NC State’s Men’s Basketball 2022-23 Season: BY THE NUMBERS

NC State’s Men’s Basketball 2022-23 season has come and gone, and I thought we should take a moment to look back on this season BY THE NUMBERS.

• NC State finished the season with a 23-11 overall record.
  • The 23 wins are the 2nd most of the Kevin Keatts era.
    • In 2018-19, the Wolfpack had 24 wins (2 in the NIT)
• The Wolfpack had 22 regular season wins.
  • This was the most regular season wins since 2012-13.
• NC State had 12 ACC regular season wins.
  • This is the most conference wins since they increased the slate of conference games to 20 in 2019-20.
  • It’s the most conference wins since 1973-74, when the Wolfpack was 12-0 in ACC play. Obviously this stat is not representative of the best conference performance by NC State since 1973-74, because they played significantly more conference games than years past.
• The Wolfpack’s winning percentage in ACC play was 60%, which is the 2nd highest winning percentage in conference play under Kevin Keatts.
  • In his first season in 2017-18, the Wolfpack’s ACC winning percentage was 61.1%.
• NC State shot 45% from the field this season;.
  • This is the 2nd to worst shooting season under Kevin Keatts, trailing only 41.3% last year.
• The Wolfpack shot 34.7% from three-point range.
  • That number is the 4th best in 6 seasons under Kevin Keatts.
• NC State shot 72.2% from the free-throw line.
  • This is the 2nd best number under Kevin Keatts (72.5% last year was the best year).
• For the first time since 2018-19, NC State won the rebounding margin over their opponents on the year.
  • It was the 2nd highest rebounding margin under Kevin Keatts, with +1.7 margin. (In 2018-19, the margin was +4.3)
• NC State averaged 77.7 points per game, which is the third highest number under Kevin Keatts, but the highest since 2018-19.
• The Wolfpack forced 477 turnovers, which is the 3rd highest total under Kevin Keatts, and the most since 2018-19.
  • NC State only committed 320 turnovers, which is the lowest total under Keatts (328 in 2020-21, which was a shortened season, was the lowest before.)
• NC State held opponents to a 44.5% field goal percentage, which is the lowest since 2019-20, and the third lowest under Keatts.
• The Wolfpack held opponents to 31.6% from three, which is tied for the 2nd lowest percentage under Keatts.
• NC State had 434 assists, which is tied for the 3rd most in a season under Keatts.
• The Wolfpack had 152 blocks, which is the most in a single season under Keatts.
• NC State finished ranked 51 in KenPom’s