Thompson: "A few schools have been calling me or my AAU coach, my dad or my high school coach to get a hold of me," Thompson said. "People who have called me N.C. State, Auburn, Virginia, Memphis, Alabama, Western Kentucky and Tennessee came in to see me today."


"Right now I'm going to see who all comes in and shows interest," he said. "I'm really going to wait until after the season to focus on trying to win a state championship. We are sitting on 27-0 right now so I want to focus on that."

wolfpack87 wrote:

dunlow66 wrote: We are still trying to get PF Lennard Freeman of Oak Hill
He was at the NCSU/FSU game with the Oak Hill staff
Freeman is still considering reclassifying to '14, but we want him for next year.

I really like his athleticism and his potential, but I don't see a way where he doesn't reclassify. I would love to have him though.

Seems to indicate now that he will go to college next year, I think the offers from high majors have swayed him, he is young for his class though, just turned 17. On course to graduate.

true!  I think Davie send a lot of people to State.  Cole Blankenship in football and Lowery was here several years back.  Outside of sports I think you would see more Davie kids going to State than UNC.

TimPack10 wrote:

jimmyVrules wrote: he already played for team loaded.  he was teammates with the Martins this past summer.  I saw him play last year for Christ School against HPW.  He played at Westchester his freshemen year then transferred to Christ School.  I noticed he was back at home playing in gboro.  Comes from a good family.

Side note I saw the Martin twins over the weekend working at walmart.  They are some awesome kids.  Mama raised them boys right.

302ASullivan wrote: According to the Twitter messages that have come out, it appears he was good friends with the Martin twins.  Rick Lewis knew him too of course, as he was slated to play with Team Loaded in AAU this summer.  Incredibly sad.

Oh, that's why they came to State. Having seen the Kerlina Walmart Fans up close and personal they needed to come to STATE to get away from it all!

goturbackpack66 wrote: Dunlow, I thought Djitte has visted State. Maybe not an official visit, but has been here on a couple of occassions. I could be wrong.

I should have said official visits, you are correct in stating Djitte has been to NCSU on an unofficial visit, Clemson as well.

dunlow66 wrote:

goturbackpack66 wrote: Dunlow, I thought Djitte has visted State. Maybe not an official visit, but has been here on a couple of occassions. I could be wrong.

I should have said official visits, you are correct in stating Djitte has been to NCSU on an unofficial visit, Clemson as well.

Unofficial, yes.

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Read an article last week in the Fayetteville Observer, that Sidy Djitte, really doesn't have any real favorites right now, or at least he didn't say. He did say this though "I want to play", I guess you can take that, any way you want. This kid has a real interesting past coming from Africa. The coach really likes his maturity, but he has relatively very little experience. Personally I would love to land him, but I'm not sure he would play much his 1st year or so. The kid has really good size at 6'10" and 230. He may be waiting on, if Randle comes, and if Vandy returns.  Thoughts?

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Thoughts? Would Sidy qualify? The last two African recruits who committed to State didn't.

dunlow66 wrote:

wolfpack87 wrote:

dunlow66 wrote: We are still trying to get PF Lennard Freeman of Oak Hill
He was at the NCSU/FSU game with the Oak Hill staff
Freeman is still considering reclassifying to '14, but we want him for next year.

I really like his athleticism and his potential, but I don't see a way where he doesn't reclassify. I would love to have him though.

Seems to indicate now that he will go to college next year, I think the offers from high majors have swayed him, he is young for his class though, just turned 17. On course to graduate.

That's awesome news then, I think he'd be a 3-4 year contributor here and is a terrific athlete.

you can't teach size....of course I said that with about a doz. other State projects but they were not from Africa! Crank up the African Pipeline!

I see in the latest ESPN rankings, Duke is 5th, UNC 10th & NCSU 13th.

Man, this sure beats the days when it was just those 2 & we were no where to be found on that list!

Bryanth1a wrote:

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--- goturbackpack66 wrote:

Read an article last week in the Fayetteville Observer, that Sidy Djitte, really doesn't have any real favorites right now, or at least he didn't say. He did say this though "I want to play", I guess you can take that, any way you want. This kid has a real interesting past coming from Africa. The coach really likes his maturity, but he has relatively very little experience. Personally I would love to land him, but I'm not sure he would play much his 1st year or so. The kid has really good size at 6'10" and 230. He may be waiting on, if Randle comes, and if Vandy returns.  Thoughts?

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Thoughts? Would Sidy qualify? The last two African recruits who committed to State didn't.

If he's worried about beating out Vandy of playing time, then we don't need him. However, I seriously doubt he is.

That Thompson kid...he's listed as a PG...why would either party be interested in the other?

EDIT: Ah...according to ESPN he can shoot pretty well.

^ and his name is THOMPSON!

2014 Gary Clark had 25 points & 14 rebounds in a win for Clayton HS in win over SE Raleigh HS tonight

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--- BlackRazor wrote:

I see in the latest ESPN rankings, Duke is 5th, UNC 10th & NCSU 13th.

Man, this sure beats the days when it was just those 2 & we were no where to be found on that list!

