The schedule says Kevin Keatts makes his regular-season debut at N.C. State’s basketball coach Friday night against VMI.
An injury and an NCAA ruling mean the style he believes will help the Wolfpack win big won’t be fully on display.
Keatts and his staff, in their first season at N.C. State, have nine scholarship players available as they prepare to play four games over the season’s first seven days.
Senior forward Malik Abu is sidelined with a sprained knee ligament. Though he’s been cleared to run as he works his way back from the injury, he won’t play against VMI or Sunday against Charleston Southern.