Oklahoma State basketball: Le'Bryan Nash has flipped the effort switch in Puerto Rico

OKLAHOMA STATE VS. NO. 6 NORTH CAROLINA ST.

* When: 5:30 p.m. Sunday

* Where: Coliseo Ruben Rodriquez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

* Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1

* TV: ESPNU (Cox 253)

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

* Steve French, the normal play-by-play man for the Akron Zips, will fill in for Dave Hunziker, who returned to Stillwater for OSU's football game against Texas Tech.

* Some have pegged N.C. State – above North Carolina and Duke – as the ACC favorite.

* The game features a major clash of freshmen guards, with OSU's Marcus Smart likely matched with Rodney Purvis.

PROJECTED STARTERS

Oklahoma State (3-0)

Pos. — Player — Ht. — Cl. — Pts. — Reb.

F — Le'Bryan Nash — 6-7 — So. — 17.7 — 6.3

F — Kamari Murphy — 6-8 — Fr. — 4.0 — 6.3

C — Philip Jurick — 6-11 — Sr. — 2.7 — 4.3

G — Markel Brown — 6-3 — Jr. — 14.7 — 4.7

G — Marcus Smart — 6-4 — Fr. — 13.0 — 8.3

N.C. State (3-0)

Pos. — Player — Ht. — Cl. — Pts. — Reb.

F — Richard Howell — 6-8 — Sr. — 14.7 — 8.0

F — Scott Wood — 6-6 — Sr. — 11.0 — 3.3

C — C.J. Leslie — 6-9 — Jr. — 12.7 — 6.7

G — Rodney Purvis — 6-2 — Fr. — 12.0 — 2.3

G — Lorenzo Brown — 6-5 — Jr. — 11.0 — 7.0*

* assists