The thing with NC State basketball is not just that they offer portions of hope within an otherwise gross season, but that they can be incredibly good in spans and then just completely fail at basketball for other spans. Both the good and the very bad were on display on Wednesday as Syracuse came back from a double-digit deficit in the final 10 minutes to win 100-93 in overtime.
Dennis Smith recorded another triple-double, by the way, and picking up two of those in the same season is highly irregular, but no one cares about that and fewer still will remember it.