N.C. State checked off too many boxes for Sam Hunt to continue his college basketball career anywhere else.
Hunt, who grew up in Greensboro, has always wanted to play in the ACC. The 6-2, 175-pound guard also fits into new Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts’ style of play and Hunt has a good relationship with incoming freshman guard Lavar Batts.
Put it all together and you can understand why Hunt, who graduated from North Carolina A&T on Saturday, chose to join the Wolfpack program for his final college season.
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“This was one of those things where an opportunity presents itself and you have to ask yourself, ‘What are you going to do with it?