you can have as many redshirts as you want

i have five or six in my closet

i don't think the NCAA can regulate a player's wardrobe

HAHA JUST KIDDING YOU ARE DUMB

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seriously though

a player can have as many redshirts as the NCAA allows (see chris colmer)

costner and bart were injured early in the season and allowed a medical redshirt

that meant that year did not count against their eligibility -- that's why mcauley is a junior and costner is a redshirt sophomore

bart is no longer on the team, so i don't know what the fuck you're talking about as far as another redshirt this season

[Edited on November 20, 2007 at 1:26 AM. Reason : ]

11/20/2007 1:19:03 AM

thanks for clearing that up...

11/20/2007 1:19:58 AM

if i wasn't so sure you were trolling the fuck out of me right now, i'd give you a straight answer.

11/20/2007 1:20:07 AM

... this is the only thread im even posting on right now... i'm just trying to get a few things cleared up... i have no desire to ever troll anyone. plus, i got myself into this mess


So does that mean you can't get a non-medical redshirt if you play any regular season games? No max game cut off or anything?

Also, Bart seems to still be "with" the team since he is always on the bench in street clothes.

[Edited on November 20, 2007 at 1:25 AM. Reason : ]

11/20/2007 1:21:45 AM

Quote :

" Redshirt Definition The term "redshirt" is used to describe a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If you do not compete in a sport the entire academic year, you have not used a season of competition. For example, if you are a qualifier, and you attend a four-year college your freshman year, and you practice but do not compete against outside competition, you would still have the next four years to play four seasons of competition. Each student is allowed no more than four seasons of competition per sport. If you were not a qualifier, you may have fewer seasons of competition available to you. You should know that NCAA rules indicate that any competition, regardless of time, during a season counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport. It does not matter how long you were involved in a particular competition (for example, one play in a football game, one point in a volleyball match); you will be charged with one season of competition."

http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/membership_svcs/eligibility-recruiting/faqs/eligibility_seasons.html

11/20/2007 1:25:39 AM

bartosz got a medical redshirt for his knee last season. then it was realized that he has a medical condition that does not allow him to play basketball at all. he's a student manager or some shit.

11/20/2007 1:27:14 AM

Quote :

"Also, Bart seems to still be "with" the team since he is always on the bench in street clothes."

he's a manager or something

he busted his knee, he's not a player

11/20/2007 1:28:03 AM

ok, i get it now, thanks. BUT if you get hurt, you can still get a Med Redshirt if its early enough... i assume.

So back to my original question... "should Tracy Smith be redshirted?" i guess the answer is "No, unless he gets hurt sometime soon"


Also, i guess this gives us the tallest student manager in the nation, huh.

[Edited on November 20, 2007 at 1:31 AM. Reason : ]

11/20/2007 1:29:33 AM

^ that is correct.

11/20/2007 1:33:56 AM

I really like Tracy Smith's game, and he will be a valuable contributor down the road. He is a savvy player that plays much bigger than his size. Minutes may be tough to come by this year, but we'll have times that we can use him.

11/20/2007 1:42:33 AM

i'm big on both tracy and javi. should be solid down the road.

11/20/2007 1:45:04 AM

we're going to gave a clusterfuck at guard next year. 8 guards, 7 forwards+centers

Guards:
Sr. - C. Fells
Jr. - M. Johnson
Jr. - D. Farnold
Jr. - T. Ferguson
So. - J. Gonzalez
So. - C. Beard
Fr. - J. Mays
Fr. - C.J. Williams

Forwards/Centers:
Sr. - B. McCauley
Sr. - S. Harris
Jr. - B. Costner
Jr. - D. Horner
So. - J.J. Hickson (assuming he stays 1 more year)
So. - T. Smith
Fr. - J. Thomas (he is redshirting this year)

If we only lose Gavin Grant and Chad Williams, we'll probably end up with even more hype and higher initial nat'l ranking going into next season. At least we should have solid point guard development going into next season with some experience and new tallent

[Edited on November 20, 2007 at 2:08 AM. Reason : ]

11/20/2007 2:04:56 AM

^ cj williams plays the same wing role as johnny thomas will, and as grant does currently.

11/20/2007 2:14:43 AM

^^too bad we'll lose more than those two

11/20/2007 2:21:36 AM

I am guessing that Hickson, and Costner would be the only guys leaving but there might be some guys also leave like Fells and possibly a transfer. Hopefully Johnson will be able to contribute to our guard play and actually force Fells to step his game up this season. Fells shows some flashes of greatness (ACCT last year) and then seems to disappear like a flash in a frying pan. We have a lot of raw and talented guys but until we get a good rotation going of 7 to 8 guys and some decently consistent guard play we will continue to struggle. I trust that Lowe will get things worked out with them team because there is still a lot of basketball left to be played.

