RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina State suddenly seems to have a penalty problem.The Wolfpack nearly doubled their flag total with 13 of them for 144 yards in a win over Wake Forest -- the most flags since 2012. They know they cant afford to be nearly that undisciplined when Notre Dame visits this week.Linebacker Airius Moore on Monday called the penalty issue a huge emphasis for the week, especially calls for roughing the passer and pass interference on defense.We got 13 penalties and you cant expect to win a bunch of games with 13 penalties, Moore said. Weve got to make sure were not committing penalties and giving the offense extra yards.Coach Dave Doeren said hes asked the Atlantic Coast Conference office for an explanation on some of the chop blocks called against his team versus Wake Forest but has not received a response yet. He says the penalty issue has been talked about with the players.For the first month of the season, penalties didnt seem like a huge issue. The Wolfpack (3-1) averaged about five flags and ranked fifth in the league with 52.7 yards in penalties through three games.That all changed in the ACC opener against the Demon Deacons.Starting safety Shawn Boone was ejected for targeting in the second half and will miss the first half of the Notre Dame game because of it. Flags for unnecessary roughness and chop blocks piled up as the Wolfpack amassed season worsts in both total penalties and yardage. It was their most flags since they drew 14 in a loss at Miami four years ago.We could have prevented a lot of those, receiver Cole Cook said, but I was glad we didnt let those distract us from what we needed to do.Still, it increased their average by more than 20 yards, and left them ranked 12th in the league and 113th nationally in yards penalized per game. 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But Hewitt, who endured similar troubles with fans and rivals early in his career, is confident Kyrgios will emerge a stronger, more mature performer in 2017.I think he can win over the public, said the Australian Davis Cup captain and one of the coachless Kyrgioss chief mentors.Obviously what happened in Shanghai was disappointing and (especially after) he made a few steps forward the week before and at the Davis Cup tie in Sydney a couple of weeks before that.Off the court, hes been fantastic with the other boys and a lot of the stuff that II guess that the media and public dont see.ddddddddddddSo Im actually really happy in the place hes at within our team.It took the combative Hewitt the best part of a decade to win back Australian support and now the former world No.1 is challenging Kyrgios to use Davis Cup as a platform to do the same.Kyrgioss singles victory over Slovakias Andrej Martin in September was the first Davis Cup point hed secured for Australia in two years.Building a team, he has to step up and be the leader of that team and fittingly he needs some good experiences at some Davis Cup ties, Hewitt said.Even though it was small tie in Sydney, I think that was the start for him.Obviously there was the hiccup in Shanghai but if he can learn from that, then hopefully were all going to be better for it.Talent-wise, Kyrgios remains unquestionably world tenniss next big thing and Hewitt has no doubt the two-time grand slam quarter-finalist is ready to crack the top 10.Nicks had a great year performance-wise, winning three titles, a 500 title for the first time, beating a lot of quality players, but I still feel theres improvement for him, he said.Hes 13 in the world. 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