Yesterday Jon Rothstein confirmed that former St. John’s Center Chris Obekpa will be visiting NC State in the near future, which we reported back on July 3rd after speaking with Obkepa himself.
St. John’s transfer Chris Obekpa is expected to visit NC State in the next few weeks, source told @CBSSports. UNLV, Arizona St also in mix.
Wherever Obekpa lands, he will have to sit one year before playing out the final year of his eligibility. If Obekpa chose to run with the Wolfpack, he would join BeeJay Anya, and they would have two of the top shot blockers in the country on the same squad. Obekpa averaged 3.1 blocks per game last season, which ranked 5th in the NCAA.
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Stop wasting time on this guy. Are we that desperate to recruit someone for one year with no real scoring skills?
PackBacker2011
8 years ago
All kidding aside, the front court would get pretty crowded with Obekpa, Freeman, Anya, Abu and Adebayo (potentially). I would expect his extraordinary blocks/game number to take a hit simply because he is most likely not a starter if we have all these guys next year. I’m guessing the coaches are mainly interested in this guy because he is elite at the one skill that Anya also provides, only Anya appears to not be on the same page as the coaches per Coach Gott’s comments Tuesday. He would essentially be a replacement for Anya if comes here and Anya continues… Read more »
PackBacker2011
8 years ago
Interesting prospect. Lineups with both Obekpa and Anya would wreak havoc on anybody entering the lane. The biggest question mark imho has to be do we have shorts short enough for this guy? I see UnderArmour furnished him a pair reminiscent of the kind State wore in their glory days, will Adidas be able to assuage his obvious affinity for 70s-80s era college bball stylings?
4-Star 2025 Small Forward Jackson Keith (6’5″/175) was also in attendance.
Keith is a consensus 4-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, with Rivals ranking him as the #53 overall player in the class. The Southern High (Durham, NC) standout is ranked as the #2 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 class by ESPN.
Keith holds offers from NC State, Wake Forest, Mississippi St., Illinois, SMU, Virginia Tech, LSU and others.
NC State (11-3) will host #7 UNC (11-3) tonight in PNC Arena, and they also will be hosting a couple of recruiting prospects.
4-Star 2025 Power Forward Sadiq White Jr. and 4-Star 2025 Point Guard Jordan Lowery both confirmed with me that they will be in attendance.
White, who plays for Myers Park (Charlotte) is the consensus #1 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class, and he’s 4 spots away from being a 5-star prospect according to ON3. Lowery plays for Winston-Salem Christian School, and is ranked as the #7 overall player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports.
White holds offers from NC State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, LSU, FSU, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgetown, Ohio State and others. Lowery holds offers from NC State, TCU, Virginia Tech, SMU, Oklahoma St., Kansas St. St. Louis and others.
2026 Point Guard Kobe Edwards also told me he will be in attendance.
4-Star 2025 Point Guard Kayden Mingo (6’1″/160) stated that NC State is one of the schools most frequently reaching out to him, along with Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Cal and Old Dominion.
2025 4⭐️ Kayden Mingo continued his stockrising season tonight as #2 Long Island Lutheran (NY) took down #11 La Lumiere (IN).
Mingo finished with 20PTS, 7ASTS and 5REBS in the 82-65 win. He’s LuHi’s leading scorer on the season.
Despite the Wolfpack’s interest in Mingo, they haven’t offered him yet. Mingo currently holds offers from Cal, Penn State, Saint Louis, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Rivals and ESPN both rank Mingo as a 4-Star prospect, with Rivals ranking him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class.
Mingo plays for Long Island Lutheran in New York, which is one of the top teams in the country. He is currently the Nike EYBL Scholastic’s leading scorer (20ppg).
NC State 2024 signee Paul McNeil Jr. showcased his talent at the 2023 John Wall Holiday Invitational at the end of the year. Below are highlights from his first two games.
In Richmond’s 77-62 win over Jordan in their first game of the invitational, McNeil had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.
In Game 2, McNeil had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 53-56 loss to Northwood.
In Game 3, McNeil had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 68-84 loss to Cannon. I couldn’t find any highlights from this particular game.
Through 11 games this season, McNeil is averaging 29.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. He is shooting 52% from the field and 35% from three.
Stop wasting time on this guy. Are we that desperate to recruit someone for one year with no real scoring skills?
All kidding aside, the front court would get pretty crowded with Obekpa, Freeman, Anya, Abu and Adebayo (potentially). I would expect his extraordinary blocks/game number to take a hit simply because he is most likely not a starter if we have all these guys next year. I’m guessing the coaches are mainly interested in this guy because he is elite at the one skill that Anya also provides, only Anya appears to not be on the same page as the coaches per Coach Gott’s comments Tuesday. He would essentially be a replacement for Anya if comes here and Anya continues… Read more »
Interesting prospect. Lineups with both Obekpa and Anya would wreak havoc on anybody entering the lane. The biggest question mark imho has to be do we have shorts short enough for this guy? I see UnderArmour furnished him a pair reminiscent of the kind State wore in their glory days, will Adidas be able to assuage his obvious affinity for 70s-80s era college bball stylings?