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
Clark has really impressed. 10 pts 7 rbds 4 steals and only 2 fouls is phenomenal. Joiner sealed the deal last night. Terq played half a game superbly. But Clark was the blue collar guy.
This team needs the learn/remember how to get the ball inside.
That is a rough offense to prepare for, glad we (barely) survived it. Credit for adjusting and cutting down on the back door cuts in the second half. If they hadn’t shot 55% from 3PT, it wouldn’t has been close. But credit to them for getting the ball to the open shooter, and to those shooters for hitting them. Can’t believe our 3PT shooting went so cold. We had some good looks. Pass played better, solid 12 mins. Ross got 9 mins in a tough game, good to see. They’ll keep improving. Gantt was dressed, but probably wasn’t ready for… Read more »
Our bigs struggled against that princeton type offense, kept getting pulled too far out. Glad to get any kind of win this early when upsets are common. 3pt shooting was 0’fer except for Smith, ouch.
I guess now we know what Jarkel can do for us.
I listened to Jarkel’s radio post game interview, I really like that kid, seems super mature, humble, and ‘gets it’.
I think most bigs will struggle in a Princeton style offense for the reason you pointed out. I liked Jarkel as well. We had some nasty ish scoring droughts.
Not sure what happened to the Community board, prolly too much spam, but glad to hear from you now.
Yep, seemed like they shut it down shortly after another of those foreign language posts hit. Sorry to see it go, but that platform was never going to be a long term solution.
I did like the fact that those on it (it it’s earlier iteration) generally were a little less ‘we lost a game, burn the place down’ than you see elsewhere.