NC State Lands Elite Transfer Center Kyle Evans

0:00On April 21st, NC Stateman's basketball just locked in a huge front court piece with Kyle Evans committing from the transfer portal out of UC Irvine. The six-foot-ten center visited Raleigh on Monday and picked a wolf pack, giving first-year head coach Justin Gainey a serious defensive stud right. A winning. Evans balled out last season, dropping 12.1 points and grabbing 8.7 rebounds per game while swatting a nation leading three. Point three blocks. He shot 62% from the field, snagged big west defensive player of the year, and set a conference record with 115 blocks. Coming off injuries at Colorado State early on, Evans turned into one of the country's top rim protectors this year, with multiple doubles end, standout games like his 14 points, 11 boards, and six blocks against Long Beach State. He's a consensus four-star transfer, ranked just outside the top 100 nationally. This move fits Gainey's blueprint perfectly, adding elite shot altering, rebounding grit and pain control that the staff targeted hard.

1:03Evans passed on other big programs to step into a key ACC role under a defense first coach. With Evans holding down the middle, Gainey's crew now shifts focus to rounding out the roster, but that front court base looks rock solid moving forward.