The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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18 ■ THE WOLFPACKER TRACKING THE PACK 1 NC State's first offer out in the class of 2018 in men's basketball to Roselle (N.J.) Catholic freshman power forward Nazreon Reid, who is listed at 6-9, 200 pounds. 5 Wolfpack football recruiting targets in the Rivals250 in the class of 2015. Lincolnton (N.C.) High defensive tackle Darian Roseboro leads the way at No. 42, and he is the highest-ranked prospect from the state of North Carolina. Lexington (N.C.) North Davidson defensive tackle Shy Tuttle (No. 57), Wake Forest (N.C.) High running back Bryce Love (No. 106), Manassas (Va.) Stonewall Jackson defensive tackle Tim Settle (No. 160) and Chester (Va.) Thomas Dale defensive tackle Darvin Taylor II (No. 182) also list NC State among their leaders. 6 Projected victories for the NC State football team by PredictionMachine.com, which runs the entire season 50,000 times in its "Predictalator" for each college football team. NC State was slotted to finish 6-6 and reach the Independence Bowl. 8 College basketball teams that finished in the top 150 of the RPI last year that play NC State in non-conference action this winter. Six of the opponents were in the top 88 — Cincinnati (21), Tennessee (42), Louisiana Tech (62), Richmond (75), Boise State (82) and West Virginia (88). 14 Class of 2016 basketball recruits ranked in the Rivals.com top 25 that claim NC State offers. Four have ties to the state of North Carolina — No. 2-ranked power forward Harry Giles of High Point Wesleyan Christian, No. 5-ranked point guard Den- nis Smith of Fayetteville Trinity Christian, No. 9-ranked power forward Edrice Adebayo of Pinetown Northside and No. 14-ranked small forward V.J. King, who used to live in Charlotte and now attends Fairfax (Va.) Paul VI. 22 Pounds lost by Trevor Lacey since the redshirt junior combo guard arrived in NC State, after playing his first two years at Alabama. Lacey is down to 208 pounds. 74 National ranking through Aug. 21 for NC State's class of 2015 football recruiting class by Rivals.com. The Wolfpack has 10 verbal commits, averaging 2.8 stars per prospect. 1,347 Views on YouTube.com of NCSU men's basketball head coach Mark Gottfried's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which was posted Aug. 14 under "NCStateHoops." 10,287 Fans who turned out to a sold-out BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte to watch former NC State pitcher Carlos Rodon make his Triple-A debut with the Charlotte Knights against the Gwinnett Braves Aug. 19. Rodon allowed one run on one hit and struck out three in three innings of an eventual 10-5 Knights' loss. 3,142,492 Page views on vimeo.com/TheWolfpacker on the three-year anniversary of its launch in August 2011. Sponsored by: The Sizemore Group www.morganstanleyfa.com/thesizemoregroup ■ By The Numbers 71 Returning number of starts for both the NC State defensive line and offensive line. Fifth-year senior defensive end Art Norman and fifth-year senior defensive tackle THOMAS TEAL have made 25 and 24 starts, respectively. Fifth-year senior right tackle Tyson Chandler entered the 2014 season with 23 career starts. PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN