^ Are they saying a commitment somewhere today or setting a date to announce?

11/14/2011 10:48:48 AM

commitment

11/14/2011 10:50:08 AM

Couple interesting bits from the scout.com chat.:

Quote :

"We are expecting a decision from Amile Jefferson very soon. In fact, he could very well make his choice today. He got back from his official visit from Stanford yesterday. The others involved are N.C. State, Kentucky, Connecticut, Maryland and Ohio State. N.C. State is the school getting the most buzz. His plan is to announce and sign in the early period. (ED) "

Quote :

"Andrew White's recruitment has been an interesting one to say the least. He took four official visits -- Kansas, Texas, Louisville and West Virginia. WVU and Louisville have recently dropped out. Richmond and Virginia Tech are two school to keep an eye on and N.C. State is involved as well. This has been a tough recruitment to follow. I think there's a good chance he commits and signs by Wednesday, if he doesn't I expect a decision soon after."

Is there really a chance we end up with White? Our backcourt would be loaded.

11/14/2011 2:03:15 PM

i need jefferson updates... real or fake... make me think he is coming

11/14/2011 5:03:33 PM

supposedly they're chatting it up at PI (i dunno, i've never logged in there)

http://forum.packinsider.com/forumdisplay.php?1-Pack-Insider-Sports

11/14/2011 5:10:26 PM

Here's some kool-aid for you to drink. Spoke with my dad last week after he had a meeting with the chancellor (dad is a department head at State). Without asking, mostly because he could care less (my dad that is) Chancellor Woodson said that they expected Jefferson to announce he was coming here very soon. This was Wednesday or Thursday of last week and I was skeptical to post anything, but things seem to be heading in the right direction. Just passing along what I heard...

[Edited on November 14, 2011 at 5:13 PM. Reason : ]

11/14/2011 5:12:55 PM

my dad could beat your dad up

11/14/2011 5:14:54 PM

^^I didn't realize the Chancellor would know/care about basketball recruits...unless Woodson is just a big fan or something.

11/14/2011 5:22:13 PM

I call BS

the chancellor doesnt get involved in Athletic recruiting that much.

he has even said in the past that if it was his call he'd do away with being involved in sports all together but the $$$ is the reason he stays in it.

11/14/2011 5:23:20 PM

Quote :

"What college coach are you most impressed with so far hanging with the big boys on the recruiting trail? Meyer: You have to take notice of the job Mark Gottfried is doing at North Carolina State. Sure, Gottfried developed a reputation as a strong recruiter while coaching his alma mater Alabama. But in his first year in a new conference, he has hauled in the No. 4 recruiting class in the country with the potential of it moving all the way to No. 1 if he can land Amile Jefferson and/or Andrew White."

http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1293548

11/14/2011 5:30:17 PM

thus the reasons I don't post on this site. I guess when Woodson spent the entire day with Yow, Gottfried and TJ Warren and also spent time with Jefferson the first time he came to campus in August he didn't care about athletics then either?

11/14/2011 6:02:23 PM

Lol you think he spent the whole day doing that? He has 30k students to worry with and he spent all day with one potential student?

Woodson probably said hey and peace out. I know he prefers academics over sports.

11/14/2011 6:06:38 PM

Why wouldn't Woodson care about athletics? A good athletics dept. brings in more money and helps in promoting the university.

11/14/2011 6:18:22 PM

Where did I say he didnt care?

11/14/2011 6:18:53 PM

With all this hype I was expecting a pigpen link.

11/14/2011 6:21:57 PM

Quote :

"he has even said in the past that if it was his call he'd do away with being involved in sports all together but the $$$ is the reason he stays in it."

citation, please.

11/14/2011 6:38:03 PM

dammit ... beat me to the quote

11/14/2011 6:40:36 PM

dbhawley was the one that told me about the conversation.

[Edited on November 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM. Reason : f]

11/14/2011 6:50:21 PM

I recall an interview with Woodson last year, while he was visiting the football team during a pre-season practice, and he was talking about how important athletics were to the university.

[Edited on November 14, 2011 at 8:13 PM. Reason : ]

11/14/2011 8:03:04 PM

^^ I'd like to know what he's basing that on then.

