When: Saturday January 10 – 12:00 PM
Where: Donald L Tucker Civic Center, Tallahassee FL
Opponent: Florida State Seminoles
Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 86-79 / NC State 85-79
Takeaways from Will Wade’s radio show Thursday night
The Wolfpack’s chance to make the NCAA Tournament is getting slimmer, the UVA loss hurt. All remaining Q2 and Q3 games are MUST WIN games and they’re going to have to win some Q1.
ACC Media predicted that Florida State would finish 15th with their preseason votes. They currently rank 17th.
This is Coach Luke Loucks’ first head coaching job. The former Seminole player takes over the reigns from the legendary Leonard Hamilton. He comes to Tallahassee after 10 years of working as an assistant coach in the NBA for the Warriors, Suns, and most recently the Sacramento Kings.
’25-’26 is generally considered a rebuilding year for FSU, they have no Q1, Q2, or Q3 wins, however last Saturday on their home court they took Duke to the wire, they were within 2 with 23 seconds left, losing by 4.
Somerville and MaGee are ranked 9th and 10th in 3PT made per game
NC State Will Lose This Game If …
The Wolfpack has a ’cover your eyes’ half and trails at halftime, but they starting hitting shots and dial up the defense in the second half and wins 80-69.
