NC State does have 1 scholarship available, and could still add a player out of the Transfer Portal. With that being said, the roster for the Men’s Basketball team is pretty much set for the 2024-25 season.
Non-graduates had to enter the Transfer Portal by April 30th, and Graduates had to enter by May 1st. Jayden Taylor and Michael O’Connell both made public announcements that they were returning, but the closure of entrance to the Portal means that Breon Pass, Ben Middlebrooks, Dennis Parker Jr. and MJ Rice are all set to return next season.
In a world where the Transfer Portal has all but become free agency in College Basketball, with some players switching schools on an annual basis, it’s encouraging that Kevin Keatts not only recruited a Top-10 Transfer Class, but also recruited a majority of the eligible players to stay. Three players that could transfer entered the Portal (I’m not counting Mohamed Diarra in these numbers, who opted to go pro), while 6 opted to continue running with the Wolfpack.
As a result, below is a breakdown of the roster for the NC State Men’s Basketball team heading into 2024-25, realizing the Wolfpack could still add one player (this team is deep).
1 year of Eligibility
Guard Michael O’Connell
Guard Marcus Hill
Guard Breon Pass
Guard/Forward Jayden Taylor
Forward/Guard Dontrez Styles
Forward Ben Middlebrooks
Center Brandon Huntley-Hatfield
2 Years of Eligibility
Guard/Forward MJ Rice
Guard Mike James
Guard Jordan Snell (Walk-On)
Guard KJ Keatts (Walk-On)
3 Years of Eligibility
Guard/Forward Dennis Parker Jr.
4 Years of Eligibility
Guard Paul McNeil
Guard Trey Parker
blow000 He already was a solid 10/10 player in grade school.
The 7 point a game scorer gives up 14 points a game on defense. Sure he comes in and blocks a shot or two, but after he misses a couple of ill advised 18 foot shots, he quits on defense, and mopes around. Freeman at least plays hard on the defensive end all the time. With more paintence on offense, I see freeman being a solid 10pt/10reboumd player.
wulfpacker wolfpack74 Freeman, 55% missed layups, 50% missed free throws, no threes made or attempted (thank god); more TO’s than assists. Tyler Harris 74% free throws made; 29% threes made. I have decided, bring back the transfer.
wolfpack74 wulfpacker Ryan Harrow was playing at a lower D1 program, plus Gottfried wasn’t even on campus a month and he chose to leave. I think Washington could of been good but he like all these kids chose to leave instead of taking a challenge. Rodney Purvis scored 11.6 a game and shot 42 % from field, 36% from 3, and 53% from free throw line. Oh and he averaged more turnovers than assists! Freeman was a three star recruit who classified up a grade. He was playing at Oak Hill. Tyler Harris, 42 % from fg, 28% from 3. Again… Read more »
wulfpacker wolfpack74 You say Washington was terrible on defense. Yet Harrell in the last Louisville game scored 24 points and I don’t remember Washington covering Harrell that night. But if he did, it was for only nine minutes. In the LSU game, the bigs for LSU scored 28 points. Again Washington played 12 minutes. Let’s blame all their points on Washington while he was sitting on the bench. Bullshit on the theory he was worse on defense than the other three guys. The other comparisons came from SBNation not me. I like Abu. Anya needs to keep losing weight. Now… Read more »
wolfpack74 Washington was terrible on defense. So what if he blocked a couple of shots…how many of those blocks did we retain possession? Also Gottfried has no control of Lacey leaving. Trevor sees that his stock will not get any higher so he might as well go ahead and start making money overseas. As for the high Turnover how many of the guys that have transferred out have been great at other places??? Rodney didn’t look good this season. Tyler Harris never looked great. Jayquan Raymond wasn’t an ACC caliber player. Tyler Lewis remains to be seen. Plus you say… Read more »
Let’s see about Freeman. Can’t shot from the floor therefore we play 4 on 5 on the offensive end. Duke used that scheme to blow us away in ACC tournament. Can’t shot free throws, therefore he can’t be on the floor near the end of tight games. With the loss of Kyle (due to the infinite wisdom of the coaching staff), Freeman will get more time to show that intangibles don’t produce baskets and wins. When did his defensive skills ever win us a game. According to SBNation Washington actually was a slightly more efficient scorer than Abu and that was… Read more »
Freeman is one of the harder guys to evaluate on this team due to the fact that he was rarely part of the offense. He was the glue guy, the guy that did the dirty work, the guy that never complained. I would give him an overall rating of B. As stated, he could certainly use more work on the offensive end but I thought he made some progress this season as he added a pump fake and reverse layup to his repertoire. I don’t think that he’ll make any big leaps next season in terms of his offense but… Read more »