Hard truth is the ACC hasnāt really taken the step forward it needed to.
Itās usually an unpopular take, but I hope the ACC goes undefeated in non-conference play. And then Duke, UNC, and VT can suck it in conference play.
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Itās almost like itās under resourced compared to itās peers
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Stanford loses 37ppg between Jaylen Blakes, Oziyah Sellers, and Maxime Raynaud. Blakes and Raynaud were out of eligibility, but they lost Sellers (13.7 ppg, 40% from 3) to St Johns, and didnāt get any high profile replacements through the Portal.
| Returners | PG Benny Gealer (SR) | 32 G, 20.4 mpg, 6 ppg, 2 apg, 37% 3P% | ||
| G Anthony Batson Jr. (SO) | 20 G, 5.1 mpg, 1 ppg, 0.3 apg, 0% 3P% | |||
| SF Ryan Agarwal (RS JR) | 35 G, 27.1 mpg, 7.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 29% 3P% | |||
| F Evan Stinson (SO) | 17 G, 11.1 mpg, 2.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 26% 3P% | |||
| F Jaylen Thompson (RS SO) | 20 G, 5.8 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 18% 3P% | |||
| F Cameron Grant (SO) | 10 G, 4.9 mpg, 1.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 36% 3P% | |||
| PF Chisom Okpara (SR) | 35 G, 16.3 mpg, 6.5 ppg, 2 rpg, 50% FG% | |||
| PF Donavin Young (SO) | 19 G, 17.3 mpg, 3.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 46% FG% | |||
| F/C Aidan Cammann (SO) | 35 G, 17.3 mpg, 2.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 51% FG% | |||
| C Tallis Toure (SO) | 16 G, 5 mpg, 1.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg, 40% FG% | |||
| Additions | PG Jaylen Petty (4-star FR) | |||
| G Ebuka Okorie (4-star FR) | ||||
| F/C Kristers Skrinda (3-star FR) |
Kyle Smith is the man, but this is a very big ask of him. Heāll need to be a wizard of getting last yearās role players to step up into feature roles.
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Stanford seems like they are putting a lot of faith in younger players from last year taking the leap. I do wonder if they could be a surprise team if some of those pan out considering they have Smith.
I do assume their hurdles for transfer admittance are every bit as tough as ours or more.
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I know some are skeptical but Iād pencil them in at the top of that 3-9/10 cluster right now.
Holloman
Copeland
Arcenaeux
Williams
Deng
Never know with transfer teams, might not click, but thatās a nasty stating five.
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Theyāre apparently still going after Haggerty too, though K State is making a late push.
If they can somehow land Haggerty and Williams thatās a hell of an offseason for NCST and probably a top 10-15 roster in the country.
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K state might be his agent trying to work price. Katate sources were like āthatās news to usā in response to yesterdays tweet
Their big man depth needs work. I donāt think Deng can hold up as a full time 5 (and I have questions about how good he is actually) and their other options are unproven in various ways.
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Kansas lost out on both Dame Sarr and Darrion Williams today. Their fanbase is in full meltdown mode.
They should pivot to stealing Neokis Avdalas from the hokies
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Itās a weird roster. No real big men and a bunch of very questionable shooters. Maybe it works, but weāll see.
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NC State:
| Starters | PG Tre Holloman (SR Transfer, Michigan State) | 37 G, 23.1 mpg, 9.1 ppg, 3.7 apg, 33% 3P% | |
| SF Quadir Copeland (RS SR Transfer, McNeese State) | 35 G, 21.9 mpg, 9.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 15% 3P% | ||
| SF Terrance Arceneaux (RS JR Transfer, Houston) | 40 G, 20.3 mpg, 6.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 34% 3P% | ||
| F Darrion Williams (SR Transfer, Texas Tech) | 34 G, 30 mpg, 15.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 34% 3P% | ||
| F/C Jerry Deng (JR Transfer, Florida State) | 31 G, 15.4 mpg, 7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 43% FG% | ||
| Reserves | G Alyn Breed (RS SR Transfer, Providence [in 2022-23]) | 32 G, 18.4 mpg, 4.8 ppg, 1.5 apg, 28% 3P% | |
| G/F Paul McNeil Jr. (SO) | 24 G, 8.7 mpg, 4.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 36% 3P% | ||
| G/F Matt Able (4-star FR) | |||
| F Colt Langdon (3-star RS FR) | |||
| PF Zymicah Wilkins (4-star FR) | |||
| F/C Paul Mbiya (3-star FR) |
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They definitely got the hard part of team building done with getting a high end shot creator like Williams. Arceneaux has been a really good as a defensive role player, Holloman is a known quantity as a starter-quality power conference PG. Copeland is not my personal cup of tea in terms of type of game, but he does bring a lot of rim pressure as a driver/transition player. They need 1-2 of those freshmen to be rotation quality (or add some more guys).
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Thatās 7 tournament teams, which is probably optimistic. Iām thinking 5-6 max.
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I like NC Stateās 3-4-5 of Arcneaux Williams Lubin
Houston East vibes. and with Quadir Copeland and if they get PJ Haggerty they have a chance to be legit legit. Going to be a very physical aggressive team
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Wasnāt it Lubin that posted on twitter or somewhere that entering the portal was just business and he would stay at UNCā¦or maybe Iām mixing that up.
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