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Message: [QUOTE="cto, post: 1759353, member: 412"] Not in hindsight. It was kind of a surreal moment to be there. Hodge was the prime target for our final scholly, and Hakim was the "back-up." Mike Hopkins had established a very good relationship with Hakim and his mother and had convinced Hakim to wait until the Hodge decision before committing elsewhere. On the day that Hodge committed to NC State, Mike literally learned the news from syracusefan.com (we had an observer at his announcement) and called Hakim to formally offer the scholly. But Hakim was not at home at the time, so he spoke to his mother. I was in Syracuse for some forgettable reason (literally cannot remember), and had walked into Mike's office right before Hakim called him back. It was an indelible moment... hearing the conversation between Mike and Hakim -- with both of them being very excited. [/QUOTE]