NC State Basketball
SI Picks NC State 9th in Preseason ACC Men’s Basketball Rankings
Sports Illustrated recently published their 2018-19 ACC Men’s Basketball Preview, and picked NC State 9th in their preseason rankings.
SI’s 2018-19 ACC Men’s Basketball Preseason Rankings
- Duke
- Virginia
- UNC
- Florida St.
- Virginia Tech
- Syracuse
- Clemson
- Notre Dame
- NC State
- Miami
- Louisville
- Boston College
- Wake Forest
- Georgia Tech
- Pittsburgh
Here’s what SI had to say about the Wolfpack:
9. NC State
The Skinny: The Wolfpack enter their second season under head coach Kevin Keatts with eight new players on their roster. Without the team’s leading scorer and most prolific three-point shooter Allerik Freeman, NC State needed scorers this season. With key players like Braxton Beverly and Markell Johnson in the backcourt and veteran Torin Dorn to fill the four slot, Keatts could pull off a surprisingly strong season if he can get his incoming transfer talent to mesh with last season’s starters.
Scout’s Take: “They’ve got eight new players but some of those kids have played and transferred in and man, they can play. They’ve got talent. They’re going to be tough because of the small ball that they play. They’ll put four guards on the floor and switch and push the tempo. [The ACC] got a taste of what Kevin [Keatts] could do last year and look [at] the talent he’s got at NC State this year.” (SI)