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Where would we fall on the list with Mr. Randle on board?

Not sure, but I thought 3-5 range with JR running with the Pack.

dunlow66 wrote: 2014 Gary Clark had 25 points & 14 rebounds in a win for Clayton HS in win over SE Raleigh HS tonight

Clark just keeps posting numbers! Heck for him that was an off night on the boards.

KGTPack10 wrote: That Thompson kid...he's listed as a PG...why would either party be interested in the other?

EDIT: Ah...according to ESPN he can shoot pretty well.

I found this article on Thompson decommitting from Vandy 

http://www.dnj.com/article/201...TS08/302200040/

"Darius Thompson said when he committed to Vanderbilt that the opportunity to play early was important to him. That remains a key item he’s looking for in a school."

With Purvis, Lewis and Barber ... Wouldn't his playing time be limited?

Sidy Djitte with 24 points and 13 rebounds in Northwood Temple's playoff win last night

dunlow66 wrote: Sidy Djitte with 24 points and 13 rebounds in Northwood Temple's playoff win last night

Against who?  Hobgood Academy?

Bryanth1a wrote:

dunlow66 wrote: Sidy Djitte with 24 points and 13 rebounds in Northwood Temple's playoff win last night

Against who?  Hobgood Academy?

Northwood played Freedom Christian Academy of Fayetteville in the quarterfinals of the NCISAA 1A playoffs(won by 20). Northwood was a 4 seed and had a first round bye. Freedom came in as the five seed.


Northwood will get to play #1 seed Word of God today 3:30 in Mathews NC
This will be a semifinal game and may just be the match up of Djitte/Coger that didnt happen the last time these two teams met.

Theo Pinson led all scorers with 16 in a quarterfinal win yesterday over Ravenscroft in the NCISAA 3A Playoffs

Wesleyan Christian(Theo Pinson, JaQuel Richmond, Harry Giles) will take on High Point Christian in the 3A semifinals today at 5:30

I wish this was true, but sadly no.  According to the Davie HS Athletics webpage, in the last 10 years, the only Davie alum to play D1 basketball was Matt "Foo" Smith (2001-2005) Wake Forest Univ.

The list is a little longer in football:

Brian Myers (1994-1997) Western Carolina Univ.
Patrick Lowery (1998-2002) NC State
David Wooldridge (1998-2002) UNC-Chapel Hill
Cooter Arnold (2001-2005) UNC-Chapel Hill
Ryan Boehm (2001-2005) Coastal Carolina Univ.
Ted Randolph (2001-2005) Wake Forest Univ.
DJ Rice (2001-2005) Coastal Carolina Univ.
Logan Buchanan (2002-2006) UNC-Chapel Hill
Raeshon McNeil (2002-2006) Notre Dame
Jared Barber (2007-2011) West Virginia University
Cole Blankenship (2009-2013) NC State

I hope that Cole and the Martin twins can keep that War Eagle pipeline flowing toward NCSU.

Regarding the other assertion that generally more DCHS grads choose State over UNC-CH, I have only 1 data point to offer.  Class of 1982 had 10 grads to attend State, and I think 4 to attend UNC-CH.

On Sidy Qualifying, the article did not mention it, except the coach thinks he is a smart kid. Sidy was going to a school, (can't remember where), where the educational environment was not good for him. He came to Northwood Temple, because they had a good program for Africans, and it seems as he has progressed nicely.

I didn't mean sports.  I think the dates are off down below.  Davie doesn't produce much in basketball and I think Logan blew his knee out and never played for UNC.

dbwp3 wrote: I wish this was true, but sadly no.  According to the Davie HS Athletics webpage, in the last 10 years, the only Davie alum to play D1 basketball was Matt "Foo" Smith (2001-2005) Wake Forest Univ.

The list is a little longer in football:

Brian Myers (1994-1997) Western Carolina Univ.
Patrick Lowery (1998-2002) NC State
David Wooldridge (1998-2002) UNC-Chapel Hill
Cooter Arnold (2001-2005) UNC-Chapel Hill
Ryan Boehm (2001-2005) Coastal Carolina Univ.
Ted Randolph (2001-2005) Wake Forest Univ.
DJ Rice (2001-2005) Coastal Carolina Univ.
Logan Buchanan (2002-2006) UNC-Chapel Hill
Raeshon McNeil (2002-2006) Notre Dame
Jared Barber (2007-2011) West Virginia University
Cole Blankenship (2009-2013) NC State

I hope that Cole and the Martin twins can keep that War Eagle pipeline flowing toward NCSU.

Regarding the other assertion that generally more DCHS grads choose State over UNC-CH, I have only 1 data point to offer.  Class of 1982 had 10 grads to attend State, and I think 4 to attend UNC-CH.

I assume dates are the dates they played at Davie.

RedTerrors wrote:

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--- BlackRazor wrote:

I see in the latest ESPN rankings, Duke is 5th, UNC 10th & NCSU 13th.

Man, this sure beats the days when it was just those 2 & we were no where to be found on that list!

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Where would we fall on the list with Mr. Randle on board?

I'd love for that to happen so we could find out!

