On the heels of this fantastic and comprehensive entry, we get more great work looking to next season from J.P. Giglio at the N&O’s ACCNow. I wouldn’t even know how to begin breaking down the rosters, but he does a great job projecting early departures and new player rotations. Kudos to him for going on […]
Basketball Recruiting
Day of roster changes for Wolfpack BBall (3/24 Update @ 12pm)
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State head men’s basketball coach Sidney Lowe has announced that redshirt juniors Brandon Costner and Trevor Ferguson will forego their final year of eligibility, and not return to the Wolfpack in 2009-10. Joe Giglio at ACCNow has a more on the roster changes at this link. He also discusses the Wolfpack’s […]
CJ Leslie Officially Re-Opens Recruitment
As most regular readers know, SFN has hinted at this development since January, but now that Dave Telep is bringing it into the public domain (note – this is a premium article, so we won’t post any content), we can be more explicit. CJ Leslie has re-opened his commitment, and is no longer an NC […]
Cousins to Memphis; Is John Wall Next?
SI.com has the news and SLAM has the quotes and the N&O has it on Monday. “Me and my family came to a decision after talking about it. We just thought it was the best place for me to be,†said Cousins this morning. “Everything about the school, the city, whole visit was impressive. I […]
North Carolina “infested with street agents”
The Washington Post is doing a fascinating three part series on the fall of Maryland basketball. In part two, this is a quote that stood out: Tony Squire, who coached Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in AAU, said the state of North Carolina has become “infested with street agents,” adding that “there is no question […]
CBS Sports: Sonny Vaccaro Working To Get ’09 Recruits To Europe
Potential Negative Effect on NC State’s ’09 Class? In my opinion, Sonny Vaccaro is no friend of college basketball, and even in his retirement, Vaccaro continues to work against the interests of collegiate hoops: Europe Still An Option For Recruits Vaccaro said he had breakfast Monday morning with a table of people working on behalf […]
Wiederer: ‘State Doesn’t Need Wall’
Dan Wiederer of the Fayetteville Observer has an intriguing must-read column regarding the latest GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational. Even if you are not interested in prep sports or college recruiting, take the time to read Dan’s impressions of incoming State and UNC prospects.  Regarding Lorenzo Brown and John Wall: “Sure, it’d be nice to snag the […]
Dan Werner takes center stage
In our preview article focused on NC State’s HUGE trip to Gainesville today we opened the topic of Dan Werner. Instead of dominating that entry we thought that we would follow-up with more insight on the topic in this entry. Similarly, please try to keep the conversations here focused on this topic and don’t dominate […]
Lip Service Or Getting Tough? NCAA Watching Hoops Recruiting More Closely
In the multi-billion dollar business that is college basketball, high stakes games are played between college programs looking for success, players looking to play their way into the NBA gold mine, and hangers-on looking to latch onto the next big thing so that they too can line their pockets.  Thing is, few fans are truly […]
Some Hoops Recruiting News
A Pack commit squared off Saturday against a player NC State would love to get… Lorenzo Brown scored 19 points and dished out eight assists but Centennial fell to No. 16 South Atlanta 88-77 Saturday at the Elite 8 Thanksgiving Hardwood Classic. In that game, undecided player Derrick Favors scored 29 points, nabbed 12 rebounds and […]
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