NC State’s extreme Jekyll-and-Hyde act was apparent again this last week, as the Wolfpack spent last Sunday at Virginia bricking up the place and spent yesterday looking more than competent after a slow start. NC State averaged 1.16 points per possession against a very good Miami defense, which under most circumstances would be good enough to win but in this case, well, that’s sports.
So the Wolfpack failed to hold serve at home for the first time, and probably not the last, and any sort of legitimate NCAA tournament run is going to require some road wins. We could have guessed this much prior to Sunday afternoon, but tangible results drive the point home.