^I don't think we ever had the #2 class in the country

8/17/2006 7:56:33 PM

^Yes that class was actually rated that high by many.

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"(Powell, Hodge, Collins(?), Watkins, Evtimov)"

Those are the 5. Evtimov got a redshirt and Watkins didn't the year he got hurt.

Powell should have stayed 4 years.

8/17/2006 9:12:52 PM

^^ CSTV has us at #6 for 2001. I distinctly remember ESPN having us at #2 (I watched it on TV. The Summer before I came to NC State a friend and I turned on ESPN during the recruiting show, just in time for #3 or 4. I talked about how shitty State was, and as a joke when #2 came up, I was like "NC STATE!". It actually was NC State.... which was quite funny).

Now I'm not sure if that was a single ESPN analyst's rankings or "ESPN's Rankings"... all I remember was that we were #2 on a show a buddy and I saw on ESPN.

Here's CSTV's rankings. I'm looking for others.
http://interact.cstv.com/recruiting/column_archive_display.cfm?hodge_id=619



[Edited on August 17, 2006 at 9:16 PM. Reason : ]

8/17/2006 9:15:38 PM

^Man the high schoolers that came out on that list turned out to be shit.

Kwame Brown is still the best among them.

8/17/2006 9:17:45 PM

man that ACCCG game against Duke during Hodge's sophmore season, my freshman year, i thought we had it won. i remember it was a few minutes left in the game, and State fans started shaking their keys, and i was like sweet we've got this. then all of our best players got into foul trouble or fouled out and "getting Redicked" became new terminology. i seriously thought that was one of the best teams Herb ever had. #2 in the ACC. ACC COY. the true ACC ROY now in his sophmore season. a strong, dynamite man in the middle in Powell. a big guy that could play in close, but burn you on the outside if you left him with Melvin. now that team if any of Herb's teams was the one that i could have seen as the most probable for going deep in the tounament like an elite eight appearance. but alas we had to meet Cal, and got beat.

[Edited on August 18, 2006 at 1:14 AM. Reason : ]

8/18/2006 1:12:54 AM

^Didn't we lose to Vanderbuilt that year in the 2nd round???

The year we lost to Cal we still had Scooter because he tied it up and then that Cal faggot hit a 3 to win.

We lost to Vandy because of the intentional foul on Marcus Melvin.

8/18/2006 2:03:19 AM

I haven't really been keeping up with what's going on in this thread, but wanted to add a bit to the original topic.

JJ Hickson, a five-star recruit according to Scout.com (6-9, 230 lb. PF/C out of Marietta, GA), claims to be very interested in State. He's reportedly close to setting an official visit to State for "sometime in October."

I've heard that he might be leaning towards Florida, whom he will visit on Sept. 9th, the weekend Florida will receive their national championship rings during halftime of the football game.

Assuming he makes it out of that weekend without giving the Gators a commitment (he's also got visits scheduled to Georgetown and Arizona), things might get interesting. The one thing Hickson has been very consistent about is wanting to play early and often wherever he ends up. There's certainly little doubt that he could receive plenty of early PT at State.

Kid's definitely a big-timer.

[Edited on August 18, 2006 at 2:24 AM. Reason : horrible grammar]

8/18/2006 2:22:33 AM

^^nah we lost to Cal in 2003 (clifford crawford's senior year), and lost to Vanderbilt in 2004.

2002 - first tourney appearance since like 1989, beat Michigan State in 1st round and lost to UConn in 2nd round. this is where that famous pic of Julius Hodge lying on the floor heartbroken came from.

2003 - lost to Cal in the 1st round

2004 - beat Louisiana Lafayette in 1st round, lost to Vanderbilt in 2nd round due to controversial intentional foul on Melvin when he accidentally tripped that douche Freije from behind.

2005 - beat UNCC in 1st round, beat UConn (the defending national champions) in 2nd round, and lost to Wisconsin in the Sweet 16 after being up a ton in the first half. we just collapsed in the second half. if we would have won that game we would have gone on to face UNC in the Elite 8.

2006 - beat Cal in 1st round, and lost badly to Texas in 2nd round.

