A couple of days after we told you that Duke was going to make a big push for John Wall… John Wall, the No. 1 basketball recruit in the nation, will likely take an unofficial visit to Duke later this week, possibly when the Blue Devils play Lenoir-Rhyne in an exhibition Wednesday.The 6-foot-4 Wall showed […]
Basketball Recruiting
Bob Gibbons Has a “Gut Feel” That John Wall Picks NC State
Speaking of carousels, there’s always the basketball recruiting one, and it never stops spinning. N&O/CO NC State beat writer Ken Tysiac posted a pair interesting quotes from hoops recuiting super-guru Bob Gibbons: Gibbons said he has a “gut feeling†that Wall will choose N.C. State rather than Memphis or Baylor. But he said even if […]
Kenny Boynton commits to Florida; Expect Duke to push for John Wall
Link here Kenny Boynton, one of the nation’s top scoring guard recruits in the class of 2009, committed to Florida Thursday evening, choosing the Gators over Duke, Texas, USC and Georgia Tech. Additionally, I just ran across this article on the internet. “Duke has been calling my coaches and sending me letters. They are trying […]
Is Derrick Favors nearing a decision? Does the AJC know anything about basketball recruiting?
I am not saying that the AJC is wrong…I just haven’t gotten the feeling that they really have much of a clue what is going on with Derrick Favors throughout the recruiting process. FWIW, this link speculates that a surprise decision by Favors may be coming soon. Then again, the AJC seems to pen some […]
Interviews with Favors & Wall
Nice try to join the world of internet news coverage by ABC-11. You can click here to watch the interviews. Additionally, you can click here for some insight into Saturday’s events and a previous discussion of how the N&O dropped the ball on their coverage of Saturday’ practice.
Two Very Good Reasons To Attend Saturday’s Open Hoops Practice
Derrick Favors To Visit Saturday, Attend Open Practice Coming up this weekend is a trip to N.C. State, which Favors said he’s looking forward to meeting John Wall, a 6-4, 175-pound guard out of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Academy (left) and the top recruit in the nation according to Rivals, said he wants to […]
Derrick Favors Making Official Visit Next Weekend
A little basketball recruiting news, for those of you not subscribed to the Scout or Rivals premium forums: N&O: Favors Plans Official Visit to NCSU Derrick Favors, the top-ranked high school senior basketball player in the country, plans to make an official visit to N.C. State next weekend. He has trimmed his list to State, […]
Gibbons currently ranks Lowe’s ’09 recruiting class #6
Wolfpackers everywhere are desperate for some good news. So – no matter how subjective the good news may be – we wanted to link ESPN’s recent article from recruiting guru Bob Gibbons. Gibbons ranks the 2009 college basketball recruiting classes as they currently stand and there is good news for NC State fans as the […]
John Wall’s coach calls 850 the Buzz(updated Sunday morning)
The reports that John Wall has made a decision to follow Dwon Clifton to Baylor may be premature. On Dave Glenn’s afternoon talk show currently being hosted by Bomani Jones, Word of God coach Levi Beckwith called in to set a few things straight. This is definitely worth listening too as he talks about the […]
More on Brown and Howell
WRAL.com/99.9 FM has posted an audio interview with Rivals.com chief recruiting analyst, Jerry Meyer. Some more background and insight on the Pack’s latest two recruits as well as other recruits like John Wall and Derrick Favors. This guy does not seem optimistic re Favors. If Howell is truly a “warrior” down low, then we’re going […]
