2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–4 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Kevin Keatts (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Joel Justus; Kareem Richardson; Levi Watkins; Larry Dixon;
Home arena	PNC Arena

2023–24 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina	5	–	0	1.000	13	–	3	.813
NC State	5	–	1	.833	13	–	4	.765
No. 7 Duke	4	–	1	.800	13	–	3	.813
Florida State	4	–	1	.800	10	–	6	.625
Wake Forest	4	–	2	.667	12	–	5	.706
Miami (FL)	3	–	2	.600	12	–	4	.750
Syracuse	3	–	3	.500	12	–	5	.706
Virginia	2	–	3	.400	11	–	5	.688
Virginia Tech	2	–	3	.400	10	–	6	.625
Clemson	2	–	4	.333	12	–	5	.706
Boston College	2	–	4	.333	11	–	6	.647
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	.333	9	–	8	.529
Notre Dame	2	–	5	.286	7	–	11	.389
Louisville	1	–	4	.200	6	–	10	.375
Pittsburgh	1	–	5	.167	10	–	7	.588

† 2024 ACC tournament winner As of January 16, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represents North Carolina State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack are led by seventh-year head coach Kevin Keatts and play their home games at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the 2022–23 season 23–11, 12–8 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Virginia Tech before losing to Clemson in the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the South region. There they lost to Creighton in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Terquavion Smith	0	G	6'4"	165	Sophomore	Greenville, NC	Declare for 2023 NBA draft/undrafted; signed with the Philadelphia 76ers^[1]
Jarkel Joiner	1	G	6'1"	180	GS Senior	Oxford, MS	Graduated
Isaiah Miranda	3	F	7'1"	205	Freshman	Pawtucket, RI	Transferred to Oklahoma State
Jack Clark	5	G	6'8"	200	RS Senior	Wyncote, PA	Graduate transferred to Clemson^[2]
Dusan Mahorcic	11	F	6'10"	225	RS Senior	Belgrade, Serbia	Graduate transferred to Duquesne^[3]
Chase Graham	12	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Ebenezer Dowuona	21	F	6'11"	225	Junior	Accra, Ghana	Transferred to Georgia Tech^[4]
Greg Gantt	23	F	6'8"	215	RS Junior	Fayetteville, NC	Transferred to UNC Asheville^[5]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
DJ Horne	0	G	6'1"	175	GS Senior	Raleigh, NC	Arizona State^[6]
Jayden Taylor	1	G	6'4"	195	Junior	Indianapolis, IN	Butler^[7]
Kam Woods	2	G	6'2"	185	Junior	Bessemer, AL	North Carolina A&T^[8]
M. J. Rice	3	G	6'5"	200	Sophomore	Durham, NC	Kansas^[9]
Michael O'Connell	12	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Mineola, NY	Stanford^[10]
Mohamed Diarra	23	F	6'10"	215	Senior	Paris, France	Missouri^[11]
Ben Middlebrooks	34	F/C	6'10"	232	Junior	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Clemson^[12]

