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New NC State head coach Kevin Keatts is already paying dividends at his new gig.

Fresh off of a successful stint leading UNC-Wilmington, Keats earned a commitment from Class of 2017 talent Lavar Batts on Saturday morning.

The 6-foot-2, 165-pound point guard is one of the best players in North Carolina. The four-star talent from Jay M Robinson High School (Concord, NC) had been committed to VCU, but the Rams lost Will Wade to the head gig at LSU. Keatts offered Batts a scholarship to UNC-Wilmington last year, so he obviously was a player that intrigued him.

The Wolfpack will get a player who will fit in nicely with the fast-paced offensive system and high-pressure defensive style that Keatts is bringing to Raleigh.

Batts is considered one of the quickest guards not only in the state but in this entire class, and he averaged 23.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per contest in 2016-17. He’s arguably the top recruit in the state, and he should thrive in an system that will showcase his skills up and down the court. The up-tempo, aggressive style of play is a big reason why Batts had originally committed to VCU. The Rams recently released him from his letter of intent after Wade left for Baton Rouge.

The Wolfpack are losing star freshman guard Dennis Smith Jr. to the NBA Draft, as he recently announced that he was leaving school early for the pro game. So Batts has a chance to step in right away and be the leader of the Wolfpack offense in 2017-18.

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In the same gym where he was once cut from the Broughton boys basketball team, in the same tournament where he won MVP two years in a row, John Wall returned last week as an icon.

The players weren’t just playing in the prestigious Holiday Invitational, they were playing in “The John Wall.”

The 26-year-old Raleigh native, former Word of God Christian Academy star, first-team NCAA all-American at Kentucky, No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft and three-time NBA All-Star of the Washington Wizards called it “surreal.”

“For it to be in my hometown, it was great to put my name on it,” Wall said. “Every time I go back into that gym, it’s surreal. I go back to where I got cut, to that school where I played and had an opportunity to win a (Holiday Invitational) championship … and now I have my name on it – it just shows all the hard work and dedication I’ve been through and I never gave up on anything.”

Wall watched some of the nation’s top players like Tampa Catholic’s (Fla.) Kevin Knox, Cannon School’s (Concord) Jairus Hamilton and Hillcrest Prep’s (Ariz.) DeAndre Ayton.

Wall caught their eyes, too.

“John Wall stayed and watched us,” said Ayton, who is ranked as ESPN’s No. 1 senior in the nation. “That’s so crazy; we’re so lucky.”

Wall plans to be a mainstay in the North Carolina basketball scene. He has his own AAU club, Team Wall, and he wants to continue to be involved with it long after his NBA career is over.

For Wall, a player who went from unknown to the No. 1 recruit in the nation in a few months, it all comes down to giving kids the chances he was given.

“Yeah, that’s my goal, man. I think just me making it where I made it from, that gives a lot of kids hope,” Wall said. “Now I have the opportunity to have an AAU team and have a holiday tournament and have these kids come and play in it and show everybody that you can make it out, it’s just about the steps you have to take and the direction you really want to go.”

When Wall played in the Holiday Invitational in the late 2000s, his Word of God teams were always the last game of the night and long lines of fans had to be turned away as Holliday Gym reached capacity hours before Wall took the court.

On Thursday, Wall was again drawing long lines. Fans waited to approach him, but he took a picture with anyone who asked.

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The NCHSAA playoffs is a 6-round juggernaut that ends with 4 divisions of East battling West on UNC's campus every March. This year's playoffs were the most exciting in recent years and a big part of that was keeping the 4th round at the higher seed, opposed to moving to a larger venue as they do for the 5th round. This season 1A was dominated by Voyager Academy, led by 7'0" Jay Huff (UVA) & senior point guard Chance Greene. Greene sliced through defenses and Huff was a relentless shot eraser. Voyager often felt overlooked and they played the 2015-2016 season with a big chip on their shoulders. The 2A State Championship game was a showstopper and Michael Taylor and Farmville Central are reasons why. As the final seconds were winding down in the Dean Dome, Taylor received a pass near half-court before throwing down an eastbay slam (between the legs) just before the buzzer sounded en route to a Farmville State Championship. The 3A state championship game had the most hype around it as defending champs Terry Sanford, led by brothers Malik & Telligence Johnson, took on Lavar Batts and his JM Robinson squad. As the narrative has gone all season, the Charlotte boys came through again as JM Robinson took home the 3A State Championship. The entire 4A division was wild: sellout games, buzzer beating game-winners, highlight dunks, hard fouls, crazy fans, the whole nine. In the end, a Charlotte Catholic team swept in and stole the show with tough play and aggressive defense led by senior point guard Josh Brodowicz.

This highlight features NCHSAA playoff action from Thomas Allen, Omari Harris, Davon Newton, Cory Gensler, Ian Boyd, Colin Molden, Trejon Jacobs, Jordan Whitfield, Jay Huff, China Jones, Chance Greene, Lavar Batts, Daniel Spencer, Malik Johnson, Telligence, Johnson, Kyran Bowman, Darius McGhee, Michael Taylor, BJ Mack, Bailey McKee and Josh Brodowicz.

North Carolina has become coined the #HoopState because of the basketball culture from the mountains to the coast. A culture that includes sellout high school crowds, die hard college fans, high level AAU basketball, nationally ranked high school prospects, NCAA Championships, number 1 picks in the NBA Draft, NBA All-Stars, NBA MVPs, relentless coverage & exposure, and most importantly; family and community. Anyone can be a hoop state but only North Carolina is THE #HoopState.

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