CAN #8 NC STATE GET ON TRACK TO CHALLENGE CAL/TEXAS HEGEMONY?

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They're probably still short a few more guys who could land in multiple A-finals. If Ponti ends up returning, that'd certainly help. Right now, it's hard to imagine them cracking the top three at NCAAs this season, but if Holloway and company and can develop elite talent like Hayes and Curtiss the way they've previously developed diamond-in-the-rough types like Ryan Held, Justin Ress, and Coleman Stewart, the Wolfpack may not be too far away from breaking the Cal-Texas chokehold on the top two spots the NCAA Championships.