IPS: What Happened Between NC State and Paul Mbiya

James Henderson and Jake McSwain of Inside Pack Sports recorded a YouTube video breaking down the events that led Congolese prep center Paul Mbiya to decommit from NC State. You can watch the video above, but here’s a bulleted summary of what they shared:

Mbiya’s initial commitment came out of nowhere. He was expected to land at Oregon. He had taken an official visit there, and they even flew overseas to watch him play.

NC State was expected to land both Gambian forward-center Musa Sagnia and Mbiya. Sagnia was older, and if Mbiya turned out to be raw or not fully ready, the Wolfpack could lean on Sagnia at the five.

It became unlikely that Sagnia would end up at NC State. Academics may have…