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The Coach’s Perspective: Rodney Purvis
We know that Rodney Purvis is a consensus Top-20 recruit (Rivals-12, Scout-18, ESPN-20).  NC State fans are aware that when he hits the court, someone will quickly put a highlight reel on YouTube.  He’s the gem of a consensus Top-10 recruiting class (Rivals-4, Scout-5, ESPN, 9).  What fans and recruiting analysts have to say is clear, but today we get the coach’s perspective.  In today’s edition of ‘The Coach’s Perspective’ we talk to Upper Room Christian Academy’s head basketball coach Avie Lester (former NC State basketball player), and get his take on the future Wolfpack guard. Lester has been spoiled...
RECRUITING UPDATE: NC State Watches Randle and More at Boo Williams Event
AAU season is officially in full swing now and the Wolfpack fans should be happy to see that the NC State coaches aren’t resting on their laurels. According to ESPN’s Jason Jennings, 2013 top prospect, Julius Randle, had quite the crowed there to watch him in his first game. NC State asst Orlando Early, @rpurvis_0 and head coach Mark Gottfried all lined up on the sideline watching @J30_RANDLE. #eybl #Wolfpack — Jason Jordan (@JayJayESPN) April 29, 2012 Yep folks, you’re seeing that right. Not only were the NC State coaches on hand to watch the uber-prospect, so was his good...
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NC State Commits Rodney Purvis and TJ Warren Updates (4/20)
Rodney Purvis Repping the USA, Picking his Number and Getting a New Highlight Reel There has been a lot going on with NC State’s top incoming freshman, Rodney Purvis. So, let’s get you up to speed. Frist off, Purvis has been invited to play in the USA Basketball Camp. The camp is used to select 12 players that will represent the USA in the 2012 FIBA Americas USA Championship. Purvis will be in camp June 5-12. The coaches who make this selection are Billy Donovan (Florida), Shaka Smart (VCU) and Mark Few (Gonzaga). The FIBA games will be held in...
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VIDEO: Rodney Purvis Senior Season Highlight Reel
Rodney Purvis is one of the nations most prolific scoring guards in nation. He’s also an NC State commit who will be suiting up for the Wolfpack next season. Purvis had a monster senior season at Upper Room Christian and then went on to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic, where he was named the MVP. Take a look at this senior season mix done by our friends over at BallisLife.com....
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VIDEO: 2012 McDonald’s All-American Game Highlight Reel (NC State recruits)
This year NC State had the most McDonald’s All-American’s they’ve ever had in a single class. They had 3, which is more than rivals UNC and Duke combined. Oh, and it might be four if Amile Jefferson does what everyone in Raleigh hopes he’s going to do and pop for NC State in the coming week. Rodney Purvis, Tyler Lewis, TJ Warren and Amile Jefferson all took the floor for the East team. All of the Wolfpack recruits and commits played well, especially Rodney Purvis had 15 points on 7-15 shooting. T.J. Warren had what I counted as 8 points...
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VIDEO: NC State recruits talking smack to Duke/UNC recruits
Tyler Lewis, TJ Warren and Rodney Purvis talk smack with the UNC and Duke recruits at the McDonald’s All-American game. Whoever came up with this idea is a genius. I love listening to these recruits hash it out over their schools and I especially love it when the Wolfpack obviously has the upper hand. Take a listen and tell us whose recruits come out on top....
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McDonald’s All-American Game: Practice Day 1
While PackInsider.com does not have a staff member on site, we are in contact with a few of our friends from HoopMixTape and BallIsLife to give us updates on the McDonald’s All-American festivities. Here is what we’ve found out about the Wolfpack commits and recruits from Day 1′s practices. Rodney Purvis: Purvis looks to be college ready. He’s shown that he has no problem getting by the top players in the nation on his way to the rim. He didn’t shoot the ball particularly well, but we’re told he’s one of strongest and probably the fastest guard, end to end,...
