So much for optimism, Mark Gottfried addressed the media on Tuesday about the prospects for the NC State Basketball team's chances in the upcoming 2011-2012 season. I have to give it to him, he is a realist which is refreshing and brutally honest. As a State fan, we try to look for any sense of optimism with our struggling sports programs. Gottfired did his part to squash any sort of of good feelings in the air.
The Wolfpack return four of their top six scorers from last year. With Sidney's last great class down to Leslie and Brown after Ryan Harrow was dismissed for not showing up to spring workouts. Richard Howell has made great strides this summer by dropping 20 pounds. Gottfried and his staff added late recruit freshamn forward Thomas de Thaey and transfer guard Alex Johnson.
With the onset of Gottfried's debut season, there are still many questions to be answered. Will C.J. Leslie live up to his potential? Will Lorenzo prove to be the point guard we've been looking for more than a decade or more? Will the newcomers come in and immediately produce? If all these questions are answered, I think the Wolfpack can get back to the top of the heap in the ACC but only time will tell.
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