For those NC State fans wondering about play-making ability in the back court, check this out. Videos via Pack Insider. Lorenzo Brown throws down, twice Ryan Harrow puts on a show against Wheeler High School
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
NC State basketball commitment Lorenzo Brown re-confirmed his commitment to the Wolfpack last week and followed up the commitment by posting a triple double in a scrimmage against Hargrave. Brown scored 26 points on 11 of 16 shooting while grabbing12 rebounds and distributing 11 assists. You can see about a minute and a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 16, 2009
Sometimes, it’s said, it is hard to see the forest for the trees. That might be the case for NC State’s fans where its hoops program is concerned, at least in the eyes of ESPN college hoops scribe Andy Katz. According to him, the Wolfpack is working their way back to respectability, albeit with a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 19, 2009
CollegeHoops.net is counting down their preseason ranking of every college basketball team and unfortunately for us the Wolfpack’s preview popped up three full months before the season is slated to tip-off. This link will take you to CollegeHoops’ preview for the #119 ranked NC State Wolfpack, who the site selects to finish last in the ACC [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 12, 2009
I apologize for not being more timely – I’ve been on vacation and out of the loop. But yes, what you may have heard is indeed true – Lorenzo Brown is headed to prep school and will not suit up for the 2009-10 Wolfpack squad. No matter how down the ACC may be, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tip of the hat to Pack Pride for the following video of NC State commit, Ryan Harrow. Friends of mine in Georgia told me at the end of the season that Ryan Harrow was the best player in the State of Georgia not named Derrick Favors this past season. Georgia’s All-State Basketball team has been [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
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 blocked [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 12, 2008
-Wake game story from Winston-Salem Journal “I would be surprised if our guys see North Carolina State as anything but a really good football team in the ACC — and you’d better go play if you’re going to win,” Grobe said yesterday. “I don’t think it’s going to be the trap game in the sense that [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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 Wolfpack [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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 to like [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 27, 2008
NC State’s Basketball program received an important commitment from a key member of the high school class of 2009 when Lorenzo Brown, a 6-4 175 pound a combo guard from Alpharetta (GA) Centennial ended months of speculation and provided the Wolfpack a verbal commitment on Sunday. Brown is a consensus Top 25 player in the country [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 30, 2008
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 150 [...]
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
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