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"Coach Whitehart stated he was going to qualify, said so without question and it's just a matter of time."

i don't know about you, but that does nothing to make me feel better.

3/16/2009 10:30:49 AM

he will qualify and this will not matter in a few months or so

hell, if nothing else...maybe we could get him enrolled in few online courses like UNC did recently

for a football recruit

3/16/2009 10:36:12 AM

for the last time you ignorant fucks, the rumor that he's academically inelligible came from an asshole on the Georgia sports forums who has been talking shit about our program and coaching staff from day one.

Basically, everyone is inelligble until they graduate. I think Lorenzo just said that he would qualify if his grades stayed the same between now and the end of the semester but he's taking the SAT again just to make sure. Nobody close to the situation is saying he won't qualify. Also, the school he attends doesn't bullshit with academics, so if he qualifys it will be legitimate.

Quote :

"T.J. Jones, coach of the Lake Norman Wizards, a 16-and-under traveling team based in the Charlotte area, said Leslie would play for his team for the first time this summer. "

does this mean he will NOT be playing for Clifton and D-one? best news ever if true.

3/16/2009 11:29:07 AM

leslie is as good as gone.



[Edited on March 16, 2009 at 12:49 PM. Reason : .]

3/16/2009 12:48:55 PM

Quote :

"Also, the school he attends doesn't bullshit with academics, so if he qualifys it will be legitimate."

Very true. Centennial is one of the best schools in the state of Georgia and the students routinely have the highest average SAT score of all the schools in Metro Atlanta.

3/16/2009 1:12:30 PM

^^^ that makes sense. You can't technically be eligible until you graduate high school. I feel better now.

3/16/2009 1:52:13 PM

I mean technically you can have a 4.0 and 1600 SAT score but still not qualify if you fail a core course and don't have one to make up for it.



Also, I don't understand why so many people are shitting on CJ for de-committing. The biggest reason was he wanted to explore his options, which, if I were in the same position, I would have wanted to do the same thing. At least he didn't say he was still committed but he's still taking visits. He's one of the best players in the country and he can have some ridiculous amounts of fun for free over the next few months if he decides to take some official visits. Now, I wish he had done it sooner, or not committed in the first place, but you really can't blame the kid. We still have his mom and several people he's close to in our corner, and he didn't say he doesn't want to come to State. I'm more upset by the fact that the Clifton's may have something to do with it.


We'll see how it plays out. I just hope that he makes his decision for or against State by november so we don't drag this bullshit out again like with Wall.

3/16/2009 2:05:12 PM

Quote :

"I just hope that he makes his decision for or against State by november so we don't drag this bullshit out again like with Wall."

amen

3/16/2009 2:20:22 PM

FWIW the reason GT never got seriously involved with Lo Brown was academically related (at least that's what i heard a while back when I talked with some GT insiders)

It's not that he wouldn't qualify there now, it's just that apparently they have strict policies academically of who Hewitt could and could not recruit.

3/16/2009 4:54:18 PM

Quote :

"for the last time you ignorant fucks, the rumor that he's academically inelligible came from an asshole on the Georgia sports forums who has been talking shit about our program and coaching staff from day one."

the rumor that he's academically ineligible comes from him not currently being qualified enough to take an official visit during the season like most committed players do.

3/16/2009 4:58:43 PM

Quote :

"I don't understand why so many people are shitting on CJ for de-committing. The biggest reason was he wanted to explore his options, which, if I were in the same position, I would have wanted to do the same thing. At least he didn't say he was still committed but he's still taking visits. He's one of the best players in the country and he can have some ridiculous amounts of fun for free over the next few months if he decides to take some official visits. Now, I wish he had done it sooner, or not committed in the first place, but you really can't blame the kid. "

If I thought it was becuase he wanted to see more campuses and take some official visits I wouldn't worry.

I think it more has to do with the fact that we suck baws and he doesn't want to play for a team that he knows is going to suck baws.

This also screams of Dwon Clifton's work.

I highly highly doubt CJ ends up at State, but then again, all of these years have made me a pessimist

3/16/2009 5:30:02 PM

^ and have any of those years of being a pessimist failed you?

3/16/2009 5:33:42 PM

who is clifton and what does he do that gives him a bad rep?

