I think it’s worth mentioning, before we begin, that had NC State retained Kevin Keatts, we’d be coming into this season relying heavily on Paul McNeil.
Of course, Keatts would have recruited the portal, and we would have had a lot of new blood on the roster. I think it was clear that McNeil was going to be a guy NC State built around. He logged double-digit minutes in 6 of the final 8 games, and scored double digits in 4 of those games (including a 24 points effort against Wake and 14 in the final game of the season vs Miami).