Now that Sendek is gone, where does N.C. State turn?

Herb Sendek leaves the basketball program at North Carolina State in very good shape. No one knows that better than Les Robinson, the coach Sendek replaced 10 years ago.
At the time, the Wolfpack were coming off five consecutive losing seasons, the worst stretch in school history.
"By the time Herb got there, we were barely above water," said Robinson, now the athletic director at The Citadel. "We went from the basement to the ground level, then he's taken it to the next level. But I guess he ran out of gas, too."
Sendek's tenure officially ended Monday when he accepted the job at Arizona State. He departs after leading N.C. State to the NCAA tournament the past five seasons, including a run to the regional semifinals a year ago.
Sendek takes over a program that has reached the NCAA tournament three times in 28 years. He got a five-year contract to replace Rob Evans.
"I really was not surprised," Robinson said in a telephone interview from Indianapolis, site of the Final Four. "I thought he had done an admirable job there."
By most accounts, that was true. Sendek had a losing record only once, reached the postseason nine times and recruited players who rarely strayed into trouble off the court. He was 191-132 with the Wolfpack.