NC State is currently 2-3 in Quad I games, and they have a chance to even that record on Saturday in a rivalry game in Chapel Hill, who currently is ranked 37th in the NET.
Confused about the NET?
This marks the 5th season in which the NET Rankings have been used to as the NCAA’s primary tool for evaluating teams, especially when it comes to NCAA Tournament selection time.
The NET includes more components than just winning percentage. It takes into account game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses.
The number of Quadrant 1 wins and Quadrant 3/4 losses will be incredibly important when it comes time for NCAA tournament selection and seeding.
Wondering what determines a Quad I win versus a Quad II win, because it’s obviously not as simple as looking at their ranking?
Quad 1: Home games against Top 30, Neutral-site games against Top 50, and Road games against Top 75.
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, Neutral-site games against teams ranked 51-100, and road games against teams ranked 76-135.
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, Neutral-site games against teams ranked 101-200, and road games against teams ranked 136-240.
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161 or worse, Neutral-site games against teams ranked 201 or worse, and road games against teams ranked 241 or worse.
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I see ESPN has us going 3-3 in the next 6 games, probably meaning they think we lose the three tough road games at UNC, WF, and UVA.
Our last 4 are going to be brutal. We’ll definitely need our bench. In one week we play UNC (Sunday), WF (Wednesday), and Clemson (Saturday). At least they are all at home. Then we finish over at Cameron. Going to be tough to have much of a winning streak going into post season.
Time to break some streaks… Pack has not won in Dean Dome since 2018.
Rev
1 year ago
As long as we take care of business against ND, BC, FSU, CUSE, and GT, we have a great chance of finishing with 14 or 15 wins in the conference. I would be very happy with four seed in the ACC tournament. We have survived a lot of adversity so far. One game at a time….. And can I say, This is whole more fun than last year!
Papajohn
1 year ago
Nice, but of our last 12 regular season games, we’ve still got at least seven of our toughest games. UNC and WF twice. At Duke and UVA, plus Clemson at home.
We’re playing well, but it’s not getting any easier. GO PACK!!!!
Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James (6’5″/200) is on a visit to NC State currently, according to a source.
Indiana State Transfer Ryan Conwell was on campus last week, but he just committed to Xavier.
From what I hear, the staff preferred James over Connell anyway. A plus with James is he has 2 years of eligibility, whereas Conwell has 1.
News broke about James entering the Transfer Portal back on March 25th, and NC State was quick to reach out. Kevin Keatts and his staff recruited the former 4-star prospect out of high school heavily, but he ultimately chose the Cardinals.
Rivals ranked James as the #71 overall player in the 2021 recruiting class, and ESPN ranked him as the #7 prospect in the state of Florida.
After redshirting his first year in Louisville due to torn achilles, James has been a starter for the Cardinals the past two years. This year, he averaged 12.6 points and 5 rebounds.
For a more extensive look at James’ game, click here.
Rivals ranks James as the #77 overall player in the Transfer Portal.
Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James (6’5″/200) is a priority for NC State, according to a source.
News broke about James entering the Transfer Portal back on March 25th, and NC State was quick to reach out. Kevin Keatts and his staff recruited the former 4-star prospect out of high school heavily, but he ultimately chose the Cardinals.
After redshirting his first year in Louisville due to torn achilles, James has been a starter for the Cardinals the past two years.
This past year, James averaged 12.6 points per game (3rd on the team) and 5 rebounds. He’s extremely physical and aggressive, taking 47% of his field goal attempts at the rim (making 46%). As a result, he draws a lot of fouls, ranking 10th in the ACC in Fouls Drawn, and 4th in Free Throw Rate. James made opponents pay this year when they put him on the line, making 81.8% from the charity stripe, which ranked 15th in the ACC.
James shot the ball better as a Redshirt Freshman, than he did this past season. His Effective Field Goal Percentage in 2022-23 was 55.8%, which ranked 19th in the ACC, and his True Shooting Percentage of 59.6% ranked 14th.
He does have the ability to knock down a three, making 34.8% for his career.
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.
Any updates on Dusan Mahorcic?
I see ESPN has us going 3-3 in the next 6 games, probably meaning they think we lose the three tough road games at UNC, WF, and UVA.
Our last 4 are going to be brutal. We’ll definitely need our bench. In one week we play UNC (Sunday), WF (Wednesday), and Clemson (Saturday). At least they are all at home. Then we finish over at Cameron. Going to be tough to have much of a winning streak going into post season.
Time to break some streaks… Pack has not won in Dean Dome since 2018.
As long as we take care of business against ND, BC, FSU, CUSE, and GT, we have a great chance of finishing with 14 or 15 wins in the conference. I would be very happy with four seed in the ACC tournament. We have survived a lot of adversity so far. One game at a time….. And can I say, This is whole more fun than last year!
Nice, but of our last 12 regular season games, we’ve still got at least seven of our toughest games. UNC and WF twice. At Duke and UVA, plus Clemson at home.
We’re playing well, but it’s not getting any easier.
GO PACK!!!!
Yes, but we can still beat UNC twice!