NCAA Tournament March Madness

#28 NC State

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Projected seed: 10 (automatic qualifier)

NC State's resume is defined by a handful of eye-catching neutral-site wins over VCU and Boise State that show what the team can do at its best, counterbalanced by costly neutral losses at Seton Hall and against Texas and a tough road defeat at Auburn, so the committee appreciates the peaks but is cautious about consistency away from Raleigh. Early victories over lesser opponents padded the ledger but did little to erase the ugly results, and lingering questions about road and neutral toughness remain. The remaining slate hands the Pack high-visibility chances to sharpen the case at home against Kansas and Duke and offers road tests at Louisville, Virginia and Clemson along with a neutral rematch with Mississippi and a late trip to Notre Dame, so the team has clear paths to improve or further complicate its standing depending on how those specific opportunities play out.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3NC Central350W114-66
11/7UAB105W94-70
11/12UNC Greensboro274W110-64
11/17VCU43W85-79
11/24(N)Seton Hall57L85-74
11/25(N)Boise St44W81-70
11/26(N)Texas51L102-97
12/3@Auburn30L83-73
12/6UNC Asheville206W75-63
12/10Liberty11389%
12/13Kansas1752%
12/17TX Southern31599%
12/20(N)Mississippi5062%
12/21Mississippi5072%
12/31Wake Forest4571%
1/3Virginia2358%
1/6@Boston College14481%
1/10@Florida St9569%
1/17Georgia Tech13692%
1/20@Clemson2637%
1/24@Pittsburgh10872%
1/27Syracuse6276%
1/31@Wake Forest4549%
2/3@SMU4045%
2/7Virginia Tech6477%
2/9@Louisville1525%
2/14Miami FL3465%
2/17North Carolina2458%
2/24@Virginia2336%
2/28@Notre Dame6056%
3/2Duke432%
3/7Stanford9084%