The age of the transfer portal can create awkward situations. Players can transfer practically anywhere they want to, some just minutes down the road to a nearby program. For NC State coach Elliott Avent, that is something he has tried to avoid. He doesn’t want to take a player from North Carolina or Duke, the other two ACC schools within the Triangle, but that extends out to East Carolina just over an hour away in Greenville too. With that in mind, Avent nearly didn’t take third baseman Alec Makarewicz out of the portal. The slugger spent four seasons at ECU, where he earned All-American Conf…