3/16/2009 5:37:55 PM

He's an AAU svengali.

3/16/2009 9:50:28 PM

Quote :

"who is clifton and what does he do that gives him a bad rep?"

He's John Wall's and CJ Leslie's AAU coach.

As I understand it he's from Raleigh (or the area?) and was a mediocre basketball prospect out of high school when Herb was here. He absolutely hates all of the big 4 schools for not recruiting him.... particularly NC State and Larry Harris. Harris apparently told him he wasn't ACC material out of high school and to this day he hates Herb and Harris.

Clifton signed with Clemson, never played, sucked, and transferred to UNC-G after a couple of years. Now he's an AAU coach.

Dwon's brother Brian Clifton is also a coach on thier AAU team I believe and does a lot of 'exposure' and marketing for these kids. I believe he's actually a former licensed sports agent. Apparently he hates us too


Word is that they've been doing everything they can to steer Wall, and possibly now Leslie, away from NC State as well as other Big 4 schools

Edit: Dwon Clifton is also 'Wall's coach' that just got hired at Baylor if you've heard about that. Baylor hired him to lure Wall there...we'll see if it works. It's OK to hire proven coaches to lure a recruit, many coaches, including Herb while he was here, did that. Dwon Clifton is not a proven coach.


[Edited on March 17, 2009 at 9:10 AM. Reason : ]

3/17/2009 8:49:03 AM

I thought Clifton was now an assitant at Baylor?

3/17/2009 8:53:20 AM

can russell wilson play basketball

3/17/2009 8:54:09 AM

Quote :

"I thought Clifton was now an assitant at Baylor?"

^^ Yes, you're right. I just edited that in there.

He was just hired by Baylor a few months ago to entice Wall to go there. I only mentioned the AAU thing becuase that's obviously his connection to Wall and Leslie


[Edited on March 17, 2009 at 8:58 AM. Reason : ]

3/17/2009 8:56:18 AM

Dwon is Baylor's Director of Player Development. If you ever read the interview with their AD he tries to justify the hire by bringing up his playing career overseas.

3/17/2009 9:56:24 AM

Quote :

"He's John Wall's and CJ Leslie's AAU coach"

CJ played with World Wide Renegades last year, and is rumored to either be playing with a Dwon-less D-One or a team out of the Charlotte area this year.

3/17/2009 9:57:54 AM

Every recruit has decommitted and the remaining scholarship players have all transferred

All future games will be played by pulling random people out of the stands (not DT or Burleson or Corchiani though)

3/17/2009 10:20:24 AM

Quote :

"the rumor that he's academically ineligible comes from him not currently being qualified enough to take an official visit during the season like most committed players do."

He just said not 4 days ago that he didn't take an official because he didn't need to, and that he's taken the SAT, which is the only requirement other than being a senior to take an official visit.


Maybe he's bullshitting, but thats straight from his mouth.

3/17/2009 10:36:56 AM

I thought that it didn't matter what you made on your SAT, as long as you took it then you could take OVs?

[Edited on March 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM. Reason : ]

3/17/2009 11:52:04 AM

^^ right, and jj hickson was really going to sit down w/ his coaches and family before deciding to go pro last year too.

[Edited on March 17, 2009 at 6:04 PM. Reason : ^ if that's all it is, then fine.]

3/17/2009 5:59:14 PM

Thats exactly what it is...whats so hard to believe about that?

3/17/2009 7:00:44 PM

we need a miracle next year

I feel like we are at the brink of another dark age for NCSU basketball if we don't surprise in the ACC...

3/17/2009 8:05:03 PM

^ha ha and the dark ages won't end and the legend of 5 young kids who are not born yet will come and claim their glory of the college basketball world. I can see that.

3/17/2009 8:21:29 PM

http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_basketball/article/change_could_impact_class/37356/

Quote :

"Virginia’s firing of coach Dave Leitao on Monday has at least one downside. Sources have told The Daily Progress that it is a virtual certainty that Tristan Spurlock — a highly-rated recruit from Rockville, Md. who had committed to UVa during the early-signing period — will not be coming to Charlottesville. "

3/17/2009 8:22:59 PM

I'd love to get Spurlock, but I wonder if the UVA athletic department would grant him a release to us.


