N.C. State could lose as many as three starters early to the NBA draft. The Wolfpack could also get C.J. Leslie, Lorenzo Brown or T.J. Warren back for another season.

The parents of Brown and Warren said Tuesday that no decision has been made about their sons' respective futures.

CBSSports.com reported Tuesday that both Brown and Leslie, both juniors, were expected to leave for the NBA.

Three Points from N.C. State's 80-63 ACC tournament win over Virginia:

1) The real Zo

Defense and rebounding, rebounding and defense. Lorenzo Brown took care of the Wolfpack's two biggest problems of the season all by himself on Thursday.

Brown blanketed Virginia Tech's Erick Green (15 points, 5 of 19 shooting), in a bounce-back effort from the troubling loss at Florida State, and he also had seven rebounds on Thursday.

After practicing at the Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday, N.C. State guard Lorenzo Brown said his balky ankle hampers him more on defense than offense. He proceeded to make a mockery of that statement Thursday.

Sore left ankle, taped-up right thumb, whatever -- Brown locked down Virginia Tech guard Erick Green, the ACC player of the year and nation’s leading scorer, holding him to 15 points, more than 10 below his average, on 5-for-19 shooting without a single assist.

N.C. State guard Lorenzo Brown is still not 100 percent and would need to make significant improvement to play on Thursday against Duke.

Brown missed last Saturday's 79-78 loss to Miami with an injured left ankle and has not been able to practice, as of Monday, since he suffered the injury on Jan. 29 at Virginia.

Brown's injury remains "day to day," Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said.

Three Points from N.C. State's 79-78 loss to Miami:

1) What it takes

N.C. State played with a palpable intensity and desperation on Saturday in a game, arguably for the first time all season, it wasn't supposed to win. These two points are obviously connected.

N.C. State should be, as coach Mark Gottfried put it, heartbroken after Reggie Johnson's tip-in with 0.8 seconds left gave Miami a 79-78 win but the Wolfpack should not be discouraged.

RALEIGH — Reggie Johnson's tip-in with 0.8 seconds left gave Miami a 79-78 win over N.C. State and kept the first-place Hurricanes unbeaten (8-0) in ACC play.

N.C. State (16-6, 5-4 in the ACC) led by five points with 2 minutes to play but couldn't close out the resilient Canes, despite 16 points and five assists by point guard Tyler Lewis in place of the injured Lorenzo Brown.

RALEIGH — Injured guard Lorenzo Brown is unlikely to play in Saturday's game against first-place Miami, N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried said at his press conference on Friday.

Brown sprained his left ankle in Tuesday's loss at Virginia and has been in a walking boot since and has not practiced. Gottfried didn't rule Brown out for the Miami game but he didn't sound optimistic about his chances of playing, either.

"The probability, in my mind, for him to be recovered enough to cut and move and sprint and jump is pretty slim," Gottfried said. "We have to prepare as if he's not going to play and then we'll go from there."

Junior guard Lorenzo Brown wore a walking boot on his left foot to class on Wednesday, N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried said on his weekly radio show, and his status for Saturday's game with Miami is still up in the air.

Brown, who sprained his left ankle in the first half of Tuesday's loss at Virginia, received treatment from team trainer Ryan Holleman on Wednesday, according to Gottfried, who sounded pessimistic about Brown's status for the Wolfpack's next game.

"He was limping pretty good today, which was not a good sign," Gottfried said on his radio show. "But we're just going to work with him around the clock."

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — N.C. State expected to play Tuesday's game at Virginia without a completely healthy C.J. Leslie.

The Wolfpack didn't expect to lose Lorenzo Brown midway through the first half.

Joe Harris scored 22 points to lead Virginia to a 58-55 win on Tuesday, handing No. 19 N.C. State its third straight road loss.

Three Points from N.C. State's 91-83 win over North Carolina:

1) Lorenzo Brown is the best player in the ACC

Brown put on a clinic with 20 points and 11 assists against the Tar Heels. Through seven ACC games, the junior point guard averages 14.7 points, 8.7 assists and has made 53.8 percent of his 3-pointers.

Brown's outside shot had been a weakness before conference play, making just 6 of his first 24 3-pointers this season, but he has made 7 of 13 in league play, including both of his 3s on Saturday.