- Expect to win every game that we play.
- We will be a better team 2 weeks from now.
- I just want to see our guys play together.
- I want to see how far we’ve come along from the time we played Mount Olive and ECU in a closed scrimmage.
NC State Basketball
Kevin Keatts Talks to the Media Before Season Opener vs. Georgia Tech: BULLETED
NC State Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kevin Keatts met with the media today before the Wolfpack’s season opener against Georgia Tech tomorrow night at 8:30pm on the ACC Network. You can watch the video here, or check out a bulleted breakdown below.
Injuries…
- Little banged up
- Will make a game-time decision on a couple guys.
- Won’t say who.
- Will make a game-time decision on a couple guys.
- Hoping that a couple guys will be ready to play at 8:30 tomorrow night.
- Good chance we’ll have a couple of guys out.
- Right now, I don’t know we’ll have as many bodies as I expected going into the season opener.
- Disappointing, but injuries are a part of the game.
D.J. Funderburk…
- We’ve allowed D.J. to be back in practice.
- Practiced for a few days now.
- He will not play tomorrow. He will not dress.
- Don’t have a timeline for Funderburk’s return.
- He’s starting to move towards the things that I’ve asked him to do, and that’s why we allowed him to come back in to practice.
Manny Bates role with D.J. out…
- We’ve got to depend a lot on Manny Bates, & that’s a good thing for us, because he’s been able to play in the scrimmage and our exhibition game. Got those practice reps. He’s played well for us.
- Manny allows us to gamble a little bit.
- Allows us to get into a passing lane.
- Allows us to make a few mistakes on the perimeter because of his shot-blocking ability.
- He can clean up a lot of our mistakes.
- He’s going to be a really good player.
- Unfortunate thing is that he still needs a little more game experience to be a great player.
Opening Season with ACC Opponent…
- These games are exciting.
- Excited for our league that we have the opportunity to play against an ACC team.
- That being said, it’s still early. I think it’s early for everybody.
- I would be disappointed if we were the only team playing an ACC opponent, but we’re not.
- It’s the entire league outside of Duke, and Duke’s playing Kansas.
- Great opportunity to showcase our league on opening night. Excited about that part of it.
- But when you come in off of Summer, have a suspension, have injuries entering into a game and don’t have the luxury of just bringing guys along, because right there you have an ACC game to start the season.
GT loss last year
- I’ve watched tape.
- Quite frankly, we didn’t make shots.
- Braxton was 0-8 from 3, and C.J. Bryce 0-4.
- We’ve got to make shots.
What he expects to take away from game…
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