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Wolferetti: Want to stream tonight’s NC State basketball game? It’s gonna cost ya $30 bucks, peasant.

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NC State takes on Central Connecticut tonight. The only problem is, it’s only streaming in one place, and it’s on an app nobody has.

The ever-popular FloSports (sarcasm) has full rights to the first round of the Hall of Fame Showcase that NC State is participating in. Tonight the Pack will take on Central Connecticut and if you want to watch, you’ll have only one option. Download the app, pay $30 and stream the game. (Make sure you cancel before the month is up, because, you guessed it, it’s a subscription.)

You know what. I’m sick of it. I’m sick of this awful streaming landscape where I have to download apps, put in passwords, and download new services just to watch my favorite team play. And just when you think you’ve got it figured out, you come to a game like this.

Some random casino, in the middle of nowhere, creates a basketball tournament and then inks some strange deal where some obscure streaming service that you’ve never heard of has full rights. Forcing fans to download it and subscribe to it, likely hoping they forget to cancel after the games are over.

This is where we are as a society? We’ve got the world’s knowledge stored in a supercomputer in our pockets, we’ve got some robot sending pictures from Mars back to earth in high-res (somehow), and we’re curing diseases today that were deadly just 20 years ago. With all of our advancements, you’d think the world would be becoming a more simple, easy-to-navigate place where everyone is happy and gets along.

Turns out, you’d be wrong. Welcome to the nightmare where despite all the knowledge in the world, truth has become subjective, everyone is always mad at one another, my internet barely reaches my upstairs bedroom, and I am over here paying $30 bucks to watch NC State play a bunch of scrubs on a Tuesday night in November.

This is getting out of hand, but you know what, my bitter a@$ is going to pay that $30 because I love NC State and I wouldn’t miss a game for nothin’. And you know what, most of you are going to do the same. And FloSports entire business model of corning the market on niche games, charging a ton per month (knowing everyone will cancel) will pay off and allow them to keep operating. Heck, it may even encourage other services to take the same route! And the demise of live sports and the steaming landscape will continue until one day Amazon or Google decide to swallow up everyone and create competing all-encompassing streaming bundles, which will take us back to the early 2000s when your options were Time Warner or Direct TV and we were bitching about not having enough choices.

With that said. Here is how to subscribe to FloSports and how to cancel.

1. Click here and subscribe

2. Next, DON’T BE FOOLED!! CHOOSE the $29.99 plan if you plan to cancel after NC State plays.

They try to show you a lower monthly price for the YEARLY subscription, but you’ll get hit with the $210 yearly fee, so be careful.

3) After the tournament is over, if you don’t want it anymore, here is how you cancel.

A pasta eatin', Wolfpack lovin' loudmouth from Raleigh by way of New Jersey. Jimmy V and Chuck Amato fanboy. All opinions are my own and you're gonna hear'em.

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The Roster for the NC State Men’s Basketball Team is all but Set Heading into 2024-25

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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

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NC State’s Men’s Basketball 2024 Transfer Class Ranks in the Top-10 Nationally

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NC State’s Men’s Basketball team has picked up 4 players from the Transfer Portal this offseason, and the class ranks 10th nationally according to ON3, and 15th nationally according to 247Sports.

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NC State’s 2024 4-Man Transfer Class

Center Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (Louisville)

Guard/Forward Dontez Styles (Georgetown)

Guard Mike James (Louisville)

Guard Marcus Hill (Bowling Green)

NC State still has a chance to move up in the rankings. East Carolina Power Forward Ezra Ausar just wrapped up an Official Visit to NC State, and things are looking good for the Wolfpack. ON3 ranks Ausar as the #67 overall player in the Portal, and the #15 Power Forward.

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WATCH: Andy Katz’s Offseason Convo with NC State’s Kevin Keatts

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Andy Katz is beginning to make his rounds for his Offseason Convo series, and he took the time to meet with NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts.

In their conversation, Keatts talked about what this run has meant to Raleigh and the Wolfpack fans, how it has helped sell the program the way it deserves to be in recruiting, and even how it helped and hurt in the world of the Transfer Portal.

Check out the conversation below:

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Guard Mike O’Connell Announces He Will Play His Final Year of Eligibility at NC State

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Guard Michael O’Connell announced today that he will be playing his final year of eligibility at NC State next season.

 

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Today was the final day graduate players could enter the Portal.

This past season, O’Connell averaged 5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Wolfpack, starting 22 of the 41 games he played in.

O’Connell took over as NC State’s starting Point Guard on January 30th in a win against Miami.

He only scored in double figures in 9 of his 41 games this season, but 6 of those came in postseason play (5 in the ACC Tournament). O’Connell took things to another level in the ACC Tournament, playing aggressive on the offensive end, looking for his shot, and attacking the rim.

NC State played it’s best basketball of the season when O’Connell was running the show. He ranked 3rd in the ACC in Assist/Turnover Ratio (2.5).

Heading into next season, with a lineup filled with new faces, having the calming presence of a veteran leader like O’Connell is reassuring.

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