N.C. State ended up with four underclassmen on the NBA draft early entrant list. Freshman forward Ted Kapita’s name was on the official list released by the NBA on Tuesday, joining freshman guard Dennis Smith, sophomore wing Maverick Rowan and freshman forward Omer Yurtseven.
Smith and Rowan are in the draft to stay while there’s still a chance Kapita and/or Yursteven could return to play for new coach Kevin Keatts in the 2017-18 season. Kapita, a 6-8, 219-pound forward from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, showed flashes of talent in an uneven freshman season.