Last night at midnight a new recruiting period opened up and the NC State coaches hit the ground running. According to our sources, the entire Wolfpack coaching staff will be heading to Mississsippi, Indiana, and Louisiana today. At this point, we are hearing these three players are at the top of the Wolfpack coaching staff’s wish list, hence pulling off visiting three prospects…in three states…with the whole staff…in one day.
They are visiting 5-star (Scout) point guard Nick Weatherspoon (6’2″/170) down in Mississippi. We reported yesterday that Nick Weatherspoon will be taking an official visit to Raleigh on the weekend of September 30th. Weatherspoon already unofficially visited back in June. The NC State coaching staff offered a scholarship to Weatherspoon back in April after his standout weekend at Adidas Uprising in Atlanta. He is the #5 point guard in the 2017 class. Weatherspoon narrowed his list to 10 schools back on June 30th: Memphis, LSU, Iowa State, UNC, Louisville, Mississippi State, Ohio State, NC State, Indiana & Georgetown
They are also visiting 5-star small forward Brian Bowen (6’7″/175) up in Indiana. The Wolfpack has been recruiting Bowen since the summer of 2013. Back in August, Bowen trimmed his list to 12 and here is who made the cut: Arizona, Creighton, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, MSU, NC State, Oregon, Texas, UCLA, and UNLV. Bowen is the #13 player in the 2017 class according to ESPN, and the #5 small forward.
Finally, they are heading down to Louisiana to visit consensus 4-star shooting guard Josh Anderson (6’4″/174), who Rivals ranks as the #43 overall player in 2017. The Wolfpack staff actively watched Anderson this summer when he played with Louisiana Elite, and he unofficially visited NC State back in July. Anderson also holds offers from Baylor, Florida, LSU and others.
4-Star 2025 Small Forward Jackson Keith (6’5″/175) was also in attendance.
Keith is a consensus 4-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, with Rivals ranking him as the #53 overall player in the class. The Southern High (Durham, NC) standout is ranked as the #2 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 class by ESPN.
Keith holds offers from NC State, Wake Forest, Mississippi St., Illinois, SMU, Virginia Tech, LSU and others.
NC State (11-3) will host #7 UNC (11-3) tonight in PNC Arena, and they also will be hosting a couple of recruiting prospects.
4-Star 2025 Power Forward Sadiq White Jr. and 4-Star 2025 Point Guard Jordan Lowery both confirmed with me that they will be in attendance.
White, who plays for Myers Park (Charlotte) is the consensus #1 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class, and he’s 4 spots away from being a 5-star prospect according to ON3. Lowery plays for Winston-Salem Christian School, and is ranked as the #7 overall player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports.
White holds offers from NC State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, LSU, FSU, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgetown, Ohio State and others. Lowery holds offers from NC State, TCU, Virginia Tech, SMU, Oklahoma St., Kansas St. St. Louis and others.
2026 Point Guard Kobe Edwards also told me he will be in attendance.
4-Star 2025 Point Guard Kayden Mingo (6’1″/160) stated that NC State is one of the schools most frequently reaching out to him, along with Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Cal and Old Dominion.
2025 4⭐️ Kayden Mingo continued his stockrising season tonight as #2 Long Island Lutheran (NY) took down #11 La Lumiere (IN).
Mingo finished with 20PTS, 7ASTS and 5REBS in the 82-65 win. He’s LuHi’s leading scorer on the season.
Despite the Wolfpack’s interest in Mingo, they haven’t offered him yet. Mingo currently holds offers from Cal, Penn State, Saint Louis, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Rivals and ESPN both rank Mingo as a 4-Star prospect, with Rivals ranking him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class.
Mingo plays for Long Island Lutheran in New York, which is one of the top teams in the country. He is currently the Nike EYBL Scholastic’s leading scorer (20ppg).
NC State 2024 signee Paul McNeil Jr. showcased his talent at the 2023 John Wall Holiday Invitational at the end of the year. Below are highlights from his first two games.
In Richmond’s 77-62 win over Jordan in their first game of the invitational, McNeil had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.
In Game 2, McNeil had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 53-56 loss to Northwood.
In Game 3, McNeil had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 68-84 loss to Cannon. I couldn’t find any highlights from this particular game.
Through 11 games this season, McNeil is averaging 29.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. He is shooting 52% from the field and 35% from three.