Across two seasons as an NC State basketball player under then-head coach Kevin Keatts, versatile wing Dennis Parker Jr. appeared in 56 games, including 12 starting nods as a freshman in Raleigh.

NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

No one knows that better than N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts, whose team last year found a never-before-seen form just in time to improbably win the league tournament and reach the Final Four.

Here are some men’s college basketball teams that got better over the offseason ... and a couple that got worse.

RALEIGH, NC (WSET) -New N.C. State head coach Kevin Keatts has hired one-time Hokies head coach James Johnson as a Wolfpack assistant.Johnson and Keatts were teammates as players for two seasons ...

RALEIGH, NC (WSET) - New N.C. State head basketball coach Kevin Keatts has signed a six-year contract with the Wolfpack.The Lynchburg native and Heritage High School grad will make at least 2.2 ...