In order for a team to win a national championship, every player on the court has to fill their role well. And without Cozell McQueen in the post, NC State wouldn’t have captured its second title in program history in 1983. McQueen, who was so critical in helping Jim Valvano claim the only national championship of his coaching career, died Wednesday. McQueen capped his NC State tenure by averaging of 5.3 points and 6.0 rebounds across 134 games in the program’s red and white uniform. The well-traveled basketball player was later inducted in the NC State Hall of Fame with the 1983 national championship team in 2019.