{"id":555951,"date":"2017-12-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=555951"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:52:04","slug":"henderson-with-acc-play-looming-freeman-is-x-factor-for-wolfpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=555951","title":{"rendered":"Henderson: With ACC play looming, Freeman is X-factor for Wolfpack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/with-acc-play-looming-freeman-is-x-factor-for-wolfpack\/17179200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com\/asset\/colleges\/ncsu\/2017\/11\/29\/17150504\/2017ncsubbvpsu-11-DMID1-5d2z5z4uw-80x60.jpg\" alt=\"NC State downs Penn State, 85-78\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>When we think of an X-factor, it is often a reference to a top reserve off the bench or a a low-end starter who has the upside to impact due to a superlative trait, such as defense or three-point shooting. Rarely is it a team&#8217;s  leading scorer, but that is the case for NC State. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/with-acc-play-looming-freeman-is-x-factor-for-wolfpack\/17179200\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/with-acc-play-looming-freeman-is-x-factor-for-wolfpack\/17179200\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Henderson: With ACC play looming, Freeman is X-factor for Wolfpack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we think of an X-factor, it is often a reference to a top reserve off the bench or a a low-end starter who has the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-n-c-state-wolfpack","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-81-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912895,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555951\/revisions\/1912895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}