Mental toughness isn’t a tangible thing. You can’t measure it. As a lot of guys like to say, it’s a part of the game that doesn’t show up in the stat sheet. Whatever it is though, this year’s Wolfpack appears to have it.
Right from the tipoff, NC State absorbed punch after punch in Chapel Hill on Saturday. Most of the recent Wolfpack teams would have eventually had their lights knocked out in a hostile environment against a team with superior talent. Not this team though. This team just kept coming. Every time Chapel Hill looked as if it was seizing control.