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Carolina’s football program landed a critical recruit this weekend when highly touted QB Mike Paulus announced his attention to go to UNC. Yes, Mike Paulus – younger brother of Duke’s freshman point guard Greg Paulus. You might recall that the elder Paulus was considered to be the best high school quarterback in the nation, but…
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Naaaah. If you haven’t heard (and I hadn’t until a minute or two ago), evidently there has been some buzz on Maryland boards that Gary Williams has been flirting with the Charlotte Bobcats about becoming their coach. Thanks to Floyd Stuart’s blog, I found two threads about it – here and here. Interesting? Sure. Juicy?…
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Rick Barnes (although he might want to reconsider now) John Calipari John Wooden Jay Wright Mike Montgomery Mr. Misty Champagne Me (talks broke down during negotiations over lifetime bacon rights from Murphy Farms) Tom Crean Mark Few Tom Izzo Rick Pitino Lorenzo Romar Tubby Smith Herb Sendek Jeff Capel PJ Carlesimo Frank Haith (I’m assuming…
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In a mildly surprising announcement (I figured he’d leave), not-close-to-ready Josh McRoberts has announced that he’ll return to Duke for his sophomore season. As the DBR said, it’s a welcome bit of good news for a university that’s been taking an absolute beating lately. McRoberts’ decision is the last one that I know of for…
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Mario Williams was an excellent player at NC State. A big, gifted defensive lineman who was among the best players in the league at his position. But was he this good? A better athlete than Vince Young? A better prospect than Julius Peppers was? A talent not seen “in years?” Wow. I guess that explains…
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Well, well. It seems that our old friend Matt Doherty is on the move again, this time to SMU. You may recall that just one year ago, Doherty was hired off the scrap heap to try to revive the program at Florida Atlantic. I’m sure they knew he was not going to be a long-term…
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I’m pretty sure I’m not alone when I say that I never expected to read the headline, “Terps’ Ibekwe, Strawberry May File for Draft.” Huh? Yeah, I’m sure the NBA is just drooling over a couple of guys who scored 10 and 11 points per game for a team that missed the NCAA Tournamant. Now,…
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NC State won’t have Rick Barnes or John Calipari next year, they won’t have their (likely) top-ten recruit the next year and they may not have Cedric Simmons next season. Simmons is going to go through the NBA draft process, but says he won’t hire an agent. Given how weak this draft will be, his…
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Oof. Talk about your gut punches. It was a done deal, wasn’t it? Calipari was coming to NC State and he would (by any means necessary) build the program back up so that it was once again challenging Duke and Carolina for conference supremecy. Coach Cal would fit right in and maybe he’d even get…
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In newspapers, in sports bars, on the airwaves, in office hallways – you hear the argument waged. Is NC State a premier college basketball program? State fans argue with opponents until they are red in the face – we have two championships! We invented the ACC Tournament! Reynolds Coliseum hosted the Dixie Classic. Jim Valvano!…