^

12/11/2008 5:19:45 PM

It is fucking ridiculous to be bitching about Lowe now. imo

12/11/2008 7:22:00 PM

^

12/12/2008 8:39:46 AM

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"Whats with the crybabies bitching about a dead thread getting off topic? If something interesting happens in NC State bball recruiting I'll gladly shut up""

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"Stay On-Topic - Try to stick with the topic. If you have something important to say that doesn't relate to the topic, then start a new topic. If you have something useless to say, keep it to yourself. "

site_postguide.aspx

now that the rule about staying on topic has been posted...i'd advise it.
further more, this topic isnt dead. this topic is to discuss state recruiting not Lowe's coaching.

Quote :

"There's an existing 49 page thread to talk about Sidney Lowe and Herb Sendek to your hearts content....take this shit into there PLEASE NOW. message_topic.aspx?topic=502804 This thread, while slow, isn't dead. How could it be, when recruiting is an ongoing thing.... And since when is the lack if posts in a thread reason enough to be able to wander randomly off topic ad naseum. That's some shit chat material.... "

12/12/2008 8:55:22 AM

So which one would you rather have, Cousins or Favors?

12/12/2008 10:09:01 AM

so someone tell me what the deal is with Cousins. Did he open up recruiting for any particular reason? The way everyone was getting excited it sounded like we were high on his list and he was opening up his recruiting for us...

12/12/2008 10:21:10 AM

He wants a guarantee that Mike Davis will be his coach. He won't sign his LOI (which is optional anyways) unless he has a written guarantee from UAB he can be released if Mike Davis is no longer the coach.

Good for him as LOI are optional. Especially if you are as good as him its good to keep options open will teams will make room for him. He can accept a scholarship without signing his LOI.

12/12/2008 10:35:27 AM

how did we get into the mix with him? were we trying to get him to back out of his LOI?

12/12/2008 10:37:11 AM

He opened up his recruitment. He has not signed a LOI and refuses to unless he gets guarantees. He verbaled to UAB but has backed off that stance a little bit. Seems very loyal to Mike Davis.

You cannot back out of a LOI once its signed. Its not even run by the ncaa.

Good Info on Cousins and his LOI problem here.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/seth_davis/11/18/hoop.thoughts/index.html

12/12/2008 11:11:20 AM

He doesn't really seem like a quality character player.

12/12/2008 11:15:12 AM

Sounds like we are on track to be just like memphis

12/12/2008 11:22:03 AM

that's fine w/ me.

i don't know if you heard, memphis went to the final four last year and two elite eights before that

12/12/2008 11:23:12 AM

What? Show me where those kids made demands prior to signing with Calipari. I would much rather have a kid with less talent and quality character than someone who has all the talent and is very likely to accept large gifts which would have our program in trouble after his one-and-done season. Of course this statement is an assumption that he would do those types of things. But someone making demands prior to signing is clearly only worried about himself. He won't give a shit of the basketball program at a college gets in an trouble from the NCAA for his action. He will be in the NBA by then.




[Edited on December 12, 2008 at 11:28 AM. Reason : gh]

12/12/2008 11:25:04 AM

Well if we get the great players and win a couple of national championships and become a darling program of the NCAA like UCLA, Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, etc. we won't have to worry about NCAA sanctions b/c they wouldn't want to risk losing one of their bigger cash cows.

12/12/2008 11:33:06 AM

I think him asking the school to release him is fine. There is a fresh at Arizona who went to play for Lute and then he retired and Arizona forced him to come for a year.

It isn't fair that coaches move all the time and the players are stuck with the school.

I think it is far worse for these schools to hire their AAU or high school coach to their staff to ensure the players come.

ex) James Harden at Ariz St
ex) It started with Jalen Rose and Chris Webber at Michigan

12/12/2008 11:36:34 AM

^^What? I thought we were talking about Cousins.

[Edited on December 12, 2008 at 11:37 AM. Reason : fg]

12/12/2008 11:36:56 AM

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"I think it is far worse for these schools to hire their AAU or high school coach to their staff to ensure the players come."

you do realize that NCSU has done this in the past, right?

12/12/2008 11:49:26 AM

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"He doesn't really seem like a quality character player."

why do people post shit like this?

There have been no reports that he isn't a character player except that he had a rough childhood. Is he a bad character because he wants out of his LOI IF and only IF his coach isn't at the school anymore?

Point being...he didn't sign, so its a moot point. Where's your evidence?

12/12/2008 11:50:03 AM

I didn't say he IS a poor character individual. I said he SEEMS like a poor character kid. The 'evidence' for my subjective statement is in the previously posted article.

12/12/2008 11:59:04 AM

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" More Visitors For Cousins by Dave Telep of Scout.com, December 9, 2008 at 5:22pm ET DeMarcus Cousins Profile The big boys are starting to hit up DeMarcus Cousins even more this week. The Birmingham (Ala.) Leflore senior center was visited last week by Memphis coach John Calipari. This week, Calipari dispatched assistant Josh Pastner. Cousins has a game on Tuesday and in addition to Pastner, Louisville's Rick Pitino and N.C. State assistant Larry Harris will be in attendance. UPDATE: Pitino had to cancel the visit and Baylor made the trip. "

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=2&cid=819816&nid=2619228&fhn=1

word is going around right now that Cousins will come to NCSU if everything fails with Davis.
Cousins mother doesnt want him in Birmingham at UAB due to some crappy past history which i dont really know a lot about. Davis also wants out at UAP ASAP. DC is really close to Mike Davis and wants to follow him but that is not a guarantee that it will happen.

