NC State Hosts the VCU Rams

When: Monday November 17 – 7:00 PM

Where: Lenovo Center

TV: ACC Network

Opponent: Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference)

Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 84-74 / NC State 86-78

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Wolfpack Snapshot:

Wolfpack Player Notes:

Terrance Arceneaux was held out of the UNCG game, he is still nursing an Achilles injury. He has only played 18 minutes so far this season.

Ven Lubin has ligament damange in his right thumb suffered in practice (Sunday 9th), played limited minutes versus UNCG

Wolfpack Stat Leaders:

Points

PPG

Rebounds

RPG

Assists

APG

Steals

SPG

Williams

21.7

Sagnia

7

Williams

4.6

Sagnia

2

McNeil

20.3

Williams

6

Copeland

4.6

Williams

1.6

Copeland

15.3

Able

5

Opponent Overview:

VCU is a launch pad for D1 coaches. Their previous six head coaches (Ryan Odom -UVA, Mike Rhoades – PSU, our own Will Wade, Shaka Smart – Marq, Anthony Grant – Dayton, and Jeff Capel — Pitt). are current coaches, and 5 of 6 are P4. When Shaka Smart was hired at VCU, Will Wade was his first hire (2009-2013), Wade left there for his first head coaching job at Chattanooga (2013-2015), and then returned to follow Smart at VCU (2015-2017). He went 51-20 / 28-8 in two seasons, and took his team to the NCAA tournament both seasons, winning one game.

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VCU is under new management again this season. Outbound coach Ryan Odom finished last season as the A-10 champions at 28-7 / 15-3 and with an NCAAT first round loss to BYU, before moving to UVA. (more about him in future episodes)

Phil Martelli Jr. moved south from Bryant (Rhode Island – admit it, you didn’t know where it was either) after finishing last season as the American East champion at 23-12 / 14-2 and with an NCAAT first round loss to Michigan State. That was Bryant’s second ever NCAA tournament appearance. He was named the American East and NABC Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year. He loaded up those trophies and moved to Richmond.

Coach Phil Martelli Jr, son of – you guessed it, long time coach Phil…

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