2017–18 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

2017–18 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 2018 ACC tournament winner; Rankings from AP poll

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
2017–18 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2017–18 record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Kevin Keatts (1st year)
Assistant coach	James Johnson
Assistant coach	Takayo Siddle
Assistant coach	A.W. Hamilton
Home arena	PNC Arena
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The 2017–18 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team will represent North Carolina State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by first-year head coach Kevin Keatts, will play its home games at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the 2016–17 season 15–17, 4–14 in ACC play to finish in 13th place. They lost to Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Tournament.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Terry Henderson	3	G	6'5"	190	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Dennis Smith Jr.	4	G	6'3"	195	Freshman	Fayetteville, NC	Declared for 2017 NBA Draft
Cameron Gottfried	12	G	6'3"	183	Junior	Raleigh, NC
Chris Corchiani Jr.	13	G	6'0"	180	Junior	Raleigh, NC
Chris Brickhouse	15	F	6'5"	205	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Walk-on; graduated
BeeJay Anya	21	F	6'9"	320	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated
Ted Kapita	23	F	6'2"	219	Freshman	Kinshasa, DR Congo
Maverick Rowan	24	G/F	6'7"	220	Sophomore	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Turned pro

Class of 2017 signees

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Lavar Batts PG	Concord, NC	J.M. Robinson High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Apr 1, 2017
Lavar Batts PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Roster

2017–18 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
F	0	Abdul-Malik Abu	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Boston, Massachusetts
F	1	Lennard Freeman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	267 lb (121 kg)	RS Sr	Washington, D.C.
G/F	2	Torin Dorn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	RS So	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	3	Lavar Batts Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Concord, North Carolina
F	5	Darius Hicks	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	Fr	Quitman, Mississippi
G	10	Braxton Beverly	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Hazard, Kentucky
G	11	Markell Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Fr	Cleveland, Ohio
G	12	Allerik Freeman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	13	CJ Bryce	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Charlotte, North Carolina
F/C	14	Ömer Yurtseven	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Istanbul, Turkey
G	15	Sam Hunt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Greensboro, North Carolina
G/F	22	Shaun Kirk	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Whiteville, North Carolina
G	24	Devon Daniels	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Battle Creek, Michigan
F	31	Spencer Newman (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Daphne, Alabama
F/C	42	Tucker Thompson (W)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Jr	Huntersville, North Carolina

Head coach

Kevin Keatts (Ferrum)

Assistant coach(es)

James Johnson (Ferrum)
Takayo Siddle (Gardner–Webb)
A.W. Hamilton (Marshall)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 15 October 2017

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2017* 7:00 PM	Mars Hill	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	VMI	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Nov 12, 2017* 4:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Charleston Southern	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Bryant	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Nov 16, 2017* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Presbyterian Battle 4 Atlantis On Campus Site	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Nov 22, 2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN2/ESPN3	vs. Arizona Battle 4 Atlantis First Round	–	–	–	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
Nov 23, 2017* TBD, TBD	vs. Northern Iowa OR SMU Battle 4 Atlantis	–	–	–	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
Nov 24, 2017* TBD, TBD	at TBD Battle 4 Atlantis	–	–	–	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
Nov 29, 2017* 4:30 PM, ESPNU	Penn State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Dec 2, 2017* 12:00 PM, RSN	South Carolina State	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Dec 9, 2017* 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	UMKC	–	–	–	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
Dec 16, 2017* 12:00 PM, RSN	UNC Greensboro	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Dec 19, 2017* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Robert Morris	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 PM, RSN	Jacksonville	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
ACC regular season
Dec 30, 2017 TBD, RSN	at Clemson	–	–	–	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Jan 3, 2018 9:00 PM, ACCN	at Notre Dame	–	–	–	Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
Jan 6, 2018 2:00 PM OR 8:00 PM, ESPN	Duke	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Jan 11, 2018 9:00 PM, ESPN or ESPN2	Clemson	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Jan 14, 2018 6:00 PM, ESPNU	at Virginia	–	–	–	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 18, 2018 8:00 PM, ACC Network	Wake Forest	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Jan 21, 2018 12:00 PM, ACC Network	Miami (FL)	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Jan 24, 2018 9:00 PM, RSN	at Pittsburgh	–	–	–	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 27, 2018 12:00 PM, CBS	at North Carolina Carolina–State Game	–	–	–	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 3, 2018 12:00 PM, ESPN or ESPN2	Notre Dame	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Feb 7, 2018 9:00 PM, RSN	at Virginia Tech	–	–	–	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
Feb 10, 2018 2:00 PM, ACC Network	North Carolina Carolina–State Game	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Feb 14, 2018 9:00 PM, ACC Network	at Syracuse	–	–	–	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Feb 17, 2018 4:00 PM, ACC Network	at Wake Forest	–	–	–	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Feb 20, 2018 7:00 PM, RSN	Boston College	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Feb 25, 2018 6:00 PM, ESPNU	Florida State	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
Mar 1, 2018 8:00 pm, ACC Network	at Georgia Tech	–	–	–	Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
Mar 3, 2018 6:00 PM, ESPN or ESPN2	Louisville	–	–	–	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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2017–18 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Virginia †	17	–	1	.944	31	–	3	.912
No. 9 Duke	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
No. 22 Miami (FL)	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
No. 20 Clemson	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
NC State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
No. 10 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	26	–	11	.703
Virginia Tech	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Florida State	9	–	9	.500	23	–	12	.657
Louisville	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Syracuse	8	–	10	.444	23	–	14	.622
Boston College	7	–	11	.389	19	–	16	.543
Georgia Tech	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Wake Forest	4	–	14	.222	11	–	20	.355
Pittsburgh	0	–	18	.000	8	–	24	.250

† 2018 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll