Jericole Hellems has been an important piece for Kevin Keatts.
Not just this year, I’m talking about over his entire career at NC State. Hellems was part of the class that changed the culture at NC State.
During the Gottfried years, you never knew if the team was going to show up. Were they going to come out and play hard, or was it going to be one of those games where they just went through the motions? It was infuriating.
Since Keatts arrival, that hasn’t ever been a problem. They come to play and they leave it all on the floor every night.