http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/seth_davis/12/11/hoop.thoughts/2.html

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"3. Sidney Lowe, N.C. State ADVERTISEMENT Click to learn more... Sports Merchandise - HomeTeams.com Get sports merchandise at great prices at HomeTeam.com. We ship to both international... http://www.hometeams.com Bowflex?? Revolution - Complete Fitness Fitness by Bowflex?? - no payments and no interest for 12 months. http://www.bowflexrevolution.com Tennisrulz Forum Talk about tennis, the latest results, your favorite players. http://www.tennisrulz.com Golf Gifts One of the two longest hitters in the world hit the Red Hot Chili Pepper. Call in and... krankgolf.com MAILBAG Seth Davis will periodically answer questions from SI.com users in his Hoop Thoughts column. Your name: Your e-mail address: Your home town: Enter your question: Previous school: n/a (Lowe was an assistant with the Detroit Pistons last year) Replaced: Herb Sendek NC State's record last season: 22-10 Current record: 6-2 A lot of folks (myself included) questioned Lowe's hiring last spring, but so far he's had all the right answers. The Wolfpack lost their lone senior, point guard Engin Atsur, to injury in the beginning of their game against Michigan on Nov. 27, yet they won that one before dropping their next two on the road. Considering this team lost three senior starters as well as agile center Andrew Brackman, who decided to focus on baseball, it's pretty impressive they're as competitive as they are. (They came very close to wining their ACC opener at Virginia last week.) Unfortunately, Lowe also lost some recruits last spring who had committed to Sendek so he has some ground to make up there, but at least he's off to a promising start."

Not bad. Number 3 in the top 10. Interesting to see Doherty up there. I think he'll end up being a really good coach in the future. Good to see those last two losses not deter Seth Davis from keeping Lowe out of this list...considering our depth issues.

12/12/2006 12:26:09 PM

I support Sidney Lowe.

12/12/2006 12:28:02 PM

andrew brackman>ced simmons?

12/12/2006 12:34:17 PM

I support Sidney Lowe.

12/12/2006 12:35:11 PM

He completely forgets to mention that we lost Ced to the NBA.

12/12/2006 12:39:29 PM

yeah all things considered
hes doing a pretty awesome job with the amount of talent he has available

we lost bethel, bennerman, evtimov (not really much of a loss there), brackman (to baseball), and of course he forgot to mention simmons (to the NBA)....and now for the past 4 games Atsur our only returning starter has been injured

i'm glad some of the other guys have stepped it up so far this season even though herb never gave alot of them too many chances to play last season

McCauley and Costner have really stepped it up for us in particular

[Edited on December 12, 2006 at 12:51 PM. Reason : ]

12/12/2006 12:48:33 PM

in terms of recruiting he's not doing bad either.

i like his strategy - everyone knows good guards are important, especially in the ACC, but being in the NBA Sid understands the importance of solid forwards.

12/12/2006 1:03:12 PM

you guys need to clean up your quotes

no need for all this bullshit to sort through

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12/12/2006 1:04:05 PM

12/12/2006 1:19:21 PM

im just picky and you guys are too lazy

12/12/2006 1:21:06 PM

^pretty much. That and I made the thread and went and got something to eat.

Fuck it.

12/12/2006 2:02:35 PM

LOWE WE BACK

12/12/2006 2:26:03 PM

Let me see you get LOWE you scared you scared

12/12/2006 3:38:18 PM

I support Sidney Lowe.

12/12/2006 3:47:23 PM

i support nc state

12/12/2006 4:17:27 PM

How is Sidney even eligible to be ranked? According to the beginning of the article, Seth Green took out of consideration any coaches that "replaced a head coach who left voluntarily." I'm pretty sure Herb falls under that category...nonetheless, good job Sid!

12/12/2006 4:32:38 PM

I support Sidney Lowe.

12/13/2006 6:35:46 PM

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"Interesting to see Doherty up there. I think he'll end up being a really good coach in the future."

I don't.

He didn't really accomplish anything at Notre Dame with some pretty talented teams and then he ran the UNC program into the fucking ground and would have squandered a National Championship roster if he had not been forced out.

Then the idiot walked away from millions of dollars in his severance package because he "wasnt thinking clearly" and "did not realize what he was doing".

I dont want a guy who crumbles under pressure the way Matt Doherty did and I'd like to think other AD's are smart enough not to either.

Maybe he recovers from his nervous breakdown and learns from his mistakes, but I think he's far better off at a small school where maybe his personality won't cause as many problems as it did at UNC.

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 7:01 PM. Reason : a]

12/13/2006 7:01:08 PM

sidney lowe is the chosen one. mark it down.

12/13/2006 7:39:45 PM

Coach Lowe, ftw.

12/13/2006 7:47:10 PM

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"yeah all things considered hes doing a pretty awesome job with the amount of talent he has available"

I agree he has started off well, but I see that more in a recruiting sense. He's done a fantastic job within a shorter than optimal timeframe. It's hard to say how good of a COACH he is. I think he will end up being very, very good but at this point you can't say one way or another.

