After NC State went down in a lackluster 77-68 home loss to Syracuse, the Wolfpack dropped to 8-8 (4-7). Any realistic chance at the NCAA tournament were put to rest, as NC State will go without a NCAA tournament victory for the 4th straight year. Last year doesn’t count as a true miss, but NC State was 20-10 (10-10) and was likely not going to make the NCAA tournament without another win or two in the ACC tournament.
Certainly NC State fans haven’t given up on Keatts ala Boston College fans and Jim Christian. A missed NCAA tournament won’t have him draw the ire of the fanbases the same way if Georgia Tech misses the NCAA tournament yet again under Josh Pastner. It is evident though, NC State fans are getting beginning to question Kevin Keatts as the long term answer.
As much as I like Coach Keatts, I’m curious as to how much longer State will stick with him. State just hasn’t performed as we’d hoped
— John Quiggle (@jquiggle) February 10, 2021
COVID definitely probably gets Keatts another year, but a bad season in year 5?
Pretty clear Gottfried was a better in game coach at this point. Just letting Boeheim back down Beverly & Allen from the 3-line with no adjustments was utterly ridiculous.
— Tucker Blankinship (@TuckerBlanc) February 10, 2021
Yikes Gottfried was never known as a brilliant in-game coach.
Yes head to Kevin Keatts house pic.twitter.com/FddCkdZ8b9
— Greg Clemmons (@gclemm77) February 10, 2021
Some Pack fans are ready for U-Haul. That’s seems a bit much at this point, but clearly there is frustration that is starting to simmer.
