ACC men’s basketball coaches and players assembled in Charlotte for media day on Tuesday after a one-year hiatus that I’m sure they all just totally hated to have. Kevin Keatts, Manny Bates, and Jericole Hellems were on hand for NC State and you can probably guess at a few of the questions they got from media members.
Kevin Keatts had this to say about Bates’ near-transfer during the offseason:
During the off season there was a lot of communication — and if you guys want to let Manny touch on that I will, about possibly Manny Bates going somewhere else to play.