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Message: [QUOTE="FanInNC, post: 5238179, member: 13050"] For Moore unfortunately I don't see the portal being his ticket. State's NIL situation isn't on par with what I imagine the LSU's, USC's, Tennesee's, SC's etc of the world to be. Women's BB is popular at State, the administration I think has increased it's support for the program, but the NIL dollars aren't pouring in to make State a competitor when it comes to landing the biggest names in the portal. Now, they have done fine in the portal. Wes landed Saniya Rivers (but she was a local kid who State recruited out of HS so built in advantages). They got Madison Hayes, Mimi Collins and River Baldwin, all former McDonald AAs. However I don't know in demand they were, Hayes was a sophomore who hadn't played much at MSU and that was sort of before the NIL world kicked in I feel like. Over the last 2 years when NIL has really been a bigger deal the Pack landed Liz Williamson and Katie Peneueta one year and Caityln Weimar last year. All 3 coming from smaller conferences, WIlliamson and Peneueta have played a combined 160 minutes over the last 2 years for State. Not impact players to say the least. Peneuata left after last year, Williamson stuck around and got injured this year, but was not going to be playing either way. Weimar was slotted to start this year, suffered an injury and never played. Now she was sought after, I believe picked State over ND. But my point is, State isn't exactly fishing in the same waters as some programs for transfers. The Pack absolutely need to mine the portal this off season though. Zoe, Zam and Tilda are good starting points for next year's squad, but there will be a pretty substantial drop off if they don't land 2 bonafide starters in the portal this offseason. And at least one needs to be an All ACC type. This year might be Wes's best chance to break through, and admittedly it's a long shot. State is still weak defensively in the post and very reliant on their guards. However, they are capable of beating anyone in the nation when James is on a heater and they lock in defensively. Hard to imagine them getting that 4 straight games, but never say never! [/QUOTE]

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