Sid was right – JJ went in the 11-20 window. Here’s Chad Ford’s analysis: I’m surprised they passed on local hero Kosta Koufos of Ohio State. But I do like Hickson, who’s a sleeper. He’s strong and athletic and he can score in multiple ways. He was 12-for-12 from the field in his first college […]
07-08 Basketball
Post-Lotto ESPN Mock Draft – Hickson at #25 to Rockets
Here’s your linkage. Just in case you were harboring any miniscule hopes for Hickson’s return (which SFN certainly never encouraged) – you can let them go now.
Writing on the wall for JJ; Look to Big Ced for example (May 7th Update)
May 1, 2008 The writing may be the wall for JJ Hickson. As NC State fans people who genuinely want to see JJ Hickson maximize his earnings and succeed for years to come; we can only hope that the young man is mature enough to ‘read the wall’ objectively ans execute the kind of decision-making-skills […]
ACC Basketball News: NBA’s view of Hickson, Taylor King to Villanova, and Miami picks up PG from Villanova
There are many State fans who have issues with Dave Glenn, however there isn’t any member of the media who has his resources and access in covering ACC sports. With several ACC players considering declaring for the NBA draft, he gathered some opinions from NBA officials on Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and JJ […]
More “Coach Fowler” Wisdom
Fowler’s talking to Tim Peeler on gopack.com, so you knew that some unintended hilarity would ensue. Although there are actually some good points in the article (SFN heartily welcomes the promised changes in the basketball office), we can’t resist commenting on this nugget: “Regarding basketball, when I was an assistant coach at the University of […]
Larry Davis to Transfer from Seton Hall
It’s not a big deal, but it was worth noting that it was announced yesterday that Larry Davis will transfer from Seton Hall. Davis played in all 61 Seton Hall games over the last two seasons and averaged 6.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game for his career. The guard’s top performance came in a […]
The Larry Brown Final Four
“This is a nightmare for Roy Williams” — Billy Packer, 9:31 remaining in the first half with the score Kansas 33 UNC 10 “This game…is OVER” — Billy Packer, 7:31 remaining in the first half with the score Kansas 38 UNC 12 It would take a blind person less than a nanosecond to recognize the […]
Davidson Basks in Tournament Success
This is the new reality for Davidson College in the post-tournament world: Orders for commemorative T-shirts from China, Australia and Italy. A 262 percent increase in Web site traffic. Worries there won’t be enough freshman housing next year Congratulations to the entire Davidson College community. This article provides detail on some of the impacts of […]
UCLA Farks Overexposed Hopsbrough
Courtesy of The Onion The Final Four is almost here. Which means a lot of things…and this year it means that the world will have the ‘pleasure’ of watching the most amazing college basketball player in history! With Rick Morrissey leading the charge in this fantastic article, we FINALLY have some other folks in the […]
Hook Em!
It is Rick Barnes vs John Calipari. A match-up of two premier coaches that NC State could have hired multiple times since 1995. A match-up designed to highligh Lee Fowler’s incompetence as the two primary coaches on which Fowler should have been able close the deal two years ago match-up for the right to head […]
