Three times, Kevin Keatts was asked about the FBI investigation into college-basketball recruiting, each question more general than the next. Three times, the new N.C. State coach refused to entertain answering, not even to discuss the state of basketball recruiting in general.
It was a tough spot for Keatts, who had the misfortune to wake up and find out that N.C. State’s media day turned out to be the same day the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York blew the doors off college basketball by charging four college assistant coaches and six other people, including two who work for adidas, with fraud.