8/18/2006 10:02:28 AM

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"lost to UConn in 2nd round. this is where that famous pic of Julius Hodge lying on the floor heartbroken came from. "

Caron Butler.... no foul...

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"2003 - lost to Cal in the 1st round"

That was Cliff Crawford's infamous out of bounds "travel" wasn't it? Or was that Vandy?

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"we just collapsed in the second half"

9 point lead with about 3:00 left... wound up losing by 7 or 8. "collapsed" doesn't do it justice


Damn I hate being an NC State fan



[Edited on August 18, 2006 at 10:55 AM. Reason : ]

8/18/2006 10:53:21 AM

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"Damn I hate being an NC State fan"

it really is miserable, but i'd take it over being a carolina fan any day. at least i'm genuine.

8/18/2006 11:25:36 AM

where's that thread with the gay pics from a UNC bball recruits MySpace page? i've searched for it every way i can think of....

8/21/2006 1:08:25 PM

this one? http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=425958

it was in chit chat

8/21/2006 1:12:24 PM

I love being an NC State fan.

I hate half the assholes that call themselves NC State fans.

[Edited on August 21, 2006 at 1:25 PM. Reason : hate]

8/21/2006 1:20:41 PM

Here's a pretty cool vid of Sidney discussing NC State basketball and gettin Brack to come back....http://www.wral.com/sports/9714048/detail.html

8/22/2006 12:24:50 AM

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"Transfers Farnold Degand (Iowa State) and Simon Harris (Elon) are on the roster, though they will sit out 2006-07 under NCAA regulations. Lowe said Degand can play point guard or shooting guard, and is "very talented, quick, can really get up and down the floor." Harris is the son of N.C. State assistant Larry Harris"

and brack has NOT made up his mind about whether to play bball or not

[Edited on August 22, 2006 at 9:42 AM. Reason : brack update]

8/22/2006 9:25:16 AM

^^^^ thanks

some tarholes i work with wanted to see it

8/23/2006 12:48:42 PM

anyone know anything about this guy Rashad Green...younger brother of Danny Green (UNC)...there is a thread over at Packpride about how he committed to State

8/23/2006 5:33:36 PM

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=2&c=560175

apparently he committed. not sure if he got a scholly or not tho. hes only a ** prospect.

8/23/2006 5:39:28 PM

he hasn't committed yet...that's premature. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have an offer from us yet.

8/23/2006 5:52:32 PM

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=9&cfg=bb&c=8&yr=2007

well it's official Rashad Green is now committed to the Pack for the 2007 class.

8/28/2006 6:39:29 PM

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"Green, who averaged 20 points and 11 boards last season, was also considering St. John’s, Florida Atlantic, Florida State and Minnesota."

i guess sid and co. saw something others missed

8/28/2006 6:40:49 PM

^well, considering where all the negative nancies around here think the program is at these days (in the shitter) beating those 4-5 schools out for a kid is a start

8/28/2006 6:44:24 PM

Pitt also considered him as well. Hopefully he's as good if not better than his brother Danny at UNC. Man that's gonna be crazy if they end up playing against each other. Should make for a good story.



[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 6:48 PM. Reason : pic]

8/28/2006 6:46:36 PM

Signing a 2* SG makes me wonder even more about why Sid wasn't pursuing McMillan, though.

8/28/2006 7:03:33 PM

^definately, if you aren't a bit concerned about the mcmillan missfire than you aren't a fan

just pointing out that we weren't in competition with the school of the blind for this kid

8/28/2006 8:24:00 PM

so apparently Rashad also had offers from Pitt and UVA besides St. Johns and others.

8/28/2006 10:06:40 PM

http://www.insidehoops.com/nyc-basketball.shtml

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"8. Rashad Green (Sr.) 6-3 St. Mary’s – The younger brother of North Carolina forward Danny Green is as fundamentally sound as they come. His range could use improvement."

8/28/2006 10:54:31 PM

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"4. Larry Davis (Sr.) 6-4 Christ the King – This smooth operator who’s headed to N.C. State has a great midrange jumper and knows how to win. All he needs is a mean streak."

