TheWolfpackCentral – NC State coach Kevin Keatts, Pack ready for round II with UNC

The construct up for the second NC State and North Carolina recreation started as quickly as the primary matchup ended.

North Carolina senior heart Armando Bacot dominated inside for 23 factors and 18 rebounds to steer the Tar Heels to a 80-69 victory over NC State on Jan. 21 on the Dean E. Smith Heart.

The Wolfpack performed with out injured redshirt junior energy ahead Jack Clark, who has returned the final two video games. Clark got here via in an enormous manner with 15 factors and 9 rebounds towards Syracuse on Tuesday.

NC State coach Kevin Keatts mentioned Friday on whether or not he would possibly combine in some double groups towards Bacot, the necessity to hold guard R.J. Davis out of the lane and foul line and the way his program has modified since Jan. 21. NCSU has gone 5-2 because the UNC recreation.

Keatts additionally talked about camaraderie with NC State soccer coach Dave Doeren and girls’s basketball coach Wes Moore, plus the impression the 1983 nationwide championship squad had on him. He additionally let it’s identified that Dereck Whittenburg might have recruited a future NBA star whereas he was an assistant coach at Georgia Tech.

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