NC State Offensive Guard Timothy McKay met with the media for a postgame press conference after the Wolfpack lost 30-34 to Wake Forest this afternoon. You can watch the video ABOVE, and read the transcript BELOW.

Tim, what was it like seeing Grayson go down? And as an older player, how much do you feel for him not knowing how the rest of the season is going to go for him?

It was heartbreaking to see that. He’s the guy who fought hard for us. He came here from Coastal.

He was the captain. To see him go down earlier in the season and go again this year, this week is kind of disheartening. Just how hard he works for us is really sad seeing that.

What was the mood amongst the players in the locker room after the game? And in your opinion, what are the keys to moving forward from this loss?

Just disappointed in ourselves.

A lot of opportunities where the defense had takeaways and the offense went out there and didn’t respond, didn’t score points. Happened multiple times. And just feel like going forward, you need to do a better job playing complimentary football.

Just stay on the field as the offense, making sure the defense isn’t on the field the whole time. Really important.

How tough was it to get those two turnovers from the defense and not be able to put any points on the board, but then bounce back? So what happened? What was different once you kind of recovered from that and got the two scores?

They were just really pissed off at that point. I feel like after the first turnover, we should have been more pissed off.

But after the second one, we didn’t score again. Just going back out there and just really punching it in. We felt we had momentum going into that after those two turnovers, but we just didn’t capitalize on the ending.

What changed offensively after that that allowed you guys to kind of get on a little bit of a roll?

I think it was just more mentality. It’s crunch time now. We have to score.

We have to keep going.

NC State’s standout Senior Guard duo of Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers will serve as the Alpha Wolf Starters at the Wolfpack’s football game tomorrow against Wake Forest.

If you’re not familiar with what the Alpha Wolf Starter does, they come out before the team takes the field with a microphone in hand, for the sole purpose of hyping up the crowd, and getting the Wolf—Pack cheer going.

Rivers earned 1st Team All-ACC honors last year, and was also named AP All-American Honorable Mention. James also earned 1st Team All-ACC honors last year.

Rivers averaged 12.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.1 steals, and James averaged 16.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

In 2013, NC State made on the best coaching hires in the history of the school when they hired Wes Moore to be the Head Women’s Basketball Coach.

Heading into the 2024-25 College Basketball season, Moore ranks 4th out of all Active Division 1 Head Basketball Coaches. That includes Men’s and Women’s coaches.

Moore will never catch Geno Auriemma, but he could possibly catch Rick Pitino and John Calipari.

When you look at the most wins in Women’s College Basketball history, Moore ranks 18th all-time. With the roster the Wolfpack has this year, Moore should move into 13th place all-time with ease.

Here’s a breakdown of Coach Moore’s wins:

Maryville – 131 wins (6 seasons)

Francis Marion – 69 wins (3 seasons)

Chattanooga – 358 wins (15 seasons)

NC State – 273 wins (11 seasons)

The NCAA announced on Wednesday that Raleigh’s Lenovo Center (formally PNC Arena) will be host to Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games during the 2028 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

The Lenovo Center has already been on the docket for some time now, to host first and second round games in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

The last time NC State hosted a regional was in 1982 and the last time the hosted the early round games was in 2016.

So if you’re wondering, “Does this mean NC State will be playing home games if they make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament in 2028?” The answer is, it’s wayyyy to early to know anything like that, but they’d have to be a highly ranked team nationally to get in a bracket that would have them playing home games that late in the tournament.