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"during that worthless free throw tech took with 20 seconds left, i loudly expressed my love for dick howell. i think he heard me. i hope he heard me."

we love dick

how well

?

[Edited on March 6, 2013 at 4:25 PM. Reason : 7]

3/6/2013 4:24:10 PM

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"next year will end a great stretch of returning solid, non-freshman, undersized centers that play harder than anyone else on the team. here's to you, ben mccauley, tracy smith and richard howell. i love you all."

no love for the big dandy vandy?

[Edited on March 6, 2013 at 4:28 PM. Reason : made some corrections]

3/6/2013 4:27:30 PM

3/6/2013 4:28:24 PM

Hope he has a huge senior night tonight. Very sad to see him graduating. Much love to Howell.

3/6/2013 4:56:49 PM

Howell for POY: http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/1272025.html

3/6/2013 5:03:34 PM

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"no love for the big dandy vandy?"

no. and you can knock ben mccauley if you want, even though you shouldn't, but if you won't get to fisticuffs in defense of tracy smith you just weren't watching the team play those three years.

3/6/2013 5:09:46 PM

he sweats for our wins

3/6/2013 5:18:32 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/03/07/2733571/crothers-nc-states-howell-wood.html

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"NC State’s Howell, Wood remember the beginning Published: March 7, 2013 Updated 3 hours ago By Tim Crothers - correspondent RALEIGH — Once upon a time, many years ago, their story began at a Pizza Hut on Western Boulevard. Two freshmen. One sprung from SEC soil. The other straight out of Hoosiers. One a relentless rebounder. The other the kind of sublime jump shooter for whom rebounding is rarely necessary. They ate slices and they talked. Well, one of them talked. By all accounts, beyond choosing his toppings, Richard Howell barely spoke that night in August of 2009. Scott Wood and his parents tried to engage the shy kid from Georgia who they were meeting for the first time, but Howell set a monosyllabic screen that could not be breached. Howell and Wood laugh when they rewind to that evening, both wondering what the other must have thought about Howell’s conspicuous silence. Like so many seniors, Howell and Wood say that dinner four years ago feels like it happened yesterday, which is surprising in their case considering the breadth of their journey, the many highs and lowes they have endured together. The Wolfpack lost 22 ACC games during their first two seasons, prompting the dismissal of coach Sidney Lowe in 2011. Fellow recruits in their class of 2009, Josh Davis and DeShawn Painter, transferred to Tulane and Old Dominion, respectively. Julius Mays left N.C. State for Wright State. Ryan Harrow showed up in Raleigh, played one season, then resurfaced at Kentucky. Jaqawn Raymond fled to Middle Tennessee State, Tyler Harris to Providence and Thomas de Thaey just went home to Belgium. Howell and Wood couldn’t help but think, should I be leaving, too? “I can’t even count how many times it ran through my mind how badly I wanted to get out of here,” Howell says. “But I talked to people I trusted who told me I had to be patient until my time came.” Howell and Wood have leaned on each other through all the drama, building as much a bond as a friendship, a mutual respect for each other’s resiliency. “Our relationship has grown over the years to where he actually talks to me,” Wood says. “Rich and I have been through a lot of good times and bad times. We lost games and teammates and coaches and we were always the ones still here.” During Wednesday’s senior night victory against Wake Forest, Howell played in his 127th game for N.C. State. Wood played in his 133rd and will tie the school record in the regular-season finale at Florida State. Howell and Wood have been around so long that they played with Dennis Horner and Farnold Degand. They are both 22 years old, senior citizens in a sport trending younger every year. “Rich and I have joked recently about how ancient we are and how they’re getting ready to kick us out of here,” Wood says. “I see these young guys running around with all this excess energy and I don’t have that in me anymore. I’m too old for that.” Moments after the conclusion of Wednesday’s game, Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried pulled Howell and Wood aside in the tunnel to personally thank them. “I just told them that I appreciate the kind of people they are more than anything,” Gottfried says. “We’re trying to turn an ocean liner here and you need your older players to help you do it. The words that keep coming to mind are reliable and dependable. “We live in a world where young people always want to go find a new home. Those guys chose to stay the course. They’re the cornerstone guys.” When Howell and Wood are asked about their favorite memory so far at N.C. State, neither hesitates for an instant. For both it was Selection Sunday last March when the team gathered on campus to watch the NCAA tournament brackets announced. The players saw 67 schools chosen without hearing their own. Then, after a pregnant pause, N.C. State appeared on the screen – the final team revealed – and a raucous celebration ensued. “I just remember that everybody in the room was pretty downcast thinking we were going to be left out again,” Wood said. “Then we saw our name pop up and we knew we’d really accomplished something.” Says Howell, “That’s one of those moments you never forget. Talk about joy and excitement. Now we know that feeling and we want that feeling back. This year we’re trying to not make it as scary as it was last year.” While N.C. State has not lived up to its preseason hype thus far, the 2012-13 season is clearly another step forward for the program. “It’s been a drastic turn,” Howell says. “I came here with big hopes and dreams and then I got hit with reality. It’s definitely been like two different careers, but I’m definitely happy how well it’s all ending up.” Exiting PNC Arena on Wednesday night, Howell and Wood found themselves together again. The buzz cut and the beard. A group of fans waited for them by the door, so the two seniors began posing for photos, signing autographs, bidding farewell to security guards, anything to keep from leaving. Wood carried his locker nameplate as a souvenir. Howell carried his young daughter, Milani. The last two players in the arena, they stayed and stayed and stayed past midnight. In this era of NBA early entry when senior night is often reserved for short, chubby guys who stand still in practice pretending to be the next opponent, part of being a senior is how it humbles you. It’s that nagging feeling that everybody else has left for a party to which you weren’t invited. Before this season, Howell and Wood were never courted by the NBA, but now both have a shot. Howell is projected as a second-round pick. Wood will get a look as a free agent. They are two tweeners, accustomed to the idea that happily-ever-afters aren’t guaranteed. No matter what paths their careers follow, Howell and Wood will never, ever, hear another crowd roar for them the way Wolfpack fans did Wednesday night when they left the floor side-by-side for the final time. The two seniors received that ovation because in this college basketball world where everybody wants to go, go, go, they always stayed. They heard that kind of roar because it’s been nearly four years now since two rookies ate pizza together on Western Boulevard and they are still on Tobacco Road."

