Amidst all the excitement over last night's action (by the way, Wake and UNC won, too) is good news for N.C. State: The Pack lands one of the top shooting guards in the country, Aaron Holmes of St. Petersburg (Fla.) Catholic.

A junior, the 6-foot-five Holmes is described by his high school coach as a combo guard who "handles the ball well enough to play the point and can jump well enough to be a three, but his best position is at two.....

"He is a big-time scorer on his high school team and can really shoot the three-pointer," St. Petersburg coach Mike Moran told the N&O.