GREENSBORO -- It was an emotional Tuesday morning in a Greensboro courtroom as N.C. State’s head basketball coach Sidney Lowe took the stand in his son’s sentencing hearing.

Monday, Sidney Lowe II plead guilty to six counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping. The charges are related to a March 2007 home invasion.

A psychiatrist says Lowe was addicted to drugs, and his father told the court that those drugs changed his son.

“I mean, obviously I love my son,” said the elder Lowe. “Let me say first to the victims [I’m sorry] that you had to go what you went through. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. But that wasn't my son.”

The younger Lowe could face up to 23 years in prison.