When you occupy middling terrain like NC State has over the majority of this century, there are a lot of emotional swings, from one extreme to the other. Mark Gottfried’s teams always encapsulated this, and rarely was a season easy. But there were also a lot of rewards over the last six years, especially within the context of his predecessor’s tenure.
These are some of my favorite moments from the Mark Gottfried era. Please feel free to add on to this list, as it is by no means comprehensive.
BEEJAY ANYA BEATS LSU WITH A DAMN LEFT-HANDED HOOK SHOT
If you made a list of events ordered by improbability, somewhere on that list, you would have “I invented time travel and made four zillion billion dollars and now I have a pet dinosaur too.