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When NC State’s offense is as good as it was Wednesday night—and when they other team is cooperating—then good sweet heavens is the Wolfpack fun. State finished with dunk after dunk against Virginia Tech, completely overwhelming the undersized Hokies in the process. There was even an amazing Darius-Hicks-to-Shaun-Kirk oop in garbage time.
This exchange here was just one part of the madness of this game:
(DSJ gif credit: @no23sports)
And don’t look now, folks, but NC State has pulled to within six dunks of FSU this season. Just two weeks ago, NC State was almost 30 dunks behind the Noles.
ACC Team Dunk Leaders:
— Adrian Atkinson (@FreeportKid) January 5, 2017
1. FSU 74
2. NCSU 68
3. Miami 56
4. UNC 49
5. Louisville 46
6. VT 43
T7. UVa 42
T7. Duke 42
9. WFU 41
10 Syracuse 39
Malik Abu also is the top dunker in the conference:
ACC Individual Dunk Leaders:
— Adrian Atkinson (@FreeportKid) January 5, 2017
1. Abu 25
2. Collins 24
3. Lammers 22
4. Hicks 20
5. Blossomgame 19
T6. Smith, Jr. 18
T6. LeDay 18
It pays to play with Dennis Smith. And also to be Dennis Smith. DSJ is the only guard on this list, which is pretty impressive. Not surprising, mind you, but nonetheless impressive.