After a week-long layoff, NC State will be back in action on Thursday night against Colorado State in the quarterfinal round of the NIT. The Wolfpack is hoping to take a long weekend in Texas, as the NIT semifinal round is scheduled for Saturday and the title game is Sunday.
First, though, the matter of getting past the Rams, who had a good year in the Mountain West and didn’t miss the NCAAs by much.
CSU is led offensively by Isaiah Stevens (6’0, 180) and David Roddy (6’5, 252). Roddy is an interesting matchup for all that bulk he brings to the court—he has a bull-in-a-china-shop style that can be pretty effective, not surprisingly.