Here is our VIDEO of NC State Wing Caleb Martin talking with the media today at Media Day. Quotes below.

On what it’s like to play with your twin brother…

“Just like it is off the court, we are around each other so much, we’re twins and we start acting alike…we think just alike.  Just to have him on the court with me, or on the same team as me, I don’t think we do the same exact thing where if one of us is sulking, the other is sulking.  We are more like twins that if one of us is down, the other one brings them back up.  It’s good to have him with me, and I know he’s happy I’m with him…to bring each other back up and push each other…making sure we are on the same track, looking toward the same thing, trying to get better…stuff like that.  It’s hard to come here and work by yourself.  That’s why we have been hanging around the young kids like Maverick (Rowan) and Shaun (Kirk).  They’ve been with us.  They know we have had this whole year, and the experiences we have been through.  We want to pass our experiences on to them.”

On what you have been working to improve upon this offseason…

“Scoring is definitely one of them.  We all know that we had Trevor (Lacey) and Ralston (Turner) leave.  We had a lot of our big scorers leave.  That’s obviously one thing that has to be picked up by someone, or most of the people.  It’s something we can do better at.  Defense is one of the things I’ve been working on too.  I don’t think I did that bad at defense last year.  I think I actually did pretty good.  There is always room to get better and try to get more stops.  We have new people and we’re a young team right now.  We need a lot of people to step up and fulfill those roles.”

On what word will come to people’s mind when they think of this team…

“I definitely think when they hear about NC State, one word they are probably going to think about is the word ENERGY.  Pretty much the new guys, Maverick (Rowan) and Shaun (Kirk), like I told some of the guys before, they have been around Cody and me a lot.  I feel like one thing we bring to this team is energy.  When we get on the court we just like to go all out.  Last year was more of a learning experience.  We were behind people who could score.  We were behind people that could get stops.  What I wanted to do was go in there and bring energy.  If we were down, and things weren’t going our way, I just felt like Cody and I could go in there and bring up the tempo.  Everyday in practice, everyday in workouts, we’re all getting after it and we’re all going hard.  We all push each other and make sure we are doing everything 100%.  That’s one thing I definitely think this team is going to feed off of…that energy.”