NC State went 0-4 against Power 4 opponents in non-conference, where does it go from here?

After NC State’s overtime win over Florida State, Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts sat at the postgame press conference looking for a sense of consistency from his bunch. The Pack, to that point, hadn’t beaten a Power Conference team until it opened ACC play with the gritty victory.  “What I’ve asked the guys is to give me some consistency,” Keatts said. “I want guys to be consistent. The toughest thing for a coach is to come into a game and not know what you’re getting from a player.” Keatts hoped that would carry over into a marquee showdown at No. 10 Kansas, but it didn’t. Instead, the Wolfpack’s slow starts, which have become a theme against quality competition, persisted.  A quick 15-0 Jayhawk run to open the game put the Pack in a hole it couldn’t climb out of in a 75-60 loss at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.  That marquee showdown on ESPN’s main channel appeared to be NC State’s last non-conference opportunity to build an NCAA Tournament at-large resume. The Pack previously dropped games to then-No. 13 Purdue, BYU and Texas over the past _ weeks, all games it fell behind by multiple possessions in the early stages of the game with a chance to make the team marketable when Selection Sunday rolls around in March.  But instead, NC State now has to find a way to do so in ACC play.