Will Wade not ready to talk NC State job after McNeese exit

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- McNeese men's basketball coach Will Wade wiped away tears after his team's 76-62 loss to Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament, saying he wasn't yet ready to look ahead to taking over at NC State.

"I'll worry about that tomorrow. I'm an honest guy, but today I want to put a bow on everything with McNeese if we can," said Wade, who won 58 games and went 36-2 in the Southland Conference over the past two seasons, capturing back-to-back regular-season and conference tournament titles.

"Not to try to give out a canned answer, but this is about our players and McNeese now. We're not flying back until tomorrow morning. We'll enjoy this here and…