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 […]
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Degand working his way back
NC State fans have learned the hard way since our amazing run of fantastic point guards ended 17 years ago with the graduation of Chris Corchiani that there is no substitute for a talented point guard providing key leadership for a college basketball program. We recently discussed the current composition of the Wolfpack’s roster at […]
Harrow’s commitment a result of “great recruiting” by Wolfpack
It is no secret that poor point guard play has plagued NC State’s Basketball Program for years. (Link to BJD’s recent positional analysis) Even if Farnold Degand doesn’t bounce back from his knee injury this year, a fix for this problem may be on the near-term horizon after Ryan Harrow, a rising high school junior […]
Offseason Positional Analysis (PG)
As we wait for football to heat up, it’s as good a time as any to analyze the coming basketball season. Over the next few weeks, we will analyze the logical rotation and depth chart, based on position. First up is what should be the Pack’s second-weakest position – point guard. State had lots of […]
Lowe Lands Another ’10 Prospect (Projected Roster Update)
ACCBasketballRecruiting.com – along with everybody else – is that point guard Ryan Harrow has committed to NC State joining consensus Top 20 high school star, CJ Leslie in the class of 2010. (Link here). Harrow – a rising junior from Marietta, Georgia – is a little shorter than his listing of 6’0 and weighs only […]
Tudor: Gonzalez makes a good showing
But there was a winner on the opposite team, too. It was beleaguered Wolfpack point guard Javier Gonzalez, a freshman with such a maligned background that he spent part of Thursday afternoon begging for a reprieve in State coach Sidney Lowe’s office.So bad was Gonzalez’s performance in the Wolfpack’s 72-62 home loss to Florida State […]
Wake Enters NCAA Tournament Discussion; State Mired in Point Guard Mess of Our Making
We set the stage in this entry last week that unless someone started claiming some scalps that the ACC would only have four participants in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest’s big win yesterday over the Duke Blue Devils is exactly the kind of statement and scalp that the Demon Deacons needed to propel themselves […]
Miami = Must Win…Period
It doesn’t get any more simple than tonight — NC State hosts Miami in an absolute MUST WIN early season Atlantic Coast Conference match-up. Period. The Wolfpack needs to win an ACC game. Now, tonight. The Pack, picked in the preseason to finish third in the ACC, was embarrassed at North Carolina last week and […]
Pack vs PC: State Ugly Again, Advances to 10-3
“It is like going to the dentist without any novocaine.” – Gary Hahn describing NC State Basketball State shot 1 of 11 from the three point line in the first half and 5 of 7 in the second half NC State takes the court today against a Presbyterian College team with a horrible record but […]
PackPride Posts An Update on PG John Wall
PackPride has posted an update on John Wall. Wall is one of the top 25 players in the nation and is from Raleigh. We got permission to run this quote: While he didn’t name leaders, Wall did mention three schools that are recruiting him hard. “I think [NC] State is really coming after me hard… […]
