Sometimes you can see change coming a mile away. This may be one of those times.
Kevin Keatts is just getting started at N.C. State. He’s barely two dozen games into his coaching tenure, a little early to draw overarching conclusions. Yet already we’re seeing traits long absent from Raleigh, including a sense that a consistent basketball culture is being established.
“Taking this job,” Keatts said last spring, “I want to build a program. And my thoughts are to build a program that will stand the test of time as opposed to having just one great season.