They are really taking their sweet time announcing the non conference games for this season.

8/18/2016 9:25:51 AM

non-con schedule was released 7/17 last year.

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from last year's thread.

8/18/2016 12:45:23 PM

Yeah I was referring to the non conference schedule.

8/18/2016 2:02:24 PM

Quote :

"Jon Rothstein ?@JonRothstein 6h 6 hours ago Arizona freshman Rawle Alkins has been academically cleared by the NCAA, multiple sources told @CBSSports."

Any chance we'll be hearing about Yurtseven soon?

8/19/2016 1:11:48 PM

not sure...i wonder if it may be different since Alkins was an academic issue and Yurt7 isn't academic related. but that's purely speculation on my part. but i think that is encouraging. it was mentioned earlier, but the NCAA does this based on season...like, they rule on the eligibility of all the fall athletes before moving on to the winter sports. so if they're already on winter sports, then that'd be good i guess.

[Edited on August 19, 2016 at 4:06 PM. Reason : f]

8/19/2016 4:05:33 PM

how do you pronounce Rawle Atkins' first name? Is it like RAWLEE COW COLLEGE

8/19/2016 4:09:27 PM

I believe he uses the French pronunciation

8/19/2016 4:50:33 PM

Who the heck is Tucker Thompson. 6-10 walk on cant hurt for practice i guess.

8/20/2016 4:15:47 PM

Did Gott land another player? I haven't heard anything about this.

8/20/2016 9:14:41 PM

somebody said he was a transfer from WCU...i assume walk on? i'd guess if he was a major signing we'd have definitely heard about it.

also, on the gopack.com roster Beejay is listed at 344 lbs. if that's true, jesus fucking christ dude.

[Edited on August 20, 2016 at 9:18 PM. Reason : f]

8/20/2016 9:15:48 PM

posted 7 weeks ago

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSEfcmBTXf/?taken-by=banya21&hl=en

doesn't look bad there, fwiw

8/20/2016 9:22:09 PM

yeah but everybody knows black is a slimming color so...

my guess is that the weight on gopack is probably just from last year or something...and they don't have updated numbers for him or they haven't done official weigh-in or some shit. idk.

in the past it always seemed like anya didn't have much trouble losing weight in the offseason - he drops like 30 lbs every offseason - but i guess he gains it all back during the season or right after the season.

[Edited on August 20, 2016 at 9:35 PM. Reason : f]

8/20/2016 9:34:33 PM

When was the last time he was actually 344?

8/20/2016 10:44:16 PM

8th grade?

8/20/2016 11:24:50 PM

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2015/09/26/n-c-states-beejay-anya-continues-battle-with-weight/

dunno, this says he was at 320 in the 2015 offseason.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article37361130.html

this say he was 350 as a freshman

8/21/2016 9:18:13 AM

"Tucker! Block that shit!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

8/21/2016 9:38:28 AM

^lol, was just thinking how Tucker Thompson could become the next Jevoni. '

was it face that insisted Jevoni was one of the best players on the team and Gott refused to play him? based all on about 5 minutes of mop up duty in which he maybe got a dunk and a block or something like that.

here's thompson's stat line from his only season at WCU

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/3151470/tucker-thompson

14.7 mpg, 3 ppg, 2.8 rpg on 47% shooting (36 of 77) and 25 for 38 on FTs (66%)

[Edited on August 21, 2016 at 1:54 PM. Reason : f]

8/21/2016 1:42:46 PM

It was in fact the illustrious face

8/22/2016 2:22:24 PM

I remember when Sidney Lowe refused to play Justin Clark, even though he was our best big man.

8/22/2016 3:39:06 PM

I'd kinda forgotten that we're also still waiting to hear if Kapita is academically cleared.

[Edited on August 23, 2016 at 9:49 AM. Reason : V thanks]

8/23/2016 9:24:32 AM

I think its less academics and more issues similar to Yurt. He played with a semi pro league somewhere and may have had contact with an agent.

8/23/2016 9:36:33 AM

Fuck the NCAA, how long are they taking? Emmert is a piece of fucking shit. Fuck UNC.

8/23/2016 9:54:45 AM

Yeah Kapita is less academic and more "did he sign a contract" or "take money."

Think our coaches feel good about both players chances, just no timeframe on when we'll hear about either.

