CHARLOTTE — If N.C. State basketball needed another source of motivation for the season, Darrion Williams and the Wolfpack got it at ACC Tipoff.

Closing out the three-day event at Hilton Charlotte Uptown as the last team to take the stage inside the Piedmont Ballroom, Williams was joined by teammate Ven-Allen Lubin and first-year coach Will Wade at the league’s annual basketball media days.

As the trio walked into the interview room, Williams noticed something was off. Among the photos displayed, the ACC got Wade and Lubin right. But Williams had a photo of Virginia’s Malik Thomas above his name.

It was a mistake the ACC apologized for, but it gave Williams and Wade a chance to stoke the fire ahead of the 2025-26 season.

“I saw that when I first walked in the door, to be honest,” Willi

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