8/28/2006 11:11:52 PM

yeah that evalutation was done in March.

8/28/2006 11:13:59 PM

Some day NC State will be able to recruit the higher profile kids from NYC , like Larry Davis... some day

8/28/2006 11:42:58 PM

http://www.redmen.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpBB2&file=viewtopic&topic_view=threads&p=241826&t=27829

St. John's thread on Rashad.

8/28/2006 11:45:45 PM

^thanks. i'm in the middle of trying to make my way through that abortion of a message board. makes me feel lucky to have tww.

8/28/2006 11:51:35 PM

yeah that is one messed up message board.

8/28/2006 11:52:21 PM

Chris Wright will be visiting this weekend. We need to start a "We want Wright" chant at the game. Seriously getting him to commit could create a domino effect and get another highly touted recruit like J.J. Hickson to commit.

http://mb17.scout.com/fnorthcarolinastatefrm1.showMessage?topicID=60409.topic

[Edited on August 31, 2006 at 9:18 AM. Reason : v]

8/31/2006 9:17:48 AM

I can just see it now. He'll come, and he'll be seriously interested, and then Stone will throw an interseption or something, the crowd will boo like crazy, and Wright will see how supportive our fan base is and go somewhere else.

8/31/2006 10:57:34 AM

I could see that happening too. Let's get the word out on the definition of school pride and being a "fan"

8/31/2006 11:17:28 AM

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"interseption "

8/31/2006 1:16:28 PM

Yeah, I know, I spelled a word wrong. I guess now everyone will be able to figure out what I was trying to say.

8/31/2006 9:47:03 PM

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"Going into the Reebok ABCD Camp this summer, Tracy Smith had Oklahoma State and North Carolina State at the top of his school list. Those two schools are still on top for the 6-foot-7, 225-pound power forward from Mt. Zion in Durham, N.C., but some other schools are working hard to get in on Smith after his stellar performance at the camp."

found that on TheWolfpacker.com's front page. nice.

9/1/2006 11:54:30 AM

^would be nice

allong with Wright and Hickson

9/1/2006 12:39:43 PM

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"the crowd will boo like crazy, and Wright will see how supportive our fan base is and go somewhere else."

That's a good point.

9/1/2006 12:44:02 PM

^hopefully its all happy thoughts, and no booing for a I-AA team

9/1/2006 12:50:33 PM

^ Agreed.

I never boo our team. And hopefully never will.

9/1/2006 1:02:09 PM

i never boo our PLAYERS.

9/1/2006 1:28:37 PM

never bood at an NCSU sporting event....but herb brought me close to the edge on a few occasions

9/1/2006 1:34:20 PM

i don't think we ever made green an offer. he hasn't committed here.

9/1/2006 2:22:02 PM

^its a wierd sitation, seems like he has no commitable offer from state yet

but thats just a guess

9/1/2006 2:33:04 PM

so as a recap, for 2007 we have:

Johnny Thomas (SF) *** from Greensboro, NC
- In the process of a position switch where he's moving to the wing slot. Outstanding athlete with high-major athletic ability. Will need to round out the skill part of his game to play on the wing in a big conference but he's made strides since the end of his junior season. Character kid with grades.


Farnold Degand (SG) *** from Boston, MA (originally committed to Iowa State)
- Quick two-guard with good first step. Needs to become more consistent with outside shot and get stronger. Will turn 17 middle of senior year in high school.
- Degand earned his stripes this season as one of the top guards to come out of the City League with his do-everything style of play for the Tigers. Degand led his squad to the Boston South title and a 19-5 record, pushing the Tigers to the Division 2 South sectional final, where they fell just 1 point short of a trip to the FleetCenter. Degand was invited to the Nike All-American camp as well as the Adidas Top 100 camp.


Rashad Green (SG) ** from North Bridgton, ME


I am not sure where we stand on any of the other recruits, but I believe we have 3 more scholarships we can give.

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 4:43 PM. Reason : ]

9/6/2006 4:29:26 PM

Word is Rashad was ready to commit but we haven't offered yet.

9/6/2006 4:43:34 PM

where did you hear that from?

9/6/2006 4:44:37 PM