When it was over, when they were done posing for pictures with fans in the hallways outside the ballroom that holds the court of this most unusual of basketball tournaments, N.C. State’s players could say they weren’t surprised.
They weren’t surprised, because they believed. How they had come to believe in themselves, coming off a dismal season, with a new coach and a handful of new players, isn’t quite as simple.
But it sure was quick. It took only five games for Kevin Keatts to get a signature performance out of his new team, a 90-84 upset of Arizona, the No.