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Pete Smith
Staff Writer · The Cut
Pete Smith is a staff writer at College Basketball Recruit and the author of Bill Belichick on Football. The Cut is history, the Game, the story that needs a beginning and an end.
Stories
Before Lorenzo Charles Caught the Ball
Pete Smith revisits NC State's 1983 championship through Dereck Whittenburg's interrupted season, the supporting cast and Lorenzo Charles's final play.
Taj Gibson Had a Job at USC Before He Had an NBA Career.
Pete Smith revisits Taj Gibson at USC, from his early rebounding to two very different NCAA tournament games in 2009.
Kalin Lucas's Hall of Fame Case Starts With Kansas
With Kalin Lucas set for Michigan State's Hall of Fame ceremony, Pete Smith revisits the Kansas finish, his scoring record and his senior-year return.
Back-to-back still counts
UConn won in 2023 and 2024. Florida won in 2025. Michigan won in 2026. Pete Smith on the short list of programs that repeated.
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