Sacha Killeya-Jones Gives His Reason For Leaving NC State

On February 13th, Wolfpack head coach Kevin Keatts shared in a postgame press conference that Kentucky transfer Sacha Killeya-Jones, who was sitting out the year under transfer rules, was no longer on NC State’s roster.

Last night Killeya-Jones shared his reasons as to why.

Head Coach Kevin Keatts released a statement of his own.

So here’s the brass tacts.

Killeya-Jones already used 2 years of eligibility at Kentucky, where he averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds as a Sophomore.

That’s not a recipe for leaving a program in the middle of your redshirt year to go pro. I don’t care whether or not you were a 5-star recruit a couple of years ago.

From what I’ve heard, Killeya-Jones didn’t leave the program on his own accord.

While I won’t get into the specifics of why (which I could), a program that is needing depth in the frontcourt, doesn’t dismiss a 6’11” former McDonald’s All-American unless that player was a detriment to the team and the program.