2024 4-Star Shooting Guard Paul McNeil (6’6″/185) will be taking an Official Visit to NC State next weekend.
I’m grateful to announce I will be taking an official visit to North Carolina State University this upcoming weekend. This is a great opportunity and I’m looking forward to spending time with Coach Keatts and the program. @PackMensBball@NCStateRivals
ESPN ranks McNeil as the #17 overall player nationally in the 2024 recruiting class, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina. I don’t understand how recruiting databases work, but at some point this year he will be a 5-star player according to ESPN as long as he stays in the Top-25.
McNeil plays for Richmond Senior in Rockingham, North Carolina.
This is huge for NC State to get a player of McNeil’s caliber to come in for an Official Visit this early in the process.
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Kevin Keatts on ACC teleconference states that Dusan Mahorcic is still out indefinitely and admits, “I’m not even sure if he’s going to return this year.”
Papajohn
1 year ago
What a turnaround! A couple of months ago it was hard to take recruiting too seriously, since we didn’t know if Keatts would be here. Now we’re looking a year ahead. And good players are giving us a look. The off season turnover, both players and assistants, this season will be extremely important. Even best possible case, we only lose Joiner, Mahorcic, and Smith – we still are going to have to replace the two most important players on the team from the portal. They run the offense, and provide points, assists, steals, and are the guys keeping our turnovers… Read more »
This year could really be a springboard to KK becoming a recruiting force. If anyone thinks that KK could have brought in Joiner, Clark, DJ, and Dusan if there was still the threat of a post season ban they are monumental idiots. It does make a big difference and thankfully is behind us. And we get that one scholly back next season which means we can really work the portal hard.
I feel pretty good that KK will find right pieces to add to a really solid core.
Dof87
1 year ago
KK is out from under the NCAA cloud, and having a good looking team and season. That should attract even more talent. Lets get the snowball rolling!
4-Star 2025 Small Forward Jackson Keith (6’5″/175) was also in attendance.
Keith is a consensus 4-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, with Rivals ranking him as the #53 overall player in the class. The Southern High (Durham, NC) standout is ranked as the #2 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 class by ESPN.
Keith holds offers from NC State, Wake Forest, Mississippi St., Illinois, SMU, Virginia Tech, LSU and others.
NC State (11-3) will host #7 UNC (11-3) tonight in PNC Arena, and they also will be hosting a couple of recruiting prospects.
4-Star 2025 Power Forward Sadiq White Jr. and 4-Star 2025 Point Guard Jordan Lowery both confirmed with me that they will be in attendance.
White, who plays for Myers Park (Charlotte) is the consensus #1 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class, and he’s 4 spots away from being a 5-star prospect according to ON3. Lowery plays for Winston-Salem Christian School, and is ranked as the #7 overall player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports.
White holds offers from NC State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, LSU, FSU, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgetown, Ohio State and others. Lowery holds offers from NC State, TCU, Virginia Tech, SMU, Oklahoma St., Kansas St. St. Louis and others.
2026 Point Guard Kobe Edwards also told me he will be in attendance.
4-Star 2025 Point Guard Kayden Mingo (6’1″/160) stated that NC State is one of the schools most frequently reaching out to him, along with Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Cal and Old Dominion.
2025 4⭐️ Kayden Mingo continued his stockrising season tonight as #2 Long Island Lutheran (NY) took down #11 La Lumiere (IN).
Mingo finished with 20PTS, 7ASTS and 5REBS in the 82-65 win. He’s LuHi’s leading scorer on the season.
Despite the Wolfpack’s interest in Mingo, they haven’t offered him yet. Mingo currently holds offers from Cal, Penn State, Saint Louis, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Rivals and ESPN both rank Mingo as a 4-Star prospect, with Rivals ranking him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class.
Mingo plays for Long Island Lutheran in New York, which is one of the top teams in the country. He is currently the Nike EYBL Scholastic’s leading scorer (20ppg).
NC State 2024 signee Paul McNeil Jr. showcased his talent at the 2023 John Wall Holiday Invitational at the end of the year. Below are highlights from his first two games.
In Richmond’s 77-62 win over Jordan in their first game of the invitational, McNeil had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.
In Game 2, McNeil had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 53-56 loss to Northwood.
In Game 3, McNeil had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 68-84 loss to Cannon. I couldn’t find any highlights from this particular game.
Through 11 games this season, McNeil is averaging 29.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. He is shooting 52% from the field and 35% from three.
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Kevin Keatts on ACC teleconference states that Dusan Mahorcic is still out indefinitely and admits, “I’m not even sure if he’s going to return this year.”
What a turnaround! A couple of months ago it was hard to take recruiting too seriously, since we didn’t know if Keatts would be here. Now we’re looking a year ahead. And good players are giving us a look. The off season turnover, both players and assistants, this season will be extremely important. Even best possible case, we only lose Joiner, Mahorcic, and Smith – we still are going to have to replace the two most important players on the team from the portal. They run the offense, and provide points, assists, steals, and are the guys keeping our turnovers… Read more »
This year could really be a springboard to KK becoming a recruiting force. If anyone thinks that KK could have brought in Joiner, Clark, DJ, and Dusan if there was still the threat of a post season ban they are monumental idiots. It does make a big difference and thankfully is behind us. And we get that one scholly back next season which means we can really work the portal hard.
I feel pretty good that KK will find right pieces to add to a really solid core.
KK is out from under the NCAA cloud, and having a good looking team and season. That should attract even more talent. Lets get the snowball rolling!