Tuesday, January 12, 2010

I See They Use #24

Am I wrong to wonder why it hasn't been retired yet? I mean, he's the only player in NC State history to get a triple double. And I was there.

9 comments:

t-bone said...

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jphollow/julius.html

damn funny off the court too!

The Sidekick said...

Dee, you can probably find this out easier than the rest of us, but I'm sure State has some criteria for retiring jerseys (Player of the Year, National/Conference title winners).

Pooler said...

His jersey is honored, meaning it hangs in the rafters, but it is not retired.

With honors

Tray Deee said...

In the most technical sense, David Thompson is the only retired jersey. The others are honored, as Pooler said.

I suppose he stackes up evenly with the other greats: Shavlick, Gugliotta, Monroe, Lowe, and my favorite Dick Dicky (only 4-time All-ACC player, averaged something like 19 rebounds per game). But I thought Julius Hodge was special for the modern Wolfpack era. Sweet sixteen, triple double, stayed four years, graduated, took a punch to the jewels.

Tray Deee said...

My bad...it was Ronnie Shavlich that averaged 19.5 rebounds per game. I always get David Dickey's impressiveness mixed wih Dick Dicky's.

Rear Admir0l said...

Dont get me started about the punch in the jewels.

The Greguar said...

Seriously why does everyone forget about chris Paul being a douche.

t-bone said...

he was 'just a kid way back then' and Julius hasn't been so hot in the pro's all 120 lbs of him.

The Sidekick said...

Because he's the best pure point since Isaiah?