Pack Adds TJ Warren!

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Mark Gottfried and his coaching staff have worked tirelessly this off-season to bring as much talent to Raleigh as possible, and the results are remarkable. State is one of only two programs that have signed more than one top 25 recruit. (Arizona has signed three.) The addition of TJ Warren bolsters an impressive recruiting class, with highly touted guards Rodney Purvis (top 25) and Tyler Lewis (top 50) having already committed.

According to Scout.com, the 6’7 forward is a “big-time scorer” and “can really shoot it from deep.” Warren chose NC State over Georgetown, UNC and Florida.

NC State has let a ton of talent get out of the state in recent years, but the current coaching staff is making North Carolina a priority. So far, it is paying off in a big way, as Purvis, Lewis and Warren are all from this state.

Despite not having coached a game at NC State- and having been out of coaching for two years- Coach Gottfried has assembled a top 5 recruiting class for 2012. If a couple more dominoes fall, State could have one of the top two classes in the nation.

During State’s coaching search, most college basketball experts claimed the State job is one of the toughest, and none of them seemed to be able to grasp the concept that State has almost always recruited well. While State isn’t known for top 5 classes, top 20 classes are the norm. Coach Gottfried and staff should be commended for their efforts on the recruiting trail, where so far they have exceeded expectations.

..more to come…

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63 Responses to Pack Adds TJ Warren!

  1. nav 11/02/2011 at 3:34 PM #

    Amazing first class.

  2. Red Rider 11/02/2011 at 3:36 PM #

    Welcome to The Pack!

  3. Rochester 11/02/2011 at 3:39 PM #

    Loving it. Very optimistic about this program right now, and none of the “we suck” crowd can bring me down. I’ve been enthusiastic about Coach G since the initial shock wore off, and I’m even more so now.

  4. lawful 11/02/2011 at 3:39 PM #

    ESPN likes the class:

    Wolfpack head coach Mark Gottfried’s first full season on the recruiting trail yielded a top five class.

  5. wolfamidpirates 11/02/2011 at 3:43 PM #

    I sure would like a reason to be excited about basketball again. The Class of 2012 might do the trick.

  6. tuckerdorm1983 11/02/2011 at 3:44 PM #

    well I’ll be a pig slopping in mud. Hot diggty dog!!

  7. mafpack 11/02/2011 at 3:45 PM #

    Welcome to the Pack TJ!! 🙂

  8. rtpack24 11/02/2011 at 3:53 PM #

    If we land Amile Jefferson we might have the number one class in the country. Cut it anyway you want but this staff has done one helluva a job recruiting. This this first time that I can remember we beat Duke and UNX for recruits in the same year. Hopefully our product on the floor this year will reflect the high level in which this staff has operated so far.

  9. freshmanin83 11/02/2011 at 3:53 PM #

    Nice.

  10. GeneralNuisance 11/02/2011 at 3:56 PM #

    Awesome!!

  11. Six Pack 11/02/2011 at 3:58 PM #

    Cue the warm fizzy! I’m so happy about this!!!

  12. Old MacDonald 11/02/2011 at 4:01 PM #

    But but but…all these idiot sports media jerks have been telling us for decades that we couldn’t hope to compete for recruits with Duke and UNC down the road. Which was obviously just total bullshit — and many of us have been saying so for just as long. Nice to have a staff here (for a change) who takes us seriously and knows how to sell the program.

  13. highstick 11/02/2011 at 4:02 PM #

    Roy ain’t gonna like losing recruits to us! Deal with it, Roy!!

  14. packalum44 11/02/2011 at 4:03 PM #

    Wowwww. Huge. This is big. Trickle effect for next year and might help us land Jefferson. Plus, always nice to keep family in the family. Something feels good about this new regime of ours…hope it translate into wins and fan support this season.

  15. Pack78 11/02/2011 at 4:07 PM #

    This coaching staff is kicking a$$; love to have some info about the nuts-and-bolts of their recruiting approach and how they are whipping the other “unbeatable” schools in the triangle…

  16. Old MacDonald 11/02/2011 at 4:08 PM #

    How can this possibly be explained? We have a top 5 class going, including getting kids with real UNC-CH offers. Holy shit, the laws of time and space must have been suspended, because surely this is totally impossible!!!

    If you can’t tell, I was being sarcastic

  17. Prowling Woofie 11/02/2011 at 4:13 PM #

    Beat Duke for Rodney, And UNC-CHeat for TJ

    Can’t compete with the Blues ????

    RIGHT !!!!!

  18. MrPlywood 11/02/2011 at 4:20 PM #

    Very nice. Now for the playing part…

  19. Packfan28 11/02/2011 at 4:27 PM #

    I’m stating the obvious here, but recruiting is so critical in college basketball. It’s looking like Gott has outrecruited K and Roy. That is step one in the rebuilding process.

    Congratulations Coach Gott. A job well done.

  20. LRM 11/02/2011 at 4:29 PM #

    Gottfried has no excuses for not winning now.

  21. Texpack 11/02/2011 at 4:31 PM #

    Congratulations to Coach Gottfried and his staff. They had better be running the cleanest of squeaky clean programs because an NCAA investigation can’t be too far down the road.

    Regularly recruiting Top 15 classes and competent coaching will make you a “national” program fairly quickly.

  22. packalum44 11/02/2011 at 4:32 PM #

    Legitimate question….would Rick Barnes have landed a top 5 class his first year???

    I’m not so sure he seems to have lost some passion in his more mature age. In Texas he’s on cruise control recruiting wise.

  23. DirtyCap 11/02/2011 at 4:32 PM #

    I’m starting to wonder if the Mayan calendar of December 2012 wasn’t an end of times prediction, but fore-told of the resurrection of the NCSU basketball program.

  24. packalum44 11/02/2011 at 4:36 PM #

    ^ I have a sense that Gott has no intentions of “slipping” to top 15 status in recruiting. Just something about him and his staff – they’re tireless, ambitious and charismatic.

    Hope I’m right, because you need top classes perennial to have a great program. This doesn’t feel like a flash in the pan like that one ahumm top class from a past coach in year 4.

  25. gtspack 11/02/2011 at 4:38 PM #

    Great move TJ. Coach Gott you and your staff are getting me excited about basketball again. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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