By Noah Fleichman At this point of NC State’s search for a new men’s basketball coach after the Wolfpack fired Kevin Keatts on Sunday, the Wolfpack is most interested in VCU’s Ryan Odom and McNeese State’s Will Wade,

Exactly 345 days ago, NC State was celebrating its first ACC tournament championship in decades, the precursor to a miraculous Final Four run. That postseason surge earned Kevin Keatts a contract extension and an automatic raise, seemingly setting him up for future success in Raleigh.