3/8/2013 11:06:21 AM

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"highs and lowes they have endured together."

3/8/2013 11:45:43 AM

I will miss these 2, they were great to this university. I can only image what Howell would've looked like with 4 years under Gottfried. I think both have a chance to play in the NBA - Wood as the 8th man off the bench for 3 pointers and free throws. Howell will force his way in. The guy's got more heart than just about anyone I've ever seen, he just doesn't want to be denied. I'm glad they stuck it out, because they will definitely be two of the most memorable NC State players when all is said and done.

3/8/2013 12:50:18 PM

1. Ronnie Shavlik 1598
2. Tommy Burleson 1066
3. Mel Thompson 1063
4. Bobby Speight 1057
5. Howell 996 (and supposedly is #1 in offensive rebounds?)
6. John Richter 936

3/8/2013 1:00:52 PM

Think I'm going to start calling my dick Richard Howell in his honor.

3/8/2013 1:35:46 PM

First Team All-ACC

awesome

3/11/2013 1:16:12 PM

gg Howell

3/11/2013 1:24:38 PM

Love it. Well deserved. Really going to miss big Dick Howell.

3/11/2013 1:43:39 PM

Damn if he didn't earn that! I was worried our team performance would drop him to the second. Really going to miss him next year.

3/11/2013 2:09:18 PM

This is awesome. Congrats Richard!

