There has been a lot of hype swirling around the NC State basketball program heading into the 2016-17 season. It looks like NBC is willing to buy the hype of point guard Dennis Smith Jr., but not necessarily the Wolfpack team he is a part of. NBC has officially given NC State locker room bulletin board material by picking them 9th in their preseason rankings.
9. N.C. State: The Wolfpack have a ton of talent, namely freshmen Dennis Smith Jr. and Omer Yurtseven. Will all the pieces come together? (NBC)
1) Duke
2) UVA
3) UNC
4) Louisville
5) VT
6) Syracuse
7) Miami
8) Notre Dame 9) NC State
10) FSU
11) Pitt
12) Clemson
13) Wake Forest
14) Georgia Tech
15) Boston College
Dennis Smith Jr. was also put on their preseason All-ACC First Team
Dennis Smith Jr., N.C. State: I’m not sure how good the Wolfpack will be, but assuming his ACL is back to 100%, Smith may be the single-most talented player in the conference. (NBC)
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This is fair. State is going to be led by two freshmen (Smith and Omer), so we have no reason to be ranked higher. We haven’t proven anything yet. They’re probably two of the best freshmen/players in college basketball, but we don’t know that yet. Therefor, this is fair.
Kenneth Rowland
7 years ago
I will call shan’t the Insey state-based fan not to feed too much into the hype about where Insey state stands in the ACC I will use this to few teams to become better our use it as opposed to maybe getting back
Prior to this season, the record for most games started in a single season in NC State history was 37, with three Wolfpack players doing so: Lorenzo Brown, Richard Howell, CJ Williams.
Morsell now sits atop the list, and a fellow teammate, DJ Burns ranks second, with 40 games started this season.
Styles was the 2nd leading scorer for Georgetown this season, averaging 12.8 points per game, while grabbing 5.8 boards. He shot 36.8% from three.
Originally, Sytles was a consensus 4-Star prospect in UNC’s 2021 recruiting class. 247Sports ranked him as the #62 overall player nationally, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina, playing for Kinston High School.
After two seasons with the Tar Heels, Styles entered the Portal, and took an Official Visit to NC State and Georgetown, and ultimately chose the Hoyas.
ON3 ranks Styles as the #104 overall player in the Portal.
With his final year of eligibility, Styles’ made the right choice this time.
NC State now has 2 scholarships remaining after Styles’ commitment.
Boston Transfer Center Caitlin Weimar (6’4″) is currently on an Official Visit to NC State.
Sources tell me Caitlin Weimar (6’4” Forward transfer from Boston U) is currently on a visit to NC State.
She ranked 44th in D1 (scoring) last season at 18.7 ppg & 15th in rebounding at 10.6 rpg, in addition to 2.0 apg, 1.3 spg & 2.8 bpg. pic.twitter.com/d2y4jACx2K
Weimar is the reigning Patriot League Player of the Year, and has been named Defensive Player of the Year the past two years. She has earned 1st Team Patriot League Honors the past two seasons.
This year, Weimar averaged 18.7 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocks. As a Junior, she averaged 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds. She shot 55.5% this year, and 59.7% last year.
With NC State not having River Baldwin at Center next year, adding Weimar is an extremely exciting possibility.
This is fair. State is going to be led by two freshmen (Smith and Omer), so we have no reason to be ranked higher. We haven’t proven anything yet. They’re probably two of the best freshmen/players in college basketball, but we don’t know that yet. Therefor, this is fair.
I will call shan’t the Insey state-based fan not to feed too much into the hype about where Insey state stands in the ACC I will use this to few teams to become better our use it as opposed to maybe getting back