ACC champion NC State takes on the BYU Cougars
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ACC champion NC State takes on the BYU Cougars

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

When: Friday, November 29th – 3:30 p.m

Where: LionTree Arena at UC San Diego, Rady Children’s Invitational Tournament

TV: fox

Opponent: BYU Cougars (Big 12 Conference)

Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): KP BYU 78-74 / BT BYU 76-73

Wolf Pack Snapshot: KP #58 / BT #56

Wolfpack season so far: 5-1

Wolfpack Players Notes:

  • Mike James was born on October 30th. operated on the knee. Expected to be out for 3-4 weeks.

Opponent overview: KP #31 / BT #28

The B12 writers picked BYU for 9th placeTh in the league this season.

BYU hired coach Kevin Young to replace Mark Pope, who returned to his alma mater at UK to take the place of the departing John Calipari. Coach Young has a background as a professional ball player and this is his first college head coaching position. He has been an associate head coach or assistant coach on the Phoenix Sun staff since 2016.

Key opponent stats

team PPG FG% 3PT% 3PT-MS Reb S Branch S TO S ST S BL S
team PPG FG% 3PT% 3PT-MS Reb S Branch S TO S ST S BL S
NCS 79.5 49.4% 27.4% 4.8 35.3 15.2 10.7 9 5.2
BYU 90 49.9% 35.0% 12 42.5 19.7 10.8 10 5.5

Your season so far: 5-1

BYU is currently the highest scoring offense in the country at 90 ppg.

The Cougars feasted on a buffet of easier teams (sound familiar?) and beat them all but UC Riverside convincingly. Central Arkansas +38, UC Riverside +6, Queens +44, Idaho +24, Miss Valley +44

BYU played Ole Miss in the first round of the Rady Children’s Invitational on Thanksgiving, Ole Miss won 96-85 in OT. (Box score) It was one hell of a battle; A key factor was BYU’s 17 turnovers, which Ole Miss converted into 23 points.

Expected starters

player Class Pos Height Weight PPG 3PT% 3PT Act REB ASST STL BLACK
player Class Pos Height Weight PPG 3PT% 3PT Act REB ASST STL BLACK
Yegor Demin FR G 6’9″ 190 15.3 47% 5.3 3.8 6.7 2 0.8
Richie Saunders JR F 6’5″ 200 14 35% 5.2 4.8 1.7 2 0.8
Fousseyni Traore S.R C 6’6″ 240 13.8 0% 0.3 8.3 2.2 1 1.2
Canon catches FR F 6’9″ 190 12.3 31% 7.5 3.8 1.2 1 1.2
Dallin Hall JR G 6’4″ 200 6 33% 4.5 2.5 4.5 1 0

Player notes:

  • They have a unique lineup with a 6’6″ center and a 6’9″ guard.
  • Hall and Traore were in the starting XI last season when we played, with Saunders coming on as a substitute.
  • Hall and Traore all received B12 Honorable Mention last season
  • Egor Demin comes from Russia. He is a 247 5-star recruit. He played for Real Madrid 2 last season.
  • Kanon Catchings was a recruiting target for the Wolfpack last season

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