March Madness team's coach agrees to join new school once tournament ends: report

Will Wade volition person a somewhat awkward time successful March Madness connected Thursday.

The McNeese caput manager volition beryllium aiming for an upset against Clemson, his ain alma mater, erstwhile the shot tips disconnected astatine 3:15 p.m. successful Providence, Rhode Island.

To marque things adjacent weirder, aggregate reports person said that Wade has already reached an statement to go NC State's caput manager astatine the extremity of the tournament.

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McNeese State Cowboys caput manager Will Wade gives instructions to his players from the seat during the archetypal fractional astatine Coleman Coliseum. (Will McLelland-Imagn Images)

Wade admitted earlier this week that helium had been successful interaction with the Wolfpack, simply answering "yes" erstwhile asked.

Wade, 42, said he's ever tried to beryllium transparent with some his assistants and players during this clip of year.

"Just archer it similar it is," Wade said. "You whitethorn not ever similar what I’m going to say, but I’m going to archer you what I think. I’ve ever benignant of been similar that, and there’s nary request to fell it. The guys are speechmaking it connected societal media. It’s nary secret. I’m not going to inquire them to bash thing I’m not consenting to do. It’s nary bully if you don’t code it and if you beryllium determination and BS them. They tin work close done the BS, truthful you mightiness arsenic well. Hey, this is what it is. Here we are, and we’ll fig it out."

McNeese State Cowboys caput manager Will Wade answers questions during the first-round signifier league property league astatine Amica Mutual Pavilion. (Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images)

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NC State fired manager Kevin Keatts connected March 9, an abrupt extremity to an eight-year tenure that saw the program’s autumn this year, which proved excessively overmuch to flooded adjacent erstwhile framed against past season’s singular finish. The announcement came a time aft the Wolfpack closed a 12-19 play and failed to adjacent suffice for the ACC Tournament arsenic the reigning champion.

McNeese State Cowboys caput manager Will Wade answers questions during the archetypal circular signifier league property league astatine Amica Mutual Pavilion successful Providence, Rhode Island, connected March 19, 2025. (Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images)

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The Cowboys participate this year's tourney with a 27-6 grounds and caller disconnected their 2nd consecutive Southland Conference championship. He antecedently spent 5 seasons astatine LSU, 2 seasons astatine VCU and 2 astatine Chattanooga.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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