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NC State Moves Up 3 Spots in the NET Rankings After Beating UNC
After defeating rival UNC 77-69 at home yesterday, NC State moved up 3 spots in the NET Rankings to #36.
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NC State is the 4th highest ranked team in the ACC.
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ECU Transfer Power Forward Ezra Ausar (6’9″/240) was on an Official Visit to NC State yesterday, and according to analysts at ON3 and 247Sports, things are trending in the right direction for the Wolfpack.
Jamie Shaw of ON3 submitted a prediction for Ausar to eventually commit to NC State yesterday morning.
Cory Smith of 247Sports submitted a crystal ball projection for Ausar to run with the Wolfpack this morning.
Ausar just wrapped up his Sophomore season in Greenville, averaging 11.4 points and 4.7 rebounds, shooting 51.4% from the field. As a Freshman, he was named to the AAC All-Freshman Team, averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds.
Ausar is a consensus 4-Star prospect in the Transfer Portal, and ON3 ranks him as the #60 overall player in the Portal and the #10 Power Forward.
Originally from Atlanta, Ausar played his Senior Season of High School at Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. ON3 ranked Ausar as a 4-Star prospect coming out of high school, the #94 overall player nationally, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.
Ausar has visited Seton Hall, Georgia Tech, met over Zoom with Georgetown, and had an in-home visit with Utah. John Calipari and his staff at Arkansas have been in touch with Ausar, as well as Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Arizona State, West Virginia, Iowa State and St. John’s. (Link)
Ausar has 2 years of eligibility remaining, and NC State currently has 1 scholarship remaining.
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The NET is no more accurate or less flawed than the AP or Coaches polls. Dook is not even ranked in either but sits ahead of Miami and State in the NET? Worse than that, UNC is ahead of Pitt in the NET, despite being 0 for 8 in Quad one games? What a farce.
Here’s an interesting storyline to follow, Mike Brey’s farewell tour. Can they send him off with at least one more win? They’ve only beaten GT and the ‘Ville, so tall task.
Wednesday against UNC is his next to last home game (yes, please!), then Pitt the following week is his final home game at ND. Either would be great ‘going away gifts’ for him.
His other two are on the road, at WF and they end the regular season at Clemson.
Clemson and Wake are now Q3 games, won’t boost our rank but a loss could hurt.
Miami needs to slide back up a point to 30, or higher, to get that win back to Q1. It’s possible, they still have VT on the road, and FSU and Pitt at home.
It’d be nice to win at Cameron – obviously – but they are 13-0 at home, tough assignment.
Things have changed when beating UNC doesn’t help you much. What good are they.
Darn good question.
For the first time in 10 years, we beat both UNC & Duke at home but neither was ranked high enough to warrant storming the court.