8/23/2016 10:05:37 AM

Twitter posted a pic of Anya, supposedly from this year's packapalooza, and if he sure doesn't look 344. Motivation tactic?

8/24/2016 11:18:17 PM

Quote :

" and if he sure doesn't look 344"

Huh?

8/25/2016 12:28:36 AM

also, cameron gottfried is on the roster. he was at some some school...guess he transferred in. listed as a junior.

[Edited on August 25, 2016 at 7:23 AM. Reason : ^think he just meant he doesn't look 344]

8/25/2016 7:22:45 AM

^^"if" was a typo
^ya

8/25/2016 7:38:13 AM

I think he's listed at 344 this year or something. I saw it on the twitters.

8/25/2016 8:28:42 AM

I saw it like 10 posts up...

8/25/2016 8:59:31 AM

yeah and they didn't say where the 344 lb figure came from.

DAMN, DENNIS SMITH JR WEIGHS 700 LBS

8/25/2016 10:11:40 AM

Quote :

"also, on the gopack.com roster Beejay is listed at 344 lbs. if that's true, jesus fucking christ dude. "

8/25/2016 10:24:36 AM

Jesus Christ....do a little research. Beejay is nowhere close to 344 right now. He more like 280-85.

8/25/2016 11:14:17 AM

Can't tell if sarcastic

8/25/2016 11:17:09 AM

jesus christ this is dumb.

1) gopack dot com posted their official roster with beej's listed weight at 344
2) it was openly questioned
3) pics appear to disprove that figure

i deeply apologize for not scrolling through his instagram before questioning whether or not that 344 figure was accurate.

now we can all move on.

[Edited on August 25, 2016 at 12:18 PM. Reason : christ]

8/25/2016 12:17:37 PM

Yea i didn't really mean to do anything other than post something more recent than TT's pic from 2 months ago, then synapse, justin and jbrick came out.

Also me quoting your post wasn't criticizing, only telling justin everyone knew where the value came from.

Not sure what made jbrick so touchy


I was also curious why they put him at 344, simple bookkeeping mistake, motivation tactic (didn't gott do some fat shaming last year?) or other?

[Edited on August 25, 2016 at 1:05 PM. Reason : A]

8/25/2016 1:03:01 PM

^haha yeah i wasn't really directing that toward you. just in general, i guess.

i think it's the end of the football/basketball offseason delirium setting in...nothing else to talk about so we all bitch about how much beejay weighs based on pictures and roster updates haha.

8/25/2016 1:06:44 PM

Anya?

8/25/2016 1:48:17 PM

If they put him at 344 for a motivation tactic, it logically can't be that far away from his current weight. If it were off by 20 or 30 pounds, I'd like to think Anya could see through that, rendering that dumbass tactic useless.

I've given up hope he'll be a significant contributor at this point. I just want him to be at a weight where he can give us something.

[Edited on August 25, 2016 at 9:50 PM. Reason : .]

8/25/2016 9:49:50 PM

He looks pretty svelte actually

8/25/2016 10:08:46 PM

^ yeah it's obviously nowhere near his current weight, which is what I was saying with my first post on this issue.

8/25/2016 11:19:23 PM

I bet he'll continue to be the Wolfpack's all-time shot-block leader.

8/26/2016 9:10:58 AM

What are the chances the schedule gets released today?

The B1G released theirs yesterday.

8/26/2016 9:19:29 AM

-10%

8/26/2016 10:53:20 AM

Any word on 2017 recruiting/prospects?

(I'm trying to get the thread away from Anya's weight, which is irrelevant because he's not going to get much PT either way)

8/26/2016 11:02:13 AM

eh, I'll think he'll get decent PT... and a lot more if Omer and/or Kapita aren't cleared.

8/26/2016 11:11:18 AM

Nate Watson, 4* center visited earlier this week. think i read that it was his first official visit, so he'd probably take a few more before announcing. but that's all i got.

8/26/2016 11:12:19 AM

At what point do we worry about him being too thin?

8/26/2016 11:12:40 AM

lol

8/26/2016 11:15:12 AM

if beejay was here for like 2 more years, he could lose so much that we'd get excited after hearing "he's added 30 lbs of muscle this offseason"

8/26/2016 11:38:19 AM

I bought season tix for the first time ever

when the hell's the schedule getting released

9/4/2016 8:08:42 PM