NC State Basketball: 2021-22 season preview and outlook for Wolfpack

RALEIGH, NC - FEBRUARY 01: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was created as an Equirectangular Panorama. Import image into a panoramic player to create an interactive 360 degree view.) A general view prior to the game between the Syracuse Orange and the North Carolina State Wolfpack at PNC Arena on February 1, 2017 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Syracuse won 100-93 in OT. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /

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2021-22 season outlook

NC State basketball has a shot at getting back to a sense of normalcy in 2021-22, which is a good thing for them. Their issues haven’t been on the non-conference side of things. The team went 5-3 this past season and 10-2 in 2019-20 before things were shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

With both talent and experience on the horizon in 2021-22, it’s hard to project the Wolfpack finishing below the middle of the pack in the ACC basketball landscape, but they’ll need for their rotation to produce and win games.

In 2020-21, NC State basketball ranked fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (47.1 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage (36 percent). Manny Bates and Jericole Hellems will look to lead the offensive attack in a similar fashion, with Bates roaming the rim and Hellems roaming the perimeter.

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They’ll need Cam Hayes and Dereon Seabron to find their footing and their newcomers to find their roles to find success. If they can find their role in a hurry, Coach Keatts and company could find themselves back where they were before Covid-19 derailed their climb back to NCAA Tournament relevance. If not, Year 4 could be more running in place for NC State basketball and Coach Keatts.

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