in My Opinion: The Lowe point: Leadership void sinks Pack's season

It's interesting that one of the program's bugaboos since the end of the Valvano era has been its inability to garner big-time recruits. It's hard to beat the Dukes and Carolinas of the world without the horses. So, Sid and staff go out and garner a McDonald's All-American who actually fits the billing (are you listening, Damien Wilkins?) and is a substantial,productive presence. An ensuing twenty win season and an NCAA appearance,right? Of course not, virtually every player on the roster regresses and Hickson's success becomes a sort of straw man for the team's ineptitude.
The lesson to be learned for Lowe and staff would seem to be that whatever you do, don't recruit any more high-caliber talent. We need more Gaineys, Grundys, Millers, Inges, Evtimovs and none, absoulutely none of those Brands, Battiers, Hansbroughs, Carters, Pauls or Stackhouses.

Agreed. Get Wolfpack players; ignore Duke, UNC, and even Wake.

But if anyone thinks Sidney was THE problem on this team, has a very myopic view of this past season.