We are investing a lot of time with this kid so it appears.

12/12/2008 12:04:48 PM

^^^^ yeah, sendek is a schmuck.

and what the fuck is this character talk? he's one of the best players in the country and you're talking about how you don't think you'd like him personally? who cares?

[Edited on December 12, 2008 at 12:05 PM. Reason : ^]

12/12/2008 12:04:57 PM

Yeah I know ncsu has hired coaches for recruiting purposes. I just don't like the idea of it. But recruiting is so crucial to your success I can't blame the coaches.

12/12/2008 12:05:08 PM

at least when we did it....the coach had legit experience

12/12/2008 12:08:02 PM

Quote :

"I didn't say he IS a poor character individual. I said he SEEMS like a poor character kid. The 'evidence' for my subjective statement is in the previously posted article. "

If you think that article makes him sound like a poor character individual, you have a skewed sense of reality. Yes, he has UAB by the balls, but he made it known that he wants to play for Mike Davis. Thats no different than Larry Davis and Dan Werner getting out of their LOI's when Herb left, except that we allowed them to do so, UAB will not.

12/12/2008 12:09:38 PM

which is a big black eye on their program. i mean, DC would be their biggest landed recruit ever and they are fucking it up

12/12/2008 12:13:41 PM

If anything I give the kid props because he basically is trying set up a safety net before he jumps. Nothing wrong with that. Just from reading the article, we may see more kids doing this sort of thing.

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"If you think that article makes him sound like a poor character individual, you have a skewed sense of reality."

gonna have to agree

12/12/2008 4:17:16 PM

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"So which one would you rather have, Cousins or Favors?"

While I'll go ape-shit if either one of these guys commits, if it was between one or the other, I'd definitely go with Favors. From everything I've seen (which granted, isn't a whole lot), he seems like the better player, and definitely the better defender. And he just seems like a real good guy. Quiet and humble. Keep that Georgia-pipeline flowing.

But again, I'd be ecstatic if we got either.

12/12/2008 6:13:24 PM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/819585.html

Don't get a big head Ryan.

12/12/2008 9:07:46 PM

I doubt Ryan will get a big head. He plays with confidence, but isn't cocky. Also his mom seems like she'll keep him grounded and cares about academics.

12/12/2008 9:17:30 PM

fuck, get a big head all you want. just stay committed.

12/12/2008 10:05:04 PM

^

12/12/2008 11:34:03 PM

Is NO ONE going to the game tomorrow??

12/13/2008 12:04:04 AM

^ I'm going...but why the heck are you posting in here about it?

12/13/2008 1:46:39 AM

^ LOL B/c there's no thread and this one was the only one that was relevant in SOME way. And I didn't wanna make a thread.

12/13/2008 2:16:06 AM

from the article above

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"Joining him at Walton is Georgia Tech signee Glen Rice and Rice's younger brother, G'Mitri, among others"

motherfuckers name is G'Mitri

12/13/2008 9:48:16 AM

get G'Mitri a scholly!

12/13/2008 5:28:56 PM

me and some friends went to the word of god game friday night to check out cj and wall and it was the best five bucks ive spent in a long time. the whole game was highlight reel material. i definitely understand what all the hype is about wall. he controls the game when hes in and has a great time doing it. CJ and him were a nice duo. its sad to think that even if wall decides to stay in raleigh, we wont get to see him and cj together because he'll surely be leaving for the draft after the 09/10 season.

12/13/2008 11:35:00 PM

BTTT, Harrow and Brown are playing in the Charlotte area next weekend (Belmont Abbey)

12/15/2008 5:43:34 PM

Notes on LoBrown:

http://georgiahoops.blogspot.com/2008/12/notes-from-my-notepad-dec-14.html

12/16/2008 6:04:20 PM

Melvin Tabb's mom graduated from State. I feel that if we offered and showed improvement then we would have a good chance at landing him. Baylor, Clemson, Wake Forest, South Carolina, and ECU have extended early offers.

12/16/2008 7:09:00 PM

Not directly recruiting related but has some relevance to the Cousins/Mike Davis/UAB connection:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/12/17/uab.ap/index.html

12/17/2008 1:02:07 PM

^ beat me by 30seconds

[Edited on December 17, 2008 at 1:02 PM. Reason : a]

12/17/2008 1:02:37 PM

i, too, saw that on packpride.

12/17/2008 1:05:04 PM

i didn't.

12/17/2008 2:05:10 PM

neither did I

12/17/2008 3:07:21 PM

I saw it on SI.com.

12/17/2008 3:21:06 PM

GT fan praising Hewitt.

http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/3707648



Keep skewin' it (under the pic on the left): http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/highschool/stories/2008/11/11/high_school_derrick_favors.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

12/17/2008 11:59:07 PM

^is there really a point to continuing to skew it?

12/18/2008 12:11:11 AM

^^lol


Where would you like to see Derrick Favors play college basketball?
Georgia 4.95% 519
Georgia Tech 13.74% 1440
Memphis 0.84% 88
North Carolina State 79.23% 8306
Somewhere else 1.25% 131

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 12:12 AM. Reason : s]

12/18/2008 12:12:02 AM

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=891290

CJ Leslie sounds nasty, I can't wait to get his defense...does anybody know how tall he actually is? i've seen him listed at 6'7", 6'8" and 6'9".

i really fucking hope we get wall too.

12/19/2008 6:38:08 AM