it's only PI, but what the hell...

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"PackInsider.com ? @PackInsider Source: "Lorenzo Brown is staying at NC State. Leaving not even an option""

3/26/2012 6:57:45 PM

I posted this in this past season thread, but it's more relevant here:

Per an e-mail Debbie sent me a couple weeks back, the team will be playing in Spain in August.

3/26/2012 7:01:35 PM

hmmm, Spain i got my passport ready

3/26/2012 7:07:06 PM

I treat the topic of players going pro like I treat the Russian power issue. Just don't talk about it. Don't even think about it. Stop putting it on the front page of your blog, jackass!

3/26/2012 8:35:32 PM

^ haha,

3/26/2012 9:54:44 PM

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" RT @HOOPSScout: Bobby Lutz could be a major candidate in the Kansas State job. Great realationship w/AD."

3/28/2012 10:20:02 AM

Please no

3/28/2012 10:32:37 AM

Isn't there some clause that UNCC has to keep paying Lutz through next season IF he doesn't take a head-coaching job elsewhere? Seems like I read that somewhere.

If so, staying here through next season seems like a no-brainer move. Two schools paying you six figures each ... not too bad.

3/28/2012 11:39:53 AM

I'm pretty sure I read at some point that he was on a 2 year contract anyway, I'm assuming that after those 2 years the rest of his UNCC contract is up and it would make sense for him to look for a HC job that point.

3/28/2012 1:20:58 PM

i may be wrong but i thought that UNCC was only responsible for the difference in the contract, i.e. if he is owed $1 million by UNCC and we pay him $300,000, UNCC only has to pay him $700,000. i don't think he's collecting full paychecks from both.

3/28/2012 1:27:46 PM

^depends on how the contract is written, but I believe most are similar to that

3/28/2012 1:29:44 PM

Looks like Marshall, Barnes and Henson are entering NBA Draft this year so an ACC trophy could possibly happen for NCSU next year (depending on the other teams of course).

3/28/2012 1:50:09 PM

Solid first post

3/28/2012 2:04:12 PM

God I hope CJL stays. You don't think that under some weird circumstance that the coaches would want him to go pro to free up a scholly do you?

3/28/2012 2:11:41 PM

^^^ hahaha no way that's a serious post

3/28/2012 2:17:46 PM

haiil no. bird in the hand

3/28/2012 2:18:35 PM

^^^Nope, the goal is to win and win quickly. I don't think there is a single person in this class of freshmen that could come in and replace Leslie for us next year. I could be proven wrong if there was a top 5 recruit coming in but that point is moot since we don't have anyone like that coming into the program.

If Leslie stays, we could make a lot of noise for this program next year and he will have served his purpose (in the grand scheme of things, that is), and he can move on to the NBA. Then recruiting top level talent just becomes that much easier and it snowballs from there.

[Edited on March 28, 2012 at 2:20 PM. Reason : ]

3/28/2012 2:20:21 PM

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"GregBarnes IC Staff 6416 posts this site Ignore this Member Send Private Message Nominate | Report Posted: Today 12:23 PM Latest on NBA Decisions Multiple sources report that Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Kendall Marshall have met with Roy Williams and intend to enter the NBA Draft. Barring a last minute change of heart, a press release is expected soon. The initial intel immediately following UNCs NCAA Tournament run pointed strongly to James Michael McAdoo returning for his sophomore season, but while the information concerning Barnes, Henson and Marshall has been straightforward, the intel surrounding McAdoo's situation has become incredibly fluid in the last couple days. "

3/28/2012 2:29:41 PM

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"^^^ hahaha no way that's a serious post"

I took it completely serious. At least, that's what the N&O has been saying for the past week.

3/28/2012 2:33:44 PM

Any doubts that Purvis would take CJW's starting spot were answered tonight.

Dude is legit as hell.

3/28/2012 11:58:38 PM

who will rotate in with scott wood?



sounds like cj leslie/howell/purvis with tjwarren/painter/harris/de thaey as backup

then you've got the front court: lo brown/wood rotating with tyler lewis.. anybody else back there?

3/29/2012 12:38:25 AM

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"then you've got the front court: lo brown/wood rotating with tyler lewis"

Wow, that's an intimidating frontcourt. Who plays center? Lewis or Brown? Maybe Jaqwan Raymond?

3/29/2012 12:52:36 AM

woods not a guard dummy

[Edited on March 29, 2012 at 12:54 AM. Reason : and purvis' is not a forward, do you even watch state basketball?]

3/29/2012 12:53:29 AM

yall got pack_bryaned

3/29/2012 1:09:53 AM

oops reversed names.

but who is backing up wood.

