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 point guard, committed to play basketball at NC State. We discussed Harrow and the Wolfpack’s future roster was discussed in this entry at the time of Harrow’s verbal commitment.
On Sunday, the N&O’s Tim Stevens wrote a great article about Harrow and his potential for stardom.
Lots of interesting things to discuss in the article. A couple of real quick ones:
(1) Telep’s Turnaround
He has been out of the recruiting mainstream to the extent that Dave Telep, the director of recruiting for Scout.com, has not yet evaluated him. “I need to see him more,” Telep said. “I honestly haven’t seen him enough yet to say much about him accurately.”
I *think* this is a change in position for Telep as I could have sworn he made some comments when Harrow committed that indicated that Harrow was certainly not going to be one of the top/elite/top 10 players at his position.
(2) Potential Growth
Harrow isn’t impressive physically — he weighs just 150 pounds. But he wears a size 13 shoe and he has long arms. Doctors have told him that he may grow to the 6-2 or 6-3 range. “If he does that, he is going to be one of the top 25 players in the country before he is done,” Goydish said.
Not many people with size 13 shoes finish their growth under six feet. Not many finish under 6’3. This is very exciting for Harrow’s future potential. I just hope that he can keep his ankles from twisting too much as he grows into his frame.