Here a real quote from Chancellor Woodson regarding athletics

Quote :

"As I have said publicly and frequently, I am a huge fan of college athletics. On a personal level, I enjoy the environment and enthusiasm that the alums and others have for the university, in many cases because of athletics. It is a big part of the brand for the university. It is something that has the potential to help attract great students and keep alumni coming back to NC State."

http://www.gopack.com/genrel/042210aaa.html

Jefferson even had some great things to say about him after his unofficial visit

Quote :

""The Chancellor was also amazing. I didn't realize he was that young. You can tell he had great energy and was so supportive of the basketball team at a school like that. They didn't really have to say anything about their love for the game, you can just tell.""

http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1252805

[Edited on November 14, 2011 at 9:01 PM. Reason : phones]

11/14/2011 8:59:53 PM

I found the video I was referring to earlier. Chancelor Woodson on athletics at 0:55:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYT0MXmdz6k&feature=relmfu

[Edited on November 14, 2011 at 9:13 PM. Reason : ^^]

11/14/2011 9:01:11 PM

boom, roasted

11/14/2011 9:35:57 PM

Quote :

"Here a real quote"

Smart phones being smart

11/14/2011 9:42:39 PM

i passed by woodson walking through the brickyard one day last year so i rolled up and told him i thought he was doing a great job (which i genuinely did), and you know what that motherfucker talked to me about? football.

11/14/2011 9:47:51 PM

obviously that was because he hates sports.

11/14/2011 10:16:33 PM

Would you say that Woodson is de-emphasizing athletics?

11/14/2011 10:26:33 PM

i think people (person) is mixing up woodson and statusquoblinger

11/14/2011 10:45:06 PM

Fresno State @ Stanford on ESPNU right now

if anyone wants to scout Stanford before State's trip out there lol

11/14/2011 11:06:47 PM

^^^I would say that, yes.

11/14/2011 11:54:06 PM

son of a bitch

thought this was the main "nc state basketball" thread

that tweet about Stanford looks so out of place

!

11/15/2011 12:00:57 AM

YOU MAKE A FEW GIFS AND YOU THINK YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU PLEASE???

11/15/2011 12:15:21 AM

11/15/2011 12:18:51 AM

Quote :

"Amile Jefferson, the last of UK's 2012 targets who is expected to make his decision this fall, has wrapped up his official visits and is focused on his decision. Jefferson is a 6'8" power forward, and expected to be a 2-3 year college player. Amile was at Stanford this weekend and watched as their football team lost handily to Oregon. The #20 prospect overall, Jefferson is widely considered to be a NC State lean, and is expected to decide sometime this week."

11/15/2011 1:08:22 AM

Old news is old.

11/15/2011 6:56:48 AM

Old news is still fun to read when it's positive for NC State.

11/15/2011 8:05:15 AM

We got this, maybe

11/15/2011 8:40:07 AM

^^in that case...

Lorenzo Brown commits!

Quote :

"NC State’s Basketball program received an important commitment from a key member of the high school class of 2009 when Lorenzo Brown, a 6-4 175 pound a combo guard from Alpharetta (GA) Centennial ended months of speculation and provided the Wolfpack a verbal commitment on Sunday."

[Edited on November 15, 2011 at 8:43 AM. Reason : .]

11/15/2011 8:43:39 AM

Dude needs to make up his mind. Must be waiting to hear counter-offers from other schools.

11/15/2011 9:52:36 AM

^^ hell yes!

11/15/2011 9:54:34 AM

^^ clever but i would not put it past calipari. and maybe jefferson knows about $$calipari

11/15/2011 10:17:00 AM

Kentucky is OUT for Amile, per several Kentucky insiders on rivals

11/15/2011 10:21:41 AM

nice!

11/15/2011 10:26:09 AM

Rivals insider:

Quote :

"Things certainly could have changed, but I was given some info last Monday that NC State would be receiving some good news regarding AJ most likely Tuesday or Wednesday. I have heard nothing to cause me to change what I was told 7 days ago regarding his decision. "

also- apparently Amile is going to the Villanova game tonight...some are speculating Villanova with a late push

just passing things along as i see them

**apparently he will NOT be announcing his decision by tomorrow, per his HS coach***

[Edited on November 15, 2011 at 10:37 AM. Reason : update]

[Edited on November 15, 2011 at 10:40 AM. Reason : back to work]

11/15/2011 10:34:07 AM

Apparently this is a very tough decision for him. I was hoping he had decided on State already and was just waiting to finally make it official, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

11/15/2011 10:44:53 AM

all signs point to Amile signing in the spring....a bit surprising.

11/15/2011 10:45:28 AM

damn, buzzkill

11/15/2011 10:47:14 AM

Apparently those counter-offers were pretty good.

11/15/2011 10:48:30 AM

well shit

11/15/2011 10:50:48 AM

i say if Andrew White or Torian Graham were to show interest in committing now, we'd have to pull the trigger and not hold the scholly for Amile.

This isn't good for our chances. Thought for sure he'd have us locked in and ready to commit...

[Edited on November 15, 2011 at 11:08 AM. Reason : .]

11/15/2011 11:08:16 AM

I'd hold out for Amile over Torian

11/15/2011 11:18:57 AM