Will Wade bolts NC State after one year for LSU return
"I was as surprised and shocked as anyone else as this occurred, based on the previous conversations that we had had," NC State AD Boo Corrigan said.
The reckoning has turned purple, and N. C. State fans were left seeing red.
Men's basketball is in the market for a new coach after Will Wade made it official on Thursday that he will be leaving Raleigh for Baton Rouge. "I would commiserate with them in terms of feeling lied to," N. C.
State Athletic Director Boo Corrigan said of supporters. That followed rampant speculation that Wade would return after being fired from LSU in 2022 after getting a notice of allegations that detailed significant misconduct. And now a statement from Wade ⤵️ https://t.
co/9x9BC6MJKd — Travon Miles (@TrayABC11) March 26, 2026 Wade announced his decision to leave Raleigh and return to LSU on Thursday afternoon. "I was as surprised and shocked as anyone else as this occurred, based on the previous conversations that we had had," Corrigan said at an afternoon news conference. Corrigan detailed his disappointment about Wade's apparent about-face and opened his news conference by quoting former Wolfpack football legend Phillip Rivers, saying, "Wolfpack ain't for soft people.
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