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dennis Parker Jr. #31 SF	Richmond, VA	John Marshall High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 26, 2022
Dennis Parker Jr. #31 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2024 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Paul McNeil #15 SF	Rockingham, NC	Richmond Senior High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Feb 20, 2023
Paul McNeil #15 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 87
Tremayne Parker #26 SG	Atlanta, GA	Overtime Elite	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nov 16, 2022
Tremayne Parker #26 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	DJ Horne	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	GS	Trinity Academy Arizona State	Raleigh, North Carolina
G	1	Jayden Taylor	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Perry Meridian Butler	Indianapolis, IN
G	2	Kam Woods	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Pinson Valley North Carolina A&T	Bessemer, Alabama
G	3	M. J. Rice	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Prolific Prep (CA) Kansas	Henderson, North Carolina
G	4	LJ Thomas	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Bull Durham Prep (NC)	Plant City, Florida
G	10	Breon Pass	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Reidsville	Reidsville, North Carolina
G	11	Dennis Parker Jr.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	John Marshall	Richmond, Virginia
G	12	Michael O'Connell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Blair Academy Stanford	Mineola, New York
G	13	KJ Keatts (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Grace Christian School	Cary, North Carolina
G	14	Casey Morsell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	St. John's College Virginia	Fort Washington, Maryland
G	20	Alex Nunnally (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Cary Academy	Cary, North Carolina
G	22	Jordan Snell (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	So	Panther Creek	Cary, North Carolina
F	23	Mohamed Diarra	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Redemption Academy (NY) Missouri	Paris, France
F	24	Ernest Ross	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Santa Fe	Alachua, Florida
F	30	D. J. Burns Jr.	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	GS	York Preparatory Academy Winthrop	Rock Hill, South Carolina
F	34	Ben Middlebrooks	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Westminster Academy Clemson	Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Head coach

Kevin Keatts (Ferrum)

Assistant coach(es)

Joel Justus (UNC Wilmington)
Kareem Richardson (Evansville)
Levi Watkins (NC State)
Larry Dixon (Johnson C. Smith)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	Mount Olive	W 89–79	–	14 – Morsell	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	PNC Arena (–) Raleigh, NC
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	The Citadel	W 72–59	1–0	14 – Morsell	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	PNC Arena (12,488) Raleigh, NC
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Abilene Christian	W 84–64	2–0	22 – Taylor	10 – Diarra	4 – Burns Jr.	PNC Arena (12,554) Raleigh, NC
November 17, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Charleston Southern	W 87–53	3–0	18 – Horne	6 – Horne	4 – Taylor	PNC Arena (12,331) Raleigh, NC
November 23, 2023* 10:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Vanderbilt Vegas Showdown semifinals	W 84–78	4–0	18 – Tied	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
November 24, 2023* 10:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. BYU Vegas Showdown	L 86–95	4–1	28 – Morsell	7 – Burns Jr	4 – Burns Jr	Michelob Ultra Arena (2,647) Paradise, NV
November 28, 2023* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Ole Miss ACC–SEC Challenge	L 52–72	4–2	13 – Middlebrooks	11 – Middlebrooks	4 – Thomas	SJB Pavilion (7,465) Oxford, MS
December 2, 2023 4:00 p.m., ACCN	at Boston College	W 84–78 ^OT	5–2 (1–0)	21 – Horne	18 – Diarra	5 – Horne	Conte Forum (5,249) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 93–61	6–2	21 – Taylor	6 – Rice	4 – Horne	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
December 12, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	UT Martin	W 81–67	7–2	22 – Horne	12 – Burns Jr.	4 – Burns Jr.	PNC Arena (11,326) Raleigh, NC
December 16, 2023* 10:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. No. 12 Tennessee Basketball Hall of Fame San Antonio	L 70–79	7–3	16 – Horne	5 – Burns Jr.	5 – Burns Jr.	Frost Bank Center (2,481) San Antonio, TX
December 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	Saint Louis	W 82–70	8–3	21 – Morsell	7 – Parker	3 – Burns	PNC Arena (12,555) Raleigh, NC
December 23, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ACCN	Detroit Mercy	W 83–66	9–3	26 – Horne	7 – Tied	6 – Tied	PNC Arena (12,594) Raleigh, NC
January 3, 2024 9:00 p.m., ACCN	Notre Dame	W 54–52	10–3 (2–0)	13 – Burns Jr.	6 – Diarra	2 – Burns Jr.	Joyce Center (4,727) South Bend, IN
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN	Virginia	W 76–60	11–3 (3–0)	15 – Tied	7 – Middlebrooks	5 – O'Connell	PNC Arena (14,821) Raleigh, NC
January 10, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 7 North Carolina Rivalry	L 54–67	11–4 (3–1)	12 – Morsell	10 – Horne	4 – Horne	PNC Arena (19,500) Raleigh, NC
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., The CW	at Louisville	W 89–83	12–4 (4–1)	27 – Horne	11 – Diarra	6 – O'Connell	KFC Yum! Center (12,114) Louisville, KY
January 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCN	Wake Forest Rivalry	W 83–76	13–4 (5–1)	21 – Horne	13 – Diarra	3 – Horne	PNC Arena (13,836) Raleigh, NC
January 20, 2024 12:00 p.m., The CW	Virginia Tech						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
January 24, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at Virginia						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
January 30, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	Miami (FL)						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
February 3, 2024 5:30 p.m., The CW	Georgia Tech						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
February 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Pittsburgh						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
February 10, 2024 4:00 p.m., ACCN	at Wake Forest Rivalry						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 17, 2024 7:45 p.m., The CW	at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU	Syracuse						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN	Boston College						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU	at Florida State						Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL
March 2, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN	at North Carolina Rivalry						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
March 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN	Duke						PNC Arena Raleigh, NC
March 9, 2024 7:45 p.m., The CW	at Pittsburgh						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
ACC tournament
March 12–16, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA						Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[13]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV									Not released
Coaches	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

