The High School AD who puts on this tournament(and is apart of my athletic conference) asked me to come out and watch the Nationals Bracket Championship Game between Mount Zion CHristian Academy(their Nationals Team) & Victory Christian Prep School from PA.

Wolfpack fans, let me just tell you first hand from sitting front row and observing one of Sidney Lowe's recruits...the Wolfpack Nation will go into a winning era which we have not seen since the mid 80's. Smith was stealing the ball from guards, blocking shots by centers, making shots with two & three guys guarding him. He even made 3-4 three pointers from the corner! He has INSANE speed, and he has the buld of a power forward but plays like a guard/center at times.

He finished the game with about 25 pts, 4 steals, 3 blocks, 3 assists...Roy Williams was sitting across the court from me as well as a recruiter from NC A & T, ECU, NCSU, and Wake Forest...and all I could do was look at Roy Williams and smile....b/c Im sure he was thinking-how did I let this one slip through my fingers!

GO PACK!

11/27/2006 8:35:47 AM

good news


how was that 7-1 kid from asheville that is listing us really high?

11/27/2006 8:39:32 AM

i get chills of excitement down my spine when i read shit like this. im interested to see what we can do with "leftovers" this season, and if we can succeed with these guys, god knows what well do with lowes recruits.

11/27/2006 8:53:07 AM

how was the player from the other team? tyreke evans is his name i think. top junior in the country.

11/27/2006 8:55:16 AM

Tyreke Evans from the other team was FUCKING AMAZING..it was awesome seeing him and Tracy go at it...it was odd b/c they never really gayrded one anotehr due to the fact that Evans is a guard and Smith is a F/C....Evans is a beast and walked circles around all thre of Mount Zion's top point guard, who ever gets Tyreke Evans will easily be drafting a top 10 NBA recruit..hands down...

but mark my words guys..Tracy Smith is for REAL..sitting sidecourt and seeing him at NCCU's basketball coliseum, I sat there and was thinking..Duke and UNC...you guys wont know what will hit you come the 2007-2008 season...GOOD JOB LOWE..keep up the kick ass recruiting!!

GO PACK!

11/27/2006 10:50:26 AM

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"how was that 7-1 kid from asheville that is listing us really high?"

11/27/2006 10:53:14 AM

im glad they never gayrded one another

then he'd have to go to carolina

11/27/2006 10:53:28 AM

Evans has said repeatedly to scout that UNC is his "dream school"

11/27/2006 11:12:04 AM

yeah, I heard that too from one of the staff members at Mount Zion, who plays within my high school athletic conference.


Tracy Smith is eally going to help Ben McCauly out in the low post...man I cant fucking wait!! GO PACK!!

11/28/2006 12:33:57 AM

SO has this Tracy kid actually signed yet?

11/28/2006 12:36:33 AM

no, but he's a "lock".

i dont buy the verbal commitment shit either... sign the LOI and then i'll take your word.

11/28/2006 12:46:36 AM

really though if you were a recruit that's the best way to go about it. you never know what could happen between now and signing day.

that said, i see no reason why tracy won't be w/the pack next season.

11/28/2006 12:58:59 AM

^^^^ I'd say Hickson will help us down low the most. Should be exciting next year with them two coming in.

11/28/2006 1:00:23 AM

the guys we've got commitments from know that this could be a long season. they signed with us mainly because of playing time. if we have a good year, then great... but these recruits know what they are gettin into.

11/28/2006 1:04:15 AM

I really cant get into the recruiting phase because you have all these kids and you never know whos actually going to come play. Once they sign and are academically eligible then thats when it gets my interest.

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 1:21 AM. Reason : .]

11/28/2006 1:18:20 AM

Hickson still doesnt have the grades yet does he?

11/28/2006 2:00:48 AM

he said the other night he had a 3.4 gpa and that his SAT was high enough and he was about to take the ACT as well...he also said they had his NCAA eligibility covered.

11/28/2006 3:57:21 AM

the only thing that gets me about tracy smith is what he said when he committed.

"Im goin to NC State....i guess"

hopefully that was taken out of context when written down

11/28/2006 4:45:35 AM

^ yeah. i listened to it with the free pp premium they had going on. it wasn't really taken out of context, it almost sounded like he didn't know how to start the press conference and the 'i guess, nc state' was more of an 'i guess i'll just tell you' but who knows.

11/28/2006 9:27:04 AM