NC State's 84-83 win over SMU is immediately one of my favorite basketball games in recent memory. The shot making from both teams hit an extreme, and there isn't much more entertaining than watching your team get on an absolute heater and beat a good team on the road. Because I'm a huge nerd, a number of adjustments and key schematic wins stood out from the second half rally and eventual close. Let's take a look at a key defensive adjustment and two key offensive sets that helped State clear...

NC State is on a four-game winning streak and is off to its best start in conference play since 2003. It hasn't been a consistent ride or one free of strife. The enormous expectations this team carried didn't necessarily help that, but State continues to be an efficient offensive unit that is doing enough to win almost every game it's in. All of the Wolfpack's goals are still very much in tact because it has the right pieces. What wins basketball games? Coaches coaching? Players making plays?...

Will Wade’s first NC State team is defined by how hard it is to define. Variance is the term of the year for Wolfpack basketball, both as an input from State's opponents and an output from the Pack itself. NC State held Liberty and Wake Forest to their lowest offensive efficiency outputs of the entire season. Ole Miss posted its second-worst effort against the Pack. At the same time, Boston College and Texas have both had their best offensive efforts of the entire season against State. Seton...