NC State smokes Chowan in exhibition game, 111-62

NC State beat Chowan 111-62 on Monday night in the Wolfpack’s only exhibition game, but who cares about the margin, tell me about the team! I’ll do my best.

First off, it’s worth noting that Kevin Keatts went with a substitution-heavy approach from the jump, so I’m not going to bother reaching for conclusions regarding any given five-man group. The nature of this game was such that there was never much cohesion—Keatts didn’t actually need to play his best five for any extensive amount of time.

The advantage of that is we got to see the entire bench play significant minutes. Here’s some observations on the new guys:

Jericole Hellems — I already love this kid. If he’s a multi-year player here,…