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ACC Now Podcast: How did NC State basketball get so good? Can the Pack sustain it?

North Carolina State’s head coach Kevin Keatts gives instructions to his team during the second half of the Wolfpack’s 72-64 win over Georgia Tech at PNC Arena on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State’s head coach Kevin Keatts gives instructions to his team during the second half of the Wolfpack’s 72-64 win over Georgia Tech at PNC Arena on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown kmckeown@newsobserver.com

N.C. State has been the surprise team of the ACC this season, winning eight of its last nine games and breaking into the AP Top 25 this week at No. 22.

Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts has made good use of the NCAA transfer portal to add such players as center D.J. Burns and point guard Jarkel Joiner, then molded the newlook team into one that could earn a spot in the 2023 NCAA tournament.

In this week’s ACC Now Podcast, staff writers Chip Alexander and Andrew Carter, two Raleigh natives who together have seen more than 50 years of NC State basketball, discuss the state of the Pack.

You can also listen to this episode of the ACC Now podcast, and others, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, TuneIn and Stitcher.

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In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.
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