Kansas freshman wing M.J. Rice is in the portal after a disappointing year. This has been rumored all the way back to December when he got hurt and just never was in the rotation. It had to be humbling to get a "dnp-cd" against NC State in late November.
Rice is from Creedmoor, N.C., and went to Durham Academy his first two years, but he had a bad ACL tear his sophomore year. I think NC State offered him despite that injury during that time, and pursued him vigorously. He went to Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy his junior year, and then Napa (Calif.) Prolific Prep his senior year. He played with L.J. Thomas on Team Loaded NC 17s and ranked No. 29 overall in the country in the class of 2022 by Rivals.com. Thomas had more points than Rice this past season.
If you had asked me if Rice and NC State would be a thing in December, I would have said "for sure." Now, not so sure.
Rice is from Creedmoor, N.C., and went to Durham Academy his first two years, but he had a bad ACL tear his sophomore year. I think NC State offered him despite that injury during that time, and pursued him vigorously. He went to Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy his junior year, and then Napa (Calif.) Prolific Prep his senior year. He played with L.J. Thomas on Team Loaded NC 17s and ranked No. 29 overall in the country in the class of 2022 by Rivals.com. Thomas had more points than Rice this past season.
If you had asked me if Rice and NC State would be a thing in December, I would have said "for sure." Now, not so sure.
