N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried cautioned at the start of the season it would take freshman forward Omer Yurtseven some time to get going since Yurtseven is both:
A) a freshman
B) an international player.
But when the 7-foot Turk came off of a nine-game suspension on Dec. 15 and scored 12 points in his first two games and 16 in in his fourth game, it looked like he would adjust quickly. Then ACC play began.
Yurtseven has not been effective in his first three conference games. He dropped a pass on the first possession of the Miami loss on Dec.