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Braxton Beverly, ruled ineligible by NCAA, still wants to play at NCSU this season

Braxton Beverly remains convinced he did nothing that should prevent him from playing for N.C. State this season – and he’s still holding out hope he’ll get a chance to play.

In his first public comments since the NCAA twice ruled that he’s ineligible to play as a freshman for the Wolfpack this season, Beverly, in a blog post on N.C. State’s website, detailed his route from Hargrave Military Academy to Ohio State and finally to N.C. State.

He said sitting out this season as a transfer is difficult to accept.

“Once you get off the court, it hits you hard,” Beverly wrote in an essay released by N.