Lee would great. 2 sets of guards splitting time 24 and 16.

goturbackpack66 wrote: On Sidy Qualifying, the article did not mention it, except the coach thinks he is a smart kid. Sidy was going to a school, (can't remember where), where the educational environment was not good for him. He came to Northwood Temple, because they had a good program for Africans, and it seems as he has progressed nicely.

lol this is kinda funny. Northwood is a private christian school.  Nice one i might at, that does the A Beka program.  So there is no special African Program.  They do have two kids who came from Africa to the school, Sidy, and one other.  Its a nice small school with great people as administrators.

SurfnWolf65 wrote:

goturbackpack66 wrote: On Sidy Qualifying, the article did not mention it, except the coach thinks he is a smart kid. Sidy was going to a school, (can't remember where), where the educational environment was not good for him. He came to Northwood Temple, because they had a good program for Africans, and it seems as he has progressed nicely.

lol this is kinda funny. Northwood is a private christian school.  Nice one i might at, that does the A Beka program.  So there is no special African Program.  They do have two kids who came from Africa to the school, Sidy, and one other.  Its a nice small school with great people as administrators.

Probably gets a lot of one on one times with teachers, can really make a difference with any kid, but especially one who is trying to learn English as a second language.

Congrats to Davie Co and the Martin twins. Just defeated #6 Mt Tabor on a 3 pointer at the buzzer to win their conference championship. Don't know any details yet.

I just saw Clark play in his conference tournament. They won.
He has a decent jump shot, pretty good handle and can jump. He an score when he gets the ball.
He will not be able to play inside at the D1 level. He was fading away against smaller players.
He was also not very strong on the defensive boards. But he went after the offensive rebounds.

MisterRee wrote: I just saw Clark play in his conference tournament. They won.
He has a decent jump shot, pretty good handle and can jump. He an score when he gets the ball.
He will not be able to play inside at the D1 level. He was fading away against smaller players.
He was also not very strong on the defensive boards. But he went after the offensive rebounds.

He may still grow some and if he is similar height as Richard Howell, then he can play.  The fading away may have been a habit from when he wasn't as tall.  Good college coaches can correct certain flaws and tendencies.  Shoot his whole body can change in 20 months before he even takes the court in college.

I don't know how many times you have seen Clark play, but he is an
outstanding player. He is averaging 25 & 15. He can definitely play
a face up 4 at a high d-1 school. He is an outstanding athlete with
really good skills & he is a team player as well. He is a really good
rebounder on both ends of the court in & out of his area. By the
way you didn't mention that he had 36 points tonight & his team
won the conference championship at Garner.

36 points in the conference championship against a good Garner team.  Not too shabby and shows he might be a real gamer.  I know one of the assistants on Garner and he expected Garner to be really good this year, so Clayton winning would make me think they are pretty good also.

jwpack wrote: I don't know how many times you have seen Clark play, but he is an
outstanding player. He is averaging 25 & 15. He can definitely play
a face up 4 at a high d-1 school. He is an outstanding athlete with
really good skills & he is a team player as well. He is a really good
rebounder on both ends of the court in & out of his area. By the
way you didn't mention that he had 36 points tonight & his team
won the conference championship at Garner.

Clark is doubled & tripled covered by every team he plays. When you
play inside in high school like he does & you compete like he does,
then you have a dominant player. He is an above the rim player as
well, he can take the ball coast to coast & finish with a dunk as well
as anyone. He might end up as a 3, but to me he projects as a 4 &
I have seen him play more than 20 times.

Julius Randle dropped 35 pts, 13 reb & 3 asst in a playoff win tonight


Clayton's Gary Clark had 36 points, 20 rebounds & 6 blocked shots

RowanWolf wrote: Congrats to Davie Co and the Martin twins. Just defeated #6 Mt Tabor on a 3 pointer at the buzzer to win their conference championship. Don't know any details yet.

Leading scorers for Davie in the Championship win were Austin Hatfield 17, Kenyon Tatum 14 and Cody Martin and Peyton Sell with 10.

Davie beat Reagan in the Semis and Mt Tabor in the finals after losing twice to both teams during the regular season

dunlow66 wrote: Julius Randle dropped 35 pts, 13 reb & 3 asst in a playoff win tonight


Clayton's Gary Clark had 36 points, 20 rebounds & 6 blocked shots

Man he must have had a ton of offensive rebounds since one of our board scouts said he wasn't strong on the defensive boards.  

20 rebounds is doing something right for sure.

jwpack wrote: Clark is doubled & tripled covered by every team he plays. When you
play inside in high school like he does & you compete like he does,
then you have a dominant player. He is an above the rim player as
well, he can take the ball coast to coast & finish with a dunk as well
as anyone. He might end up as a 3, but to me he projects as a 4 &
I have seen him play more than 20 times.

Since you've seen him play more than 20 times, would you say he plays consistently hard.  Does he play with a relatively high motor?  Based on his stats, he seems to be a hustle guy.

The Miller School boys basketball team beat LCA 56-51 in the VIS semifinals. Isaac Copeland scored 25 points.