11/20/2007 2:54:11 AM

^wow, you managed to fit more sports cliches into that post that my previous post. GG original thought

11/20/2007 3:05:10 AM

I didn't bother to read your earlier post since you basically troll the board so



and have a great day

11/20/2007 3:41:59 AM

why would Fells leave? think about that for a second

11/20/2007 9:23:21 AM

I'd be amazed if that guy^^ could think for half a second.

11/20/2007 9:25:44 AM

Quote :

"bartosz got a medical redshirt for his knee last season. then it was realized that he has a medical condition that does not allow him to play basketball at all. he's a student manager or some shit."

haha more like he was a terrible basketball player

11/20/2007 9:53:01 AM

yeah, that's pretty much why i'm not on the team either

i have Chronic Suxor at the BBall Syndrome

11/20/2007 10:01:38 AM

yeah, he looked lost as fuck anytime he was on the floor.

11/20/2007 10:02:40 AM

^^^ yeah, that's funny and all, but if Bartosz were to play basketball for an entire season he'd run a real risk of heart failure.

and so would the wolfpack nation.

11/20/2007 12:08:26 PM

Quote :

"Jr. - D. Farnold"

Who the fuck is that?

This is coming from the same guy who wants "I don't show up" Fells to play point.

11/20/2007 12:13:20 PM

lets let Fr. - H. JJ play pg!!!

11/20/2007 12:19:48 PM

Farnold Degand is not from the orient.

11/20/2007 12:19:55 PM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=2&c=703739


Thoughts on what he saw from the New Orleans film and the game:
It was pretty much what we saw happening out there, which was really just a lack of concentration on our part. In terms of things we were suppose to do gameplan-wise, knowing the personnel... we didn't focus on that well that night and I think it cost us down the stretch.

I don't like saying this, but it seemed like one of those games. It was just one of those times that it happened... you don't like to say one of those times because one of the things about basketball or any sport is you can always play hard or be in the game mentally. I don't think mentally we were there for the full 40 minutes.

Thoughts on the starting rotation and Ben McCauley coming off the bench:


The thing I've told our guys is we don't have a set starting lineup. All the positions were open and they are still open. As Ben progresses and works and continues to be the Ben that we know, certainly starting is in the picture for him. We're going to put the best lineup out on the floor. I didn't promise any of these guys anything except I want to win. I want to win. The guys that are playing well, playing hard, playing the right way, those are the guys that are going to play.

Having said that, sometimes that sixth man is more important coming off your bench than starting. I don't know who that guy is. I'm not saying that's Ben's role or is going to be his role. Right now, at this point, it is, and he has to play the way we know he is capable he can play. He will... I'm not concerned about Ben at all because he plays hard every night. Certainly starting is there. If he works his way back in there... and that could be at four or five. It doesn't matter. We're just going to try to put the best lineup on the floor.

What does Ben need to improve on?


Ben is a solid player. I think he's making the adjustment to coming off the bench and not trying ot put too much pressure on himself to get it going right away. He knows that when he comes in the ballgame we're going to look to go to him. He was our major guy inside last year, he's an excellent passer, he works hard on the defensive end, and we just want him to play the same way. He was very successful at it last year, and I think he'll do the same this year.

Is going to the bench after starting a lot of games difficult?
It's a tough adjustment but it could be done very quickly. You start to now focus on the team aspect of it. Initially, absolutely... I totally understand that, but then it's about the team. How you can help the team. I think that's where [Ben] is... what can he do to help the team. We talked yesterday and he worked hard yesterday in practice. He understands, opportunities are there. I understood too that it was an adjustment for him, but in the big picture it's all about the team. I told him, it's not about me, it's not about any individual player... it's about this team and winning. When you do that, everybody is going to go uptown together. That's the way we've got to approach it.

How is Ben handling it?
He's doing okay. He's fine... I think the first few days it was an adjustment for him, but I think once he started to understand what we were looking for and what we need. I think that loss, it really bothered him, so he knows it's all about winning. It's not about individuals, it's about winning and being on the floor when the game is on the line and doing what you can do to help the team win.

Did he approach you after practice or did you go and talk with him?
You know, I went and talked with him as I did some of our other players. This thing with Ben is starting to take on a life of its own here, and this is not about Ben it's about our team.

Ben is fine. I talked to him, I talked to Gavin, I talked to Courtney, I talked to Brandon, I talked to Farnold, so he wasn't the only one that I talked to... it's not that I'm paying extra attention to Ben because he's not starting. I spoke with all the players yesterday, just about what we need to do.

Do you think this trip will be a good test for your team's maturity to not look ahead to teams like Kansas State or Villanova?
If they think that way they'll be thinking on their own because they won't hear that from me. We have to take one game at a time. It doesn't matter who you play or what it looks like on paper, if you don't play the right way you're going to lose the ball game. We're not looking ahead to anyone, and hopefully our guys aren't. Certainly it happens, but we need to go down there and take care of that first game.

