NC State vs. Florida State to open ACC play: 3 thoughts, a bold prediction and more

NC State coach Kevin Keatts sat in the postgame press conference following a 4-point loss to Texas on Wednesday night with an idea of his team was heading in the right direction, even though it is now on a three-game skid.  The Wolfpack nearly earned just the second win for the conference in the ACC-SEC Challenge, but a block in the final five seconds squashed that dream before it came true. There was a small margin for error, and the Pack’s free-throw shooting struggles proved that against the Longhorns.  “Winning and losing is a thin line,” Keatts said postgame. “We just gotta grow on it. We gotta shake it off. The crazy thing about it is it’s a really thin line between winning the game and losing the game, and how you feel and approach the next game. We got to get better.” Now, as NC State looks to move on from that performance, it will do so in league play as Florida State visits Lenovo Center on Saturday afternoon. Here are three thoughts, a bold prediction and more ahead of the Seminoles and Wolfpack.