N.C. State’s Braxton Beverly continues to live in basketball purgatory, trying to stay optimistic, waiting for the NCAA to decide.
For now, the freshman guard from Hazard, Ky., can only practice, go to class, listen to his coaches and hope as N.C. State seeks a transfer waiver that would allow him to play for the Wolfpack in the 2017-18 season.
A troubling situation?
“It can be if you let it get to you,” Beverly said Tuesday at the Pack’s basketball media day. “But I made this decision to put me in a better place. … Even if the worst-case scenario is I have to sit out this year I’m still happy with my decision.