Basketball Recruiting

Should Dennis Smith Jr shut it down?

This is a completely serious question. During the recent college football season, a few star college football players decided to skip playing in bowl games to protect their draft status. Certainly a devastating injury in your final college game could severely hurt those players that have solidifed their draft status. While other players still needing […]

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Markell Johnson signs with State – Gott does it again

Today Mark Gottfried added another highly rated player to the 2016-17 roster by getting Markell Johnson to sign with the Wolfpack. Johnson, who recently reclassified from a 2017 recruit to a 2016 recruit, is a 4 star point guard out of Ohio. He chose the Wolfpack over Ohio State and Texas A&M. Johnson, a 6-foot-1 […]

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Pack Picks Up Four Star SG/PF Maverick Rowan

NC State basketball picked up a quality player to fill its gap in the backcourt this afternoon: Rowan has been described in various recruiting write-ups as a ‘sharp-shooter’ or a ‘scoring machine.’ Originally classed as a 2016 prospect, Rowan is already a high school graduate.  In June, he de-committed from Pitt and said that he was considering […]

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