Scout/Rivals
****/****
14/17 ranked SF
68/82 overall

Known offers:
Virginia
Clemson
FSU
Georgetown
Louisville
Maryland
Southern California
Villanova
Wake Forest

Spurlock also had interest from State, UNC, Texas, Syracuse, Florida, and Connecticut.

Can Lowe contact Spurlock? I thought it was illegal to continue to recruit a player that has already signed a LOI? You can probably get around that though with intermediaries.

[Edited on March 17, 2009 at 9:00 PM. Reason : ]

3/17/2009 8:50:36 PM

I'd guess so. that sort of stuff flies when you're talking about a player that's been in the program transferring, but I think most of the time recruits get no-strings release, aside from requesting that the school gets a chance to let the new coach talk to them before they commit anywhere else.

3/17/2009 9:02:55 PM

After the Chris Wright debacle, I have little faith in players loyalty to schools over coaches. If we landed him, that would be the kind of lucky shit we so desperately need to happen if things are to improve...

3/17/2009 9:10:24 PM

Landing a guy like spurlock would only help our class rankings to make us look pretty.


We really don't have a need for that type of player at this point with CJ and Johnny Thomas locking down the 3 position next year (assuming Johnny is healthy).

I mean dont get me wrong, I'd love to have a guy like that, but I think theres a reason we didn't offer him and it has nothing to do with his game.

3/17/2009 10:18:33 PM

fuck it man, take him and we'll play like duke.

right now a talented player is a talented player.

3/17/2009 10:23:26 PM

right now a talented player is a talented player. put lots of talent on the court and do some coaching to figure out how to get it to work

3/17/2009 10:35:18 PM

The key about CJ coming here at the end of his tour will be,will Lowe be here?
You know it's not set in stone at all about Wall not coming here for sure. The
bottom line is all we due is speculate with our key strokes until its official.
If anything has to be done by the end of next season and we do not get in the
big dance again or in that fact the NIT either,will uncle JED still be here? and if
so ...... oh yeah,I guess he will look for another coach.

We better worry or better yet,we better fix this Lee Fowler thing first. There
are ways on getting things done. I got some food for thought. How aboout
we all put our collective thoughts together instead of wandering what and
who we get to play for us and let the coaches do that (their job) and figure
out a way we can at lease help the cause on the other side of the spectrum.
This would be proactive. Im sure there are some very smart Pack fans out
there that can come up with something. Forget not going to the games,who
are you fooling? I know it isn't you or me because we cannot stay away from
going to see the pack play. I know you say it now but when season comes
Hey I may be wrong and that is the only way,but like I said somebody has got to
have a plan

3/17/2009 11:32:18 PM

Go the fuck back to PackPride, who ever you are

3/17/2009 11:33:07 PM

Hey ernie! Why all the hate?

3/17/2009 11:53:09 PM

^^^ umm wat?

[Edited on March 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM. Reason : ]

3/17/2009 11:53:10 PM

i need to stop looking in this thread, somebody pm me when something good happens

3/17/2009 11:55:18 PM

Was basic spelling not a part of the curriculum in the 60s?

3/17/2009 11:55:28 PM

Wolfpk73

1973....ahhh the good ol' days

didn't something really special happen for State in 1973?

3/17/2009 11:55:32 PM

state went undefeated?

3/18/2009 12:25:05 AM

yes,that would be the year we were on probation for DT and would have won the first NC. It
was all because DT and Eddie B played a pick up game and someone I would have to guess
in CH found out and reported to NCAA. That team was better than the 74 team.
Hey ernie,what kind of atmosphere are you trying to portray here at this site that you own?
BIG GUY!

3/18/2009 12:25:21 AM

I bet you guys where lighting up ARPANET over that shit.

3/18/2009 12:27:43 AM

stupid block of text

3/18/2009 12:28:24 AM

ALIAS???

3/18/2009 12:32:25 AM

bitch bitch bitch what u bitchin about? bittch bitch bitch why dont u shut up now!

3/18/2009 12:56:29 AM

anybody else de-commit lately?

3/18/2009 7:59:09 PM

Can we please suspend the troll?

3/18/2009 8:03:16 PM

suspend. terminate.

OhBoyeee = wut EXPOSED

3/18/2009 8:07:00 PM