We haven't lost any games we shouldn't have, though I felt we should have beat WVU since they were picked 13th or 14th in the Big East and the 4 games I've seen them play before this were underwhelming. I understand though that Beilien is one hell of a coach** and that is acceptable. We beat Michigan in large part thanks to an adjustment that Lowe made so great job there. I expected the loss to UVa so no big deal there.

I think this season is a success to me if we win 5 ACC games and get to .500 overall. Certainly possible...

** anyone who disagrees and will compare him to Herb's offense doesn't understand basketball and the importance of adjustments. See WVU-Wake Forest game in '05 NCAA tourney.. just added that b/c I know it's coming..

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 7:52 PM. Reason : xx]

12/13/2006 7:48:08 PM

if we had more than 6 people, the WVU game would have been a win. we simply ran out of gas.

12/13/2006 9:34:01 PM

yeah, we're gonna hear a lot of that this year

12/13/2006 9:34:42 PM

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"I think this season is a success to me if we win 5 ACC games and get to .500 overall. Certainly possible..."

that is a huge success with our depth atm.

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 10:12 PM. Reason : rush the court again if we make it to the NIT [although it was finals that time]]

12/13/2006 10:11:46 PM

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"ccording to the beginning of the article, Seth Green took out of consideration any coaches that "replaced a head coach who left voluntarily." I'm pretty sure Herb falls under that category"

if by leaving voluntarily you mean basically ran out of town then sure.

12/13/2006 10:15:07 PM

was herb fired?

no?

k, thanks

12/13/2006 11:04:55 PM

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"I felt we should have beat WVU since they were picked 13th or 14th in the Big East and the 4 games I've seen them play before this were underwhelming"

and they hit 50% of their 3 pointers
we didnt switch on D and that had a big influence on that stat
we also did run out of gas...i wasnt even mad

12/14/2006 10:10:08 AM

I hate losing.. But the way this team has played I can't be mad at the 2 loses. In fact it gives me a lot of hope that once we get a few extra players we can win those close games. I too think we can finish .500 and sneak our way into the NIT which would be a very successful year considering what this team has gone through.

12/14/2006 10:13:07 AM

^^ I'm certainly not mad. Shit happens. I just felt that was a winnable game even with our depth..

12/14/2006 1:28:58 PM

^^^^

technically no, not by the athletic department.

by the fans...pretty much.

12/14/2006 1:40:20 PM

past wolfpack teams have really pissed me off with effort given
these guys are really playing hard.

bryan, i agree...i thought we could have won that game also

12/14/2006 1:47:54 PM

Has anyone seen that painting/mural in Ruckus of Lowe coaching with Valvano shouting with his hand on Lowe's shoulder? Pretty awesome. I wonder where they got it. Perhaps the new GoPack store?

12/19/2006 12:12:08 AM

A little cool FYI from the Herald-Sun:

Sloan won his first game against UNC in Game 11 against them.
Valvano won his first game against UNC in Game 8 against them.
Lowe won his first game against UNC in Game 1 against them.

2/5/2007 2:56:22 PM

true

2/5/2007 2:58:16 PM

les won his first game against them

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 2:59 PM. Reason : ]

2/5/2007 2:59:42 PM

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"Has anyone seen that painting/mural in Ruckus of Lowe coaching with Valvano shouting with his hand on Lowe's shoulder? Pretty awesome. I wonder where they got it. Perhaps the new GoPack store?"

That shit is horrible.

2/5/2007 3:28:28 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2754787

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"TEAM OF THE WEEK: NORTH CAROLINA STATE By Andy Katz Can't say I saw this coming. That would be a lie. But what I did see way back in November, when NC State came back to beat Michigan in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, was a team that had plenty of heart, desire and passion, and believed in everything its first-year coach said. The Wolfpack maybe didn't get enough credit earlier in the week for a surprising win at Virginia Tech. Maybe that was because the win came on the same night Indiana beat Wisconsin, while Texas' Kevin Durant lit up Texas Tech for 37 points and 23 rebounds. But clearly the victory in Blacksburg set up Saturday's raucous win over rival North Carolina. The atmosphere at the RBC Center seemed Stanley Cup-like, at least through the TV screen. The Wolfpack continued to attack the Tar Heels and never seemed to be fazed as UNC responded. What has made this season so hard to predict is the way the Tar Heels smoked Arizona one Saturday in Tucson only to get pushed around, and look a bit displaced, seven days later in Raleigh against a collection of gritty players. Every game will still be a struggle for the Wolfpack, but be certain about this: NC State won't be an easy out under Sidney Lowe. This week, the Wolfpack became the headline team in The Triangle -- and with UNC and Duke as competitors, that's something to savor. "

2/5/2007 3:45:19 PM

if only there were already 2 threads about that article!

2/5/2007 3:46:11 PM

^ At least I didn't make a thread about it

2/5/2007 3:51:53 PM

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"les won his first game against them "

les started off with a lot of talent, but NCAA scholarship restrictions took their toll on him during the following years. Lowe is starting off with a shortage of talent, but we'll see how that changes in the next couple of years.

2/5/2007 4:06:30 PM

He has pretty good talent, just no depth.

2/5/2007 4:09:43 PM

that's more accurate. talented players don't do you much good when one of them is semi-injured and the others are out of breath from playing so many minutes.

2/5/2007 4:17:47 PM