Thoughts on Rider's Jason Thompson:
We're going to have our hands full. He's a load. They run things for him, and we're going to have to defend him... keep him off the boards, just make it tough for him.

Thoughts on Gavin Grant's play:
I actually told him that I was proud of him for how he came out in the second half. He played better... more aggressive, more active. You expect that. Not because he's a senior, but because he's Gavin. There's a lot of things about Gavin you might question or you might say, but when things are on the line, he's going to go after it. He did that in the last ballgame.

Thoughts on Fells needing to be more aggressive offensively:
Courtney is such an unselfish guy, he was trying to concentrate on chasing Bo. That was really his contribution, what he was trying to do, just make this guy work for everything.

Certainly we do need him to make shots, score some points for us, but he's such an unselfish guy. He doesn't want to take bad shots. We talked yesterday with all the guys and we talked about those things... being patient, taking the good ones, and giving me the opportunity to call some of those numbers and go at those guys a bit.

If Courtney is going, he can get the crowd going, he can get his teammates doing. We need him to score the ball, but he's not going to force anything.


More thoughts on the previous game:
I think definitely this last ballgame certainly opened some eyes... made them realize that just because we have the talent doesn't mean it's going to be easy. We still have to play together, play the same way, play hard, play smart... not turning the ball over the last five minutes of the game. Those things we still have to do to win.

11/20/2007 4:27:57 PM

We'll be much improved next game.

Should be a blowout.

11/20/2007 4:34:44 PM

now you've gone and done it

11/20/2007 4:45:43 PM

DARE TO DREAM!!1

11/20/2007 4:48:53 PM

^^ here's to hoping


I'm putting my faith in Lowe

11/20/2007 7:33:46 PM

he had better, b/c i'm completely on the sidney lowe bandwagon.

11/20/2007 11:55:40 PM

we runnin princeton offense except no 3s so its worse than herb. sid needs to get some offense together this four corners/one on on shit is awful especially against a zone

and wussup with sitting hickson the first 5 minutes? so much for setting the pace

11/22/2007 3:27:23 PM

cause sid figured mccauley would cry if he he didn't let him start.

11/22/2007 3:32:11 PM

smoldering?

[Edited on November 22, 2007 at 5:26 PM. Reason : jk i hope]

11/22/2007 5:26:11 PM

I thought starting Ben was a good idea, especially because he got to wear out Thompson as the game progressed, and when Thompson was either on the bench or had played for a while, Hickson came in to up the pressure even more.

Granted, Thompson still had a pretty good game, but things worked out pretty well.

11/22/2007 5:26:33 PM

I think Sid did a pretty good job of at least making adjustments after we had such a poor start and I think that coaching did have something to do with beating Rider yesterday. We are not where most of us thought we would be at the beginning of the year, but winning today and winning this tournament would look good. Keep it up boys.

Quote :

" shut the fuck up noone gives a shit about how Sid dresses"

shut up. no one cared how chuck dressed when he won either. but when we started going 5-6 and 3-9 half the posts i read on here was about how chuck is a douche and if he is going to dress like that then he better back it up and all this other crap. And personally I don't care how Sid dresses. the only reason i brought it up in the first place was b/c of how I remembered what everyone said about Chuck during the end of his run.

11/23/2007 8:35:57 AM

thanks for making hickson irrelevent. good job sid!!!

11/23/2007 1:34:49 PM

fear the turtle!!!

ncstates offense

11/23/2007 1:43:06 PM

down at the half

11/23/2007 1:49:24 PM

Quote :

" down at the half"

This thread should die, we're down by a whole 4 fucking points big whoop.

11/23/2007 1:56:22 PM

yo Howard, eat a dick

11/23/2007 3:02:45 PM

baby steps. he didn't put ferguson in the game.

next step: teach guys how to box out

[Edited on November 23, 2007 at 3:10 PM. Reason : we have a team full of big guys who play like they are 5' 9"]

11/23/2007 3:09:29 PM

Quote :

"baby steps. he didn't put ferguson in the game. next step: teach guys how to box out"

lawl, indeed.

i'm hoping and praying that we can just survive games for now and it'll slowly turn into playing decent basketball.

i should've known not to drink the koolaid about this season

11/23/2007 7:29:15 PM

lol and just to hammer "drinking the kool-aid" home, espn2 showed the jim jones' grandson thing before both of our games

11/23/2007 8:03:35 PM

I mean, it's a good story but damn. Do they not have anything else to do. Hopefully our players don't drink any of dat 190% kool-aid.

[Edited on November 23, 2007 at 8:15 PM. Reason : ]

11/23/2007 8:05:00 PM

^^ ahahahahaahahahahaha

post of the century, gg

11/23/2007 8:13:39 PM

^^ it's not a good story at all. this guy's grandfather was a terrible person.

11/23/2007 11:04:16 PM

yeah, kind of a shithead

11/24/2007 11:14:46 AM

ballliinnnnnnnnn

11/24/2007 5:14:58 PM