NCAA Tournament March Madness

#30 NC State

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Projected seed: 8

NC State’s placement makes sense because the Wolfpack have shown they can beat quality opponents away from home and on neutral floors while also suffering a few resume-damaging setbacks that keep them from climbing higher. Road wins at SMU and Florida State and neutral victories over Boise State and Mississippi give the profile some teeth, and solid home wins over Syracuse and Virginia Tech reinforce that the team can close out games against respectable league foes. Those positives are offset by an embarrassing loss at Louisville, rough neutral-site defeats to Seton Hall and Texas, and a tight loss at Kansas that together create doubt about consistency against top competition. With a slate that still includes home dates against North Carolina and Duke and trips to Virginia and Notre Dame plus a winnable neutral test against Stanford, the Wolfpack have clear avenues to improve, but until they erase the uglier results they’ll sit in the middle of the bracket picture.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3NC Central346W114-66
11/7UAB120W94-70
11/12UNC Greensboro298W110-64
11/17VCU46W85-79
11/24(N)Seton Hall48L85-74
11/25(N)Boise St57W81-70
11/26(N)Texas34L102-97
12/3@Auburn31L83-73
12/6UNC Asheville224W75-63
12/10Liberty89W85-45
12/13Kansas14L77-76
12/17TX Southern309W108-72
12/21(N)Mississippi73W76-62
12/31Wake Forest72W70-57
1/3Virginia20L76-61
1/6@Boston College151W79-71
1/10@Florida St79W113-69
1/17Georgia Tech162L78-74
1/20@Clemson33W80-76
1/24@Pittsburgh109W81-72
1/27Syracuse69W88-68
1/31@Wake Forest72W96-78
2/3@SMU38W84-83
2/7Virginia Tech65W82-73
2/9@Louisville15L118-77
2/14Miami FL37L77-76
2/17North Carolina2861%
2/24@Virginia2030%
2/28@Notre Dame8267%
3/2Duke327%
3/7Stanford7683%