3/11/2013 5:21:35 PM

3/13/2013 11:55:58 PM

This is the best.

3/14/2013 12:17:32 AM

^^ Love when he does that (in that last picture)! And man, he's really transformed!! BEAST! Can't wait to see him put in work tomorrow (today)!

3/14/2013 2:31:17 AM

Richard Howell is the best NC State player since one Julius Hodge.

3/14/2013 2:43:46 AM

^ Bennerman was awesome too. Big Rich is in the top 5 since Jules left fo sure...

3/14/2013 9:08:17 AM

as much as i liked bennerman, he isn't even in the same league as hodge or howell in terms of night in night out production.

3/14/2013 9:48:35 AM

Hodge and Howell are in their own league.

Then Engin, Tracy Smith, Scott Wood, Bennerman

3/14/2013 12:18:30 PM

Hickson? I still claim him, at least.

3/14/2013 12:25:01 PM

If someone told you Howell would be all-acc before the season started, what would your expectations have been? I would have said we were top 5 in the country.

[Edited on March 14, 2013 at 12:28 PM. Reason : the media probably would have said we were hands down #1]

3/14/2013 12:28:02 PM

this needs to stay at the top at all times

3/14/2013 2:50:58 PM

Golden Gawd

3/14/2013 4:20:16 PM

^^^He over-performed any and all realistic expectations, that's for sure.

3/14/2013 4:22:03 PM

3/14/2013 8:13:11 PM

Only a handful of people can talk shit to da jules.

gg big rich.

3/14/2013 9:28:18 PM

that brief twitter convo made me smile

3/14/2013 9:29:35 PM

HOWELL = BALLER

3/15/2013 9:49:09 AM

look, son, you better get your ass better

3/15/2013 3:59:13 PM

he is everything special to me

3/15/2013 4:05:17 PM

He's a god damn beast.

3/15/2013 4:06:36 PM

I don't want Rich to go. Can we shave him, get'em a new ID and have another 4 years?

3/15/2013 4:07:07 PM

All he needs to do is lose his ID. When they issue him a new one it'll be good for 6 more years.

Hashtag studentdiscount5yearsaftergraduating

3/15/2013 4:11:22 PM

hope he's ok. he's a fucking monster.

3/15/2013 4:59:39 PM

^^#cleanshavengang

3/15/2013 5:01:47 PM

1. Ronnie Shavlik 1598
2. Tommy Burleson 1066
3. Mel Thompson 1063
4. Bobby Speight 1057
5. Howell 1030
6. John Richter 936

3 games to pass Burleson???

3/15/2013 11:36:10 PM

3/16/2013 12:17:52 AM

RESPECT

3/16/2013 1:59:04 PM

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"I don't want Rich to go. Can we shave him, get'em a new ID and have another 4 years?"

Hahaha! This.

3/16/2013 11:17:37 PM

Is it just me, or does Howell sweat a lot?

3/17/2013 12:25:53 AM

I think our W-L record would be better without Rich

glad he's leaving, it will help both him and the team

3/17/2013 12:49:07 AM

^^ Ha! They said they have to dry his uniform at half-time because it gets incredibly soaked.

^ WWWHHHHAAATTTTT????

3/17/2013 1:19:08 AM

he's an inconsistent cancer, he hasn't even scored in double figures in either of the last 2 games

clearly, we'd be a better team without him, it's not really debatable

3/17/2013 1:22:21 AM

Hardest working player, his sweat is appreciated!

3/17/2013 2:10:32 AM

^^^Don't pay any attention to TT. He's being sarcastic and trying to make fun of the constant Negative Nancys on TWW. He doesn't seem to realize that in doing so, he is being more annoying than said Negative Nancys. I hope he ends this routine soon.

That being said, Richard Howell, you are appreciated. Here's hoping you're 100% for the tournament. We need you!

[Edited on March 17, 2013 at 12:18 PM. Reason : .]

3/17/2013 12:16:04 PM