NC State Welcomes the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers

When: Friday November 6 – 7:00 PM

Where: Lenovo Center

TV / Streaming: ACCNX

Opponent: East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Buccaneers (Southern Conference)

Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 86-71 / NC State 89-68

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Wolfpack Season So Far:

The Wolfpack won game 1 of this important 4 game stretch, thank you Ven Lubin. KenPom ranks Campbell #271, ETSU #168, Presbyterian #240, and Troy #179. And then the gloves come off, Murray State is ranked #91, Seton Hall is #64 / Wisconsin is #42. The Pack needs to make the most of these first four games before heading to the Bahamas.

Like most teams, the Pack players are learning to play with new teammates, some are playing new roles, and all are learning to execute new offensive and defensive schemes. Very much a work in progress.

What adjustments are the players making?

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Preston Edmead is adjusting to being a full-time point guard for the first time in his college career. At Hofstra he played shooting guard, Cruz was the point guard. However, he and Cruz played sort of a double PG role at Hofstra, similar to Edmead and Adams.

Ven Lubin is a full-time forward for the first time in his college career.

Kyle Evans has never played this style of center role before; there is a lot more movement required of him.

Robert Jurkovic has never played this style of center role before; nor has he played American style college basketball. Musa Sagnia took a while to adjust last season.

Eemeli Yalaho and Christian Hammond were early signees and probably did not expect to come off the bench. Both were full-time starters last season. Yalaho played 28.4 mins per game, Hammond 30.4 mins per game.

Paul McNeil is a primary focal point of the opposing scouting report and the face of the Wolfpack for the first time. Campbell defended him well and he struggled to get open shots. He only hit 1 3PT, 6 of his 11 points were from the FT line.

Hall, Whitty, and Wilkins are all adjusting to P4 ball.

None of these ‘adjustments’ are…

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