The Wake Forest students chanted “overrated” at Dennis Smith Jr. after an early turnover Saturday, and for once, that chant actually made sense.
It's not merely that N.C. State is so much less than the sum of its parts. (It is.) It's also that these parts, so many of which were unknown variables before the season, turned out to be not very good, either. Or at least not as good as they thought they were. Or still think they are.
The Wolfpack has now lost five straight since the historic win at Duke, and last place in the ACC is within reach.