TheACC.com: Feature on Tracy Smith

2/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

by Bill Hass, TheACC.com

GREENSBORO, N.C. – After working hard to establish your position inside, you get the ball, muscle up your shot and – whap! A broomstick emerges and knocks it down.

Most basketball teams practice a drill like this, and its purpose is to teach post players to make sure they go up high enough to get a shot off over a taller defender.

Coach Sidney Lowe employs it at NC State, and the results have paid off for Tracy Smith. One of the shortest of the ACC’s post players at 6-8, Smith nevertheless is one of the best at establishing himself and scoring down low.

Part of the credit goes to his determination.

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