NC State takes on Oklahoma State in the Puerto Rico Tipoff final on Sunday. Pomeroy has Oklahoma State as #42 overall so this should be a good test for the Pack. OK State will defend, opponents are shooting just 34% on 2 pt shots and 31% on 3 pt shots. The biggest red flag in looking at the Cowboys Pomeroy profile is their FT Rate of 54% which is good enough for 28th in the nation. That means the Cowboys get to the FT line a lot, and with NC State's proclivity to interior foul trouble its cause for concern.
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North Carolina State freshman T.J. Warren has been as good as advertised, and he hasn't even cracked the starting lineup.
He'll look to help the sixth-ranked Wolfpack capture the championship of the Puerto Rico Tipoff as they face Oklahoma State on Sunday night.
The 6-foot-8 Warren, a McDonald's All-American along with fellow freshmen teammates Rodney Purvis and Tyler Lewis, is averaging a team-best 17.0 points and hitting 70.0 percent of his field goal attempts as N.C. State (3-0) has won by an average of 24.3 points.
He made 8 of 11 from the field in Friday's 94-76 win over Massachusetts, following up a 22-point effort in an opening-round victory Thursday over Penn State in which he went 3 of 4 from 3-point range and 9 of 12 overall.
The sixth-ranked Wolfpack is looking for its first in-season tournament title since beating Auburn in the 2009 Glenn Wilkes Classic championship game in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Two years earlier, against better competition, N.C. State beat 20th-ranked Villanova 69-68 in the Old Spice Classic final. Gavin Grant was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 0.4 seconds left, and he hit two free throws to give coach Sidney Lowe one of his signature victories. In some ways, it became a bit of a punchline given Lowe's struggles at his alma mater.
