, N.C. Central, N.C. State, Ohio State, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia. Purvis and his mother, Shanda McNair, said they have no time frame on a decision, but may wait to after they take five official visits, interact with coaching staffs during home visits and thoroughly evaluate each program. “Instead of rushing into another decision,” Purvis said. “I get to sit down and talk with the coaches more. Gain relationship with every coach on the staff. Just get a good feel for the campuses ... and see what fits my style of play the best.”"

[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 5:08 PM. Reason : ]

8/30/2011 5:08:05 PM

Shocka out of fucking nowhere

8/30/2011 5:10:19 PM

NCCU? WTF...

8/30/2011 5:10:37 PM

What happened to Duke and Louisville? Weren't they on this list?

8/30/2011 5:13:59 PM

John Wall took a visit to Central. Just Saying.

8/30/2011 5:17:07 PM

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"Just imagine when all those seats are filled"

Yeah...just imagine

8/30/2011 5:17:08 PM

^^^In the linked article it said Duke backed off because they had enough guards, basically. I don't know about L'ville. He originally committed to them but IIRC, their assistant coach, who he really liked, went somewhere else (maybe Mizzou?).

[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 5:17 PM. Reason : ]

8/30/2011 5:17:32 PM

Other than UCONN (who I think is about to be hit with NCAA violations) and Memphis, I don't see why he would pick any other school besides us and those 2.

8/30/2011 5:20:36 PM

^I would see Ohio St being a bigger threat than Memphis. Also, from the article:

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"Purvis and McNair outlined the right fit as a place where he could play immediately. Also, they intend to find a school that fits Purvis’ style of play, with the request that he primarily play the point guard position."

[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 5:40 PM. Reason : ]

8/30/2011 5:40:02 PM

Quote :

" with the request that he primarily play the point guard position"

I don't see that ending well

8/30/2011 5:43:50 PM

yeah, good luck wherever you go rodney purvis, because it's obviously not gonna be here

8/30/2011 5:53:41 PM

Lorenzo might be gone by 2012, or may slide back over to the 2. And I'm not expecting Tyler Lewis to come in and be the starting pg from Day 1.

8/30/2011 5:54:33 PM

^Agreed. I don't see Purvis wanting to play the point being a deal breaker for us.

8/30/2011 6:00:15 PM

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"Other than UCONN (who I think is about to be hit with NCAA violations) and Memphis, I don't see why he would pick any other school besides us and those 2."

For what it's worth they have already been punished. Thus only having 9 scholarships next year and 10-11 the year after. They have plenty of room for Purvis, especially with Lamb a near certainty to go pro after next year.

Definitely worried about Ohio State here. Thad Matta is some kind of weird recruiting golden God.

[Edited on August 30, 2011 at 6:33 PM. Reason : lol if he is telling a coach where he wants to play, he ain't going to UConn...]

8/30/2011 6:33:03 PM

weird recruiting god = they pay their players

8/30/2011 6:57:10 PM

yeah come on, it's Ohio State we're talking about.

It's not hard to recruit. Just send 'em on down to the Tattoo parlor.

8/30/2011 7:13:15 PM

yeah, i guess purvis is too good for us to land b/c the other schools in it stopped recruiting him.

8/30/2011 9:16:31 PM

8/31/2011 9:07:39 AM

Jefferson will return for an official visit on 9/16, after an unofficial last week. Tyler Lewis is supposedly accompanying him.

8/31/2011 10:32:42 AM

Did PP sabotage PackInsider? Haven't been able to go there for a couple weeks now because of supposed malware.

8/31/2011 2:23:05 PM

Supposedly Rodney Purvis, TJ Warren, Brice Johnson and Josh Newkirk will be at Carter Finley today.

