Recruiting Rolling; Lowe Adds 2012 Prospect (Updated 2:10pm)
In a recent radio show, Sidney Lowe used the plural word “commits” when mentioning players he couldn’t mention publicly. Some people thought it might have been a mistake and that there was only one NC State commitment he couldn’t mention – 2010 recruit Luke Cothron who didn’t sign a National Letter of Intent last week. We are hearing that is not the case and there may be another LOI soon on the way to Raleigh for the 2010 class.
Additionally, Joseph Uchebo, a class of 2012 prospect, has made a verbal pledge to play basketball at NC State.
Uchebo, who is from Nigeria and attended Mount Zion Academy in Durham, N.C., last year, attended NC State’s Red Rally at Reynolds on Oct. 16. The promising big man transferred to Oak Ridge and new coach Stan Kowalewski, the former Greensboro Northern Guilford High coach. Kowalewski informed the Greensboro News-Record that Uchebo would be attending NC State, which the The Wolfpacker has confirmed.
“Joseph met with NC State coach Sidney Lowe and assistant coach Monte Towe on Monday, and they offered a scholarship, and he made the call for them,” Kowalewski said.
The N&O has now filed an update that can be seen here.
Joseph Uchebo, a 7-foot, 240-pound center who’s originally from Nigeria, has made an early commitment to N.C. State.
Uchebo is a sophomore at Oak Ridge (N.C.) Military Academy and played last season at Mount Zion Academy in Durham. Oak Ridge coach Stan Kowalewski said Uchebo run the floor well, has good passing ability and vision, and can score from 18 feet.
“He’s very aggressive going after the basketball coming off the rim,” Kowalewski said, “but he’s not just a back-to-the-basket big man.”
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W T N Y
What low post player wouldn’t want to play with a talented backcourt like Harrow & Brown. Fantastic!
I do not believe this is the recruit that Coach Lowe was referring to.
SFN: I think you are correct. I am hearing there is another.
W T N N Y.
Seriously, this is a good get. Good job Lowe.
Welcome to the Pack Uchebo.
a verbal commit from a 16 yr old means nothing.
^true, we’ve seen this before. If the kid gets bigtime then the Duke’s and UNC’s of the world will hit the kid up hard and bye-bye recruit.
^ and ^^…So what? If we don’t offer them and they don’t accept, how can they ever suit up for us? Now we’re complaining that they commit too early….
+1 KChill
We’ve also recently seen a 5* kid sign an LOI in part because Lowe was the first in on him. I’ll take the good with the bad. Lowe and staff seem to have an eye for kids who eventually blow up on everyone’s radar in the recruiting world. Hopefully getting in on the ground floor is a positive more times than not.
I’d rather have this kid committed today than not committed.
66pack: I have to disagree. Having kids committed is always a good thing. Additionally by identifying CJ Leslie, Ryan Harrow and the local kid that ended up signing with Duke last year all early in their careers before major programs identified them, I think Sidney has a proven track record of identifying major talents at a very young age.
Great Job Sid….. he continues to find “diamonds in the rough”… and to the naysayers above… Ryan Harrow went from a 3 star “virtual nobody” to a top 25 player (5-star) according to rivals, and i’m fairly certain, he could go just about anywhere he pleases, but stayed true to Sid. You guys have ONE example (CJL) of a guy “de-committing” and think that’s somehow now the “norm”. If Sid continues to offer and aggressively pursue these young guys BEFORE the big schools get onto them, it will NOT be a bad thing. As more will stay true to him than will not. I’ve heard that some schools out there will offer a guy once TOB has offered them, because they respect his ability to identify talent… the same apparently is true with our hoops coach. GO SID GO!!!
If kids keep gaining stars and moving up in the rankings after they are identified by Sid early, soon a whole class of kids will be chasing after us to get Sid to take a look at them and could give Sid a greater ability to pick and choose.
Hopefully that makes since.
And yea. Welcome to the pack Joseph. No reason to doubt that you are the next 5 Star Ryan Harrow, John Wall, or CJ Leslie that Sid has discovered.
rt, SFN^^^^ so who is the other recruit Sid referred to? Could it be CJ Leslie?
All signs point to CJL deciding in the Spring.
Anyone notice The Wolfpacker lists him at 6′ 9″ 220 and the N&O lists him at 7′ 240. 3 inches and 20 lbs is quite a difference.
Well, there’s one thing we can say w/ confidence: Sid and/or his staff seem to do a good job identifying future up and comers.
How about where he’s ‘ranked’ vs. other C prospects fo that year?
The early signing period is over, so I don’t think another LOI is in the works. If someone were to commit they would have to wait till fall to sign.
SFN,
Who is the “another” that you think he might be referring to?
^^^ “W T N Y”
Only for once, this is a good thing.
And we don’t necessarily have to W T N Y just yet anyway.
How ’bout that Sidney Lowe!!!
We’re gonna end up LOVING this man before it’s over. Still, it amazes me that when we get good news on the recruiting front, that the FIRST WORDS out of some people’s mouths are negative comments. Sid gets no credit from some people. Even when we had unsigned commitments, there were posts about how they would be surprised if those kids actually end up here (either not qualifying, or not signing LOI’s). Well, we just signed two of our three commits, including the non-qualifier from 2009, and the only holdout (Luke Cothron) says he’s still strongly committed to NC State. Many believe the de-commit (CJ Leslie) is very possibly leaning toward NC State again. And we just got a verbal from a 7 footer (or 6-9″, depending on the source).
Basically, we’re signing about as good a recruiting class as anyone could hope for. I’m not sure how recruiting could get much better. Yet, we have cynics on here posting WTNY, despite the fact that we have very good reason to WTNY.
Duke struggled for five years with teams that went only 28-42 in ACC play until they finally found a real D-1 level college coach. Lucky for them they didn’t have to look far, since Coach K was right there on the bench all along. His apparent improvement as a coach just happened to coincide with bringing in bringing in a couple of good recruiting classes.
Sometimes good players make good coaches.
^^^ “W T N Y”
Only for once, this is a good thing.
And we don’t necessarily have to W T N Y just yet anyway.
I don’t understand what you are trying to say. In any event, you’ve already moved your “judgment” from the 09/10 season to the 10/11 season. Why should we expect it to stop there?
What I’m trying to say is it’s not necessarily “WTNY” yet. But if it turns out bad this year, it’s ok because we have the troops here now and more on the way next year. It’s called “building”.
Serious question, VaWolf. Do you not see anything good going on with our program? Pretend for a minute that we won the national championship last year and graduated most of the team. This is the team we have now. Would you be happy with our current roster? And the outlook for their future? The point being, I think you’re clouding your judgment of the present (and the outlook for the future), with performances of the past.
I’m confident that Sid will prove you wrong either this year or next. No coach wins without great players and recruits. Sid finally has that. Until now, he has not. But you still have to give them at least a little bit of time.
I’m just glad you have no say in Sid’s future. I take great comfort in that.
“I’m just glad you have no say in Sid’s future. I take great comfort in that.”
AMEN bradleyb!