I am not sure exactly when NC State basketball quit during this season, but on the following note, I am supremely confident - State has quit repeatedly to the point in which giving up will be the dominant theme that defines this miserable 2016-17 campaign. When a talented roster has utterly surrendered and plays a brand of basketball that features zero heart, it's time to make a leadership change. This fractured season will be how most of us remember Mark Gottfried, and it's why all indications are that he will be fired when this schedule mercifully ends.
"They gotta guard us too, pal" was once something that I would randomly quote to family and friends whenever a basketball topic came up.