N.C. State’s uplifting run in the NCAA Tournament came to an end in the Final Four, as their offense was non-existent in a 63-50 semi-final loss to Purdue Saturday. The Pack finish the season with a 26-15 record. If you had said that the defense would hold Purdue to 63 points, you’d feel pretty good [...]
N.C. State exploded for 55 points in the second half to turn a 6-point halftime deficit into a 76-64 win over the Duke Blue Devils and a trip to the Final Four. It will be State’s first trip to the Final Four since 1983, when they won it all. The one thing that State hadn’t [...]
No one gave N.C. State a chance in its Sweet 16 matchup with No. 2 Marquette. The Big East club, the story went, just had too much going for it. They shot better, had more weapons and would force too many turnovers for the No. 11 Wolfpack to handle. Well, time to come up with [...]
DJ Burns had a double-double, with 24 points and 11 rebounds to lift NC State to an overtime win past Oakland, 79-73, Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The victory pushes the Pack into the Sweet 16, where they’ll play Friday night versus the Colorado-Marquette winner. State won the major stat [...]
Making a mockery of those who thought they would be tired after playing five games in five days … checks notes … despite four days of rest, No, 11 N.C. State ran away from No. 6 Texas Tech, 80-67, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. It was the Pack’s first NCAA tourney win [...]
For the first time since I was a student there in 1987, N.C. State won the ACC Championship with an 84-76 win over No. 1 North Carolina Saturday night. The win guarantees State a spot in the NCAA Tournament and triggers a two-year extension for coach Kevin Keatts, who came into the tournament on the [...]
N.C. State had no business winning this game. But Michael O’Connell banked in a 3-point shot with a hand in his face to send the game to overtime. And after Virginia hit a 3-point shot to open the scoring in the extra period, the Pack rode DJ Burns the rest of the way to a [...]
N.C. State shook off a brutal start to outscore Duke in both halves in an 84-79 upset of the No. 2 Blue Devils Thursday night in the ACC Tournament quarter-finals. They’ll square off against Virginia in the semi-finals Friday night at 9:30 p.m. Here’s how the night started for the Pack: Missed jumper by Casey [...]
It’s tough to beat a team three times in a year if you’re not significantly better. Syracuse won two times in the regular season, with State shooting horribly in the first game and with the Orange having a big night from behind the arc to win the second game. But there was no big discrepancy [...]
State knocked down 33 free throws and converted 16 Louisville turnovers into 22 points en route to a season-high in points, as they won their opening round game in the ACC Tournament with a 94-85 win over the Cardinals. State advances to the second round, where they’ll take on Syracuse at 7 p.m. The Orange [...]
In a fitting end to the 2023-24 regular season, State fell behind by 17 points in the second half, rallied to cut the deficit to three points before running out of gas and losing by eight points, in an 83-71 loss at Pitt. With the win, Pitt earns the double bye in the ACC tournament. [...]
DJ Burns tried to make his senior night special, as he poured in a season-high 27 points. Too bad none of his teammates felt the urge to do likewise. State jumped out to a 9-0 lead but ended up on the wrong end of a 79-64 loss to Duke Monday night. The loss dropped the [...]