Fall Practice Media Day

Want to Get To Know Coach Wade? Watch this!

This

is one of the best coach’s press conferences I’ve seen, definitely the best basketball presser this month. This is well worth the 39:05 duration. (you’re welcome)

Excerpts:

• Darrion Williams in in concussion protocol, should be back in practice this week
• Four guys shooting over 40% from 3PT
• Darrion Williams – “Damn good player” “Good stuff happens when he has the ball”
• Quadir Copeland – “Gives everybody confidence”
• Tre Holloman – “Iron man” “Brings an edge to us we need” “Shooting much more like when he was a sophomore” (42.5% 3PT% as sophomore)
• Colt Langdon – “Loves NC State! Loves Raleigh!”
• Paul McNeil – “Growth on and off the court” “He loves the Pack” “He’s going to have a huge, huge season for us”
• Matt Able – “Doesn’t look like a freshman” (physically) “He’s going to have a great year”
• Musa Sagnia – “One of the nicest, most appreciative kids you’ll ever meet” “Declared for the draft early. Did five NBA workouts.” “Measured in at just shy of 6’10 so he’s a little bit bigger” “He is an elite, elite, elite defender” “Terrance Arseneaux is one of the best defenders in the country, and Musa is every bit as good a defender as Terrance is.”
• Ven Lubin – “Incredible finishing ability around the basket” “We’re going to allow him to get out and shoot 3PT shots” “Going to play a major, major part of our success this season”
• Alyn Breed – “Got to get his conditioning right”
• Mikey Wilkins – “We’re excited about what he can become”
• Jordan Snell – “Snell is incredible!”

“Our team’s a little bit better than I thought”

“We’ve got a damn good team!”