Fair assessment here, IMO:
NC State: B+
No delusions of grandeur here, or at least none that got in the way of doing the right thing in the search. NC State didn’t get stuck on bigger names and miss on a chance to nab an up-and-coming Rick Pitino protégé in its backyard. Keatts won 72% of his games in three years at UNC Wilmington, making the tourney in the second and third seasons. The school did well to get the guy who is probably hungry to make his name on the big stage, and if the roster picks up that attitude by osmosis, then NC State will have the right formula for holding its own against its monolithic neighbors and the rest of the ACC. It almost doesn’t matter if it works or not. This was the way for the Wolfpack to go.
LINK: https://www.si.com/college-basketba...oaching-hire-grades?xid=socialflow_twitter_si
NC State: B+
No delusions of grandeur here, or at least none that got in the way of doing the right thing in the search. NC State didn’t get stuck on bigger names and miss on a chance to nab an up-and-coming Rick Pitino protégé in its backyard. Keatts won 72% of his games in three years at UNC Wilmington, making the tourney in the second and third seasons. The school did well to get the guy who is probably hungry to make his name on the big stage, and if the roster picks up that attitude by osmosis, then NC State will have the right formula for holding its own against its monolithic neighbors and the rest of the ACC. It almost doesn’t matter if it works or not. This was the way for the Wolfpack to go.
LINK: https://www.si.com/college-basketba...oaching-hire-grades?xid=socialflow_twitter_si
