It’s rare when you can pinpoint exactly when a coach wins a press conference.
But minutes after new N.C. State basketball coach Kevin Keatts introduced his wife, Georgette, and family to the assembled crowd at Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday afternoon, he started to list the virtues of N.C. State.
He extolled the winning tradition, the strong academics of the university and the quality of the facilities.
“Why not N.C. State?” Keatts asked.
Everything after on Sunday was a victory lap for Keatts, 44, who comes to Raleigh after three successful seasons at UNC-Wilmington.
There were the usual remarks about being the right fit and the new coach's bona fides as a recruiter.