3/29/2012 1:44:18 AM

you should be suspended for being this fucking dumb

3/29/2012 2:14:54 AM

And people say im bad

3/29/2012 6:54:40 AM

^, ^^ lol

3/29/2012 7:44:37 AM

Looks like Alyssa Milano is a big fan of the Wolfpack

3/29/2012 10:40:09 PM

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

3/29/2012 10:44:48 PM

wtf is that from



[Edited on March 29, 2012 at 10:51 PM. Reason : AHHH TRAITOR]

3/29/2012 10:49:15 PM

either she has a line of sports related clothes or shes the spokesperson for a sports related clothes company

3/29/2012 10:56:07 PM

She has her own line. She was pimping it on SNY during a Mets game last year.

What is the Intl travel rule? Once every 3 or 4 years?

3/30/2012 8:03:41 AM

4

3/30/2012 8:11:13 AM

So who do y'all have in your top 25 next year?

4/3/2012 12:27:26 AM

^
Gotta wait until the early entries are finished.

4/3/2012 12:28:21 AM

I'd just like to say...Olivia Wilde is a fucking Kansas fan? But I represent the Red and White.

4/3/2012 12:41:57 AM

My way too early Top 25

1. Louisville
2. Michigan State
3. Syracuse
4. Kentucky
5. Indiana
6. Georgetown
7. North Carolina State (optimism much?)
8. Michigan
9. Kansas
10. Florida
11. San Diego State
12. Duke
13. Kansas
14. Ohio State
15. Baylor
16. UNLV
17. UNC
18. Creighton
19. FSU
20. Vanderbilt
21. Gonzaga
22. Cincinnati
23. Wisconsin
24. Temple
25. Maryland

Obviously this will change based on who stays, who goes, and who commits where. If Shabazz Muhammad goes to UCLA, then they vault well into the Top 25. Dude is just that good.

4/3/2012 1:15:24 AM

With Leslie, wouldn't be surprised to see us in top 10. Leslie + Jefferson would be a seriously good team. Just Jefferson would merely be a top 25 team (maybe not even).

4/3/2012 1:39:22 AM

so I hear we have a one and one with kansas starting next year, that'd be solid. any links to our ooc schedule next year?

4/3/2012 1:44:32 AM

Andy Katz is showing us love! He has us at #6 in in early top 25 for next season

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7767401/indiana-hoosiers-continue-moving-2012-13

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"How did this happen so fast? Is North Carolina State really the ACC favorite? Why not. North Carolina and Duke are taking on serious losses, and the Wolfpack overachieved under Mark Gottfried (and top assistant Bobby Lutz) to get to the Sweet 16. If the Wolfpack don't get too giddy about leaving (will C.J. Leslie remain?), they should be the favorite in the conference. Gottfried has one of the top recruiting classes in the country with Rodney Purvis, T.J. Warren and Tyler Lewis. So get ready, Raleigh. You might just have the ACC favorite."

1. Indiana
2. Louisville
3. Kansas
4. Kentucky
5. Ohio State
6. NC State
7. Michigan State
8. Michigan
9. Florida
10. Baylor
11. North Carolina
12. Arizona
13. Memphis
14. Syracuse
15. Duke

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 3:17 AM. Reason : ]

4/3/2012 3:16:00 AM

while i think we could be the top ACC team, I don't know that it would make us a top 10 team. the ACC was not too great this year and lost a lot of talent. next year i would think it should be weaker.

4/3/2012 3:26:12 AM

With leslie, we have as much talent and experience as any of the other top 10 contenders.

The only thing that differentiates us is a recent culture of being losers and any Gottfried coaching limitations (bad end game plays, benching good players, etc).

[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 3:39 AM. Reason : god forbid injuries fuck us over]

4/3/2012 3:38:15 AM

This is why we can't have nice things.

Who's the player most likely to make a stupid comment about our season next year?
1) Wood
2) Howell
3) CJL
4) Brown
5) The Freshmen
6) Vandy, TDT, Harris or Raymond because no one will interview these guys.

4/3/2012 4:09:52 AM

when's the last time State was ranked Top 10 in anything....football in 2002 @ #9 or so?

4/3/2012 7:04:16 AM

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" while i think we could be the top ACC team, I don't know that it would make us a top 10 team. the ACC was not too great this year and lost a lot of talent. next year i would think it should be weaker."

I think the ACC will be weaker at the top due to the losses Duke and UNC have, but I think the ACC as a whole will be stronger. The bottom teams like BC and GT will be more experienced, same goes for some of the teams like Maryland.

4/3/2012 8:03:42 AM

We were top 10 in the early season of either 2004 or 2005 in basketball. It didn't last very long.

4/3/2012 8:03:45 AM

you guys are delusional. No way we start the preseason ranked in the top 10. This is NC State we're talking about.

Everyone knows the media will overhype Duke & UNC and we'll maybe sneak in a spot in the 20s.

4/3/2012 8:39:41 AM

Also, Duke should be better than UNC next year

4/3/2012 9:00:43 AM

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"benching good players"

4/3/2012 9:05:46 AM