↑ "Ricky Council IV and Terquavion Smith Signed to Two-Way Contracts". nba.com. Philadelphia 76ers. July 1, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ Long, Christina (April 18, 2023). "Clemson basketball lands Jack Clark, an NC State transfer guard". greenvilleonline.com. The Greenville News. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
↑ Vukovcan, Mike (May 20, 2023). "Duquesne Dukes add NC State transfer forward Dusan Mahorcic". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "Transfer Ebenezer Dowuona Inks Grant-in-Aid with Tech". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. April 19, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "Men's Basketball Adds NC State Transfer Greg Gantt". uncabulldogs.com. UNC Asheville Athletics. April 25, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "Transfer DJ Horne Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. April 20, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "Transfer Jayden Taylor Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. April 12, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "Transfer Kam Woods Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. June 16, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "NC State basketball portal haul continues as Kansas transfer is joining Wolfpack". The News & Observer. April 19, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
↑ "Transfer Michael O'Connell Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. May 23, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ "Transfer Mohamed Diarra Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. May 1, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
↑ Wiseman, Steve (April 18, 2023). "A transfer portal trade? Not exactly, but NC State, Clemson basketball swap players". newsobserver.com. The News & Observer. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
↑ "2023–2024 Schedule". Go Pack. North Carolina State University Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

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[1] "Ricky Council IV and Terquavion Smith Signed to Two-Way Contracts". nba.com. Philadelphia 76ers. July 1, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[2] Long, Christina (April 18, 2023). "Clemson basketball lands Jack Clark, an NC State transfer guard". greenvilleonline.com. The Greenville News. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[3] Vukovcan, Mike (May 20, 2023). "Duquesne Dukes add NC State transfer forward Dusan Mahorcic". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[4] "Transfer Ebenezer Dowuona Inks Grant-in-Aid with Tech". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. April 19, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[5] "Men's Basketball Adds NC State Transfer Greg Gantt". uncabulldogs.com. UNC Asheville Athletics. April 25, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[6] "Transfer DJ Horne Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. April 20, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[7] "Transfer Jayden Taylor Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. April 12, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[8] "Transfer Kam Woods Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. June 16, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[9] "NC State basketball portal haul continues as Kansas transfer is joining Wolfpack". The News & Observer. April 19, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.

[10] "Transfer Michael O'Connell Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. May 23, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[11] "Transfer Mohamed Diarra Joins the Pack". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. May 1, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[12] Wiseman, Steve (April 18, 2023). "A transfer portal trade? Not exactly, but NC State, Clemson basketball swap players". newsobserver.com. The News & Observer. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[13] "2023–2024 Schedule". Go Pack. North Carolina State University Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

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