9/3/2011 10:56:35 AM

PP already has multiple pictures of them posted in a thread so people will recognize them... kind of creepy

9/3/2011 11:02:37 AM

^Noticed that as well...definitely a little weird haha

9/3/2011 11:14:37 AM

We lead for Newkirk now. Apparently one PP poster asked him if he was coming to State and he said it looks pretty good.

9/4/2011 10:50:07 PM

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"We lead for Newkirk now. Apparently one PP poster asked him if he was coming to State and he said it looks pretty good."

look at this! this is amazing. this man states "we lead for newkirk now.", with a period included. then justifies it with someone posted on packpride that he said it looks "pretty good" when asked at a state game. that is far from being his leader.

9/4/2011 10:54:53 PM

Don't be such a dick.

9/4/2011 11:40:25 PM

Dudes twitter pic is him in a State shirt..its not out of thin air

9/5/2011 3:46:02 AM

simonn credibility watch

9/5/2011 7:19:50 AM

lol, Simonn wanted to lead the charge on the "Hate the guy who happens to have inside information because he's usually wrong bus"...


But it bit him in the ass.

9/5/2011 11:07:23 AM

Can't we all just... get along?

9/5/2011 11:48:57 AM

in simon's defense, the original post was very suspect. somebody on PP asked him what state's chances were, and josh said "pretty good".

9/5/2011 12:24:24 PM

listen, i assume that people post what they mean.

if someone says we now lead for a kid, and then offers an explanation, i'm going to assume that the explanation that he gave is the one that's valid. i'm not going to go search twitter to see if there's some more valid reason that he failed to bring up.

that said, anyone who takes "leading" for a kid seriously needs to back up a minute and not read packpride for a day or two.

9/5/2011 1:50:28 PM

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" somebody on PP asked him what state's chances were, and josh said "pretty good"."

i ready ya

9/5/2011 1:59:20 PM

you lost me at:

Quote :

"one PP poster "

9/6/2011 10:41:36 AM

^^dammit, i just realized my typo

read*

fail

self pwnt. go home

9/7/2011 1:45:29 PM

What's the latest scoop with Warren, Brice Johnson, Purvis, and Grant?

9/8/2011 1:09:57 AM

apparently we're not in Grant's final 3 (ND, Rutgers, and Syracuse)

[Edited on September 8, 2011 at 9:13 AM. Reason : ]

9/8/2011 9:13:01 AM

^ that's poopy

9/8/2011 10:47:09 AM

Shit's gonna suck if Tyler ends up our highest rated recruit, especially considering the recruiting hype that's been built up.

9/8/2011 11:40:16 AM

Welcome to NC State.

9/8/2011 12:19:35 PM

We all go to NC State.

9/8/2011 12:36:25 PM

plenty of prospects still listing us, plenty of time.

9/8/2011 12:36:32 PM

Quote :

"apparently we're not in Grant's final 3 (ND, Rutgers, and Syracuse)"

Grant is gone because he basically asked the staff if he committed, they would take him or Jefferson. Staff wasn't ready to say "we'll take you and not pursue Jefferson."

9/8/2011 4:58:20 PM

if that's the case, i hope we have a real good shot with jefferson

9/8/2011 5:20:51 PM

I hope we have a real shot at any of the 4 star + players.

9/8/2011 5:34:23 PM

Tyrek Coger decommitted from Mizzou, not much of a surprise.

[Edited on September 9, 2011 at 6:59 PM. Reason : .]

9/9/2011 6:52:18 PM

Does that hurt or help their chance with purvis?

[Edited on September 9, 2011 at 9:36 PM. Reason : .]

9/9/2011 9:35:47 PM

I think Purvis eliminated Mizzou already due to the NCAA investigation into Frank Haith.

9/10/2011 10:50:30 AM

It doesn't matter either way... he recommitted?

Quote :

"What a difference a day makes. Missouri 2013 basketball commit clarifies and explains the situation that led to the re-opening of his recruitment and his return to his original commitment in less the 24 hours."

9/10/2011 11:25:46 PM