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2013 Super-Prospect Julius Randle Tweeting About the Wolfpack
Julius Randle is the #2 player in the class of 2013 and whatever team gets him is going to likely be a nation player when all is said and done. He’s that good. This is why we think it’s news when he recently put out a few tweets about the Woflpack. (note: Randle and NC State commit Rodney Purvis are close friends)   Good win for the wolf pack !!  — Julius Randle (@J30_RANDLE) March 16, 2012 Killing my brother @rpurvis5 team !! Lol jkinstagr.am/p/IQajXFRK50/ — Julius Randle (@J30_RANDLE) March 17, 2012 @rpurvis_5 lol maybe I’ll come to st...
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VIDEO: Rodney Purvis Goes Off for 53 Points on Senior Night
The legend of NC State commit Rodney Purvis continues as he adds to the list of high school accomplishments with a 53 point performance on his senior night. Here are the highlights courtesy of BallisLife.com...
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Purvis Goes for 53 in Final Regular Season Game
Speaking of going out with a bang, NC State commit Rodney Purvis closed out his regular season at Upper Room Christian with a remarkable offensive performance. Purvis, a McDonald’s All-American, scored 53 points in a 105-75 win over Raleigh’s Body of Christ and he did it in a variety of ways. The knock on Purvis has been his ability to score when the defense plays off and clogs the lane. Last night he showed that he’s improving in that area as he knocked down nine 3 pointers. Here’s the quote and blurb from the N&O. “Teams have really been clogging...
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Who is Savon Goodman?  Many NC State fans are asking this question today.  The Wolfpack fan base is curious why his name just popped up on their radar on signing day…so late in the game.  Why has no one been talking about this 4-star combo forward?   Well, this morning we give you the answers you’re looking for. Most college coaches haven’t been recruiting Goodman this season, because most of them were under the impression that he would prep next season in order to get his academics in line.  In fact, there was a plan in place for him to go to Brewster Academy next season to prep for a year.  Well, the plan might have changed.  According to Goodman’s head coach Rob Moore at Philadelphia Constitution, he has qualified academically.  Once the word got out that Goodman might be on the market, high level division-I coaches started calling in an aggressive manner. “Since he qualified academically, Savon decided that he wanted to go to college now.  Many kids go prep because they want to better there options.  That’s not the case for Savon.  He has colleges from all the major conferences knocking at his door right now,” said Moore….

Not so fast my friends! Just when you though NC State was done in 2012 after missing on Amile Jefferson, we learn that Gottfried and company are hot on the heels of another 4 star forward. This time it’s Savon Goodman who is still scheduling visits according to Adam Zagoria. N.C. State is now recruiting Savon Goodman, who is still planning visits, his high school coach told @SNYtv — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 16, 2012   Goodman is a 6’6 forward who may seem a bit undersized, but has some serious game. With State now looking to sure-up their frontcourt he could be a great fit and get some real playing time on a team that will likely be a contender for the ACC’s number 1 spot. How many teams can say that? Here is what Zagsblog.com had to say. Rob Moore, Goodman’s coach at Philly Constitution, told SNY.tv Wednesday that N.C. State was now recruiting the 6-6 Goodman and that he planned to take more visits after the dead period ends. He recently visited Seton Hall and Pitt.

Many around NC State University fully expected top 25 recruit, Amile Jefferson, to announce his intentions to attend NC State on Tuesday. The addition of Jefferson would have meant ever more  talent for next season and enough front court depth to help the Pack forget about DeShawn Painter and Tyler Harris, both of whom transferred this offseason. Unfortunately, Jefferson didn’t select NC State and instead chose cross-town rival, Duke. Now, NC State faces a front court short on experience, requiring sophomore Thomas De Thaey and redshirt junior Jordan Vandenberg to step up in a big way. Fist off, let’s just go ahead and spill the beans on the Jefferson recruitment. This one went on forever and information was always different. There were time early on where people around NC State said things like “he’s our” and “we’re not letting this one get away.” And then there were times when we were told “he hasn’t been in communication with the staff as much lately.” and “I think he’s leaning towards Duke.” However, just two weeks ago we got information from two separate sources that Jefferson had made it pretty clear to the those within the NC State program, that State was going…