Manny Bates

College Basketball Preview: NC State has nowhere to go but up

October 26, 2022 Ryan Henkel

RALEIGH — After finishing as the worst team in the ACC last season at 4-16 with an 11-21 overall record, the NC State men’s basketball will have a new look for the 2022-23 season, headed […]

No offseason: NC’s ACC teams have busy spring, summer

June 29, 2022 Shawn Krest

Summer is barely a week old and the season doesn’t tip off for another 4½ months. But whatever you do, don’t use the “o word.” “Lose the word offseason,” said NC State coach Kevin Keatts. […]

Keatts overhauls Wolfpack ahead of critical season

April 27, 2022 Brett Friedlander

These aren’t the best of times for NC State men’s basketball fans. As if suffering through the first 20-loss season in school history wasn’t bad enough, the frustration has been compounded by rivals North Carolina […]

Plenty at stake for Tar Heels, Wolfpack in rematch

February 23, 2022 Shawn Krest

It’s safe to say that when UNC travels to NC State for a rematch between the two rivals, Roy Williams won’t be making a halftime appearance. Ol’ Roy has been more visible in his first […]

Made shots equal wins for UNC, NC State

January 26, 2022 Brett Friedlander

One of retired North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams’ favorite sayings is that everything always looks better when the ball goes through the basket. It’s an adage to which both his former team and rival […]

Duke overpowers NC State

January 15, 2022 Shawn Krest

DURHAM — Duke dominated inside on its way to a 88-73 win over visiting NC State on Saturday. The Wolfpack were without starting center Manny Bates, who suffered a season-ending injury in November, and didn’t […]

Wolfpack can’t overcome ‘big’ problems in the middle

January 8, 2022 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — The NC State basketball team is like a doughnut. It has a large hole in the middle. That’s a situation coach Kevin Keatts can’t do much about, not with his best big man, […]

COVID spike, cancellations have college hoop coaches concerned

December 19, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Steve Forbes is usually the life of the party, a fact he reinforced recently by showing up to a postgame media session wearing a string of blinking Christmas lights around his neck. But Friday, shortly […]

Wolfpack overcomes obstacles, Nebraska for epic 4OT win

December 2, 2021 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — NC State trailed by 14 with 10 minutes remaining in regulation and by five with less than two to go in the second overtime. It lost its starting point guard to an ejection, […]

Second half toughness leads Wolfpack past Texas Southern

November 21, 2021 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — Kevin Keatts wasn’t happy with his NC State basketball team at halftime of its game against Texas Southern on Sunday. But not because it wasn’t making shots. Or that it was trailing by […]