RALEIGH, N.C. – The 101st season of NC State men’s basketball will feature a total of 16 home games, including one against each of the other three North Carolina ACC schools, as the 2010-11 schedule was released Thursday by the ACC.
“We have a very challenging schedule, possible one of the toughest in the country,” said head coach Sidney Lowe. “The ACC is always a tough conference, and the fact that we play all the conference schools in the state twice makes it even tougher. Our non-conference schedule includes some of the top programs around, and we think this type of schedule is what our fans want.”
NC State will open its 2010-11 campaign against Tennessee Tech on November 12 at the RBC Center.
The Wolfpack will then pack its bags and head down to Charleston, South Carolina, to play in the 2010 Charleston Classic at the Carolina First Arena November 18-21. NC State will play three games in four days, along with Georgetown, Charlotte. East Carolina, George Mason, Wofford, and two yet to be named teams.
The Pack’s non-conference schedule also features three other road contests. NC State will travel to Wisconsin for the ACC/Big 10 Challenge on December 1, to Syracuse on December 4 and play Elon at the Greensboro Coliseum on January 5.
The Pack will once again play in Reynolds Coliseum in mid-December. NC State will host USC Upstate on December 11. The Pack will also play an exhibition game in Reynolds, hosting Pfeiffer on November 9.
NC State’s ACC portion of the schedule will begin when the Pack plays host to Wake Forest on January 8. The Pack will be facing, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina and Wake Forest both home and away this season. In other ACC games, Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia Tech will all be visiting the RBC Center, while the Pack will be at Boston College, Maryland and Virginia.
The ACC Tournament returns to the Greensboro Coliseum for the second straight year, and will be played from March 12-15.
Season ticket holders and Wolfpack Club Members should have received a season ticket application in the mail. Renewals are also available online at gopack.com/renewtix.
Season tickets may be purchased using our payment plan option. Spread your cost over three equal payments through October. New season ticket holders need to call the Ticket Office at (919) 865-1510 to enroll.
2010-11 NC STATE SCHEDULE
Day Date Team Time TV
Tue. 11/9 Pfeiffer (Reynolds – Exh.) 7:00 pm
Fri. 11/12 Tennessee Tech 7:00 pm
Charleston Classic – Charleston, S.C. (Carolina First Arena)
Thur. 11/18 TBA TBA
Fri. 11/19 TBA TBA ESPNU
Sun. 11/21 TBA TBA ESPNU
Sat. 11/27 Fairleigh Dickinson 2:00 pm
Wed. 12/1 @ Wisconsin 7:15 pm ESPN2
Sat. 12/4 @ Syracuse 5:30 pm ESPN2
Sat. 12/11 USC Upstate (Reynolds Col.) 2:00 pm
Thur. 12/16 Youngstown State 7:00 pm
Sun. 12/19 Arizona 4:45 pm FSN
Wed. 12/22 Delaware State 7:00 pm
Tue. 12/28 Alabama A&M 7:00 pm
Sat. 1/1 San Diego 12:00 pm FSNS
Wed. 1/5 vs. Elon (Greensboro Col.) 7:00 pm
Sat. 1/8 Wake Forest 2:30 pm Raycom
Tue. 1/11 @ Boston College 9:00 pm ESPNU
Sat. 1/15 @ Florida State 4:00 pm Raycom
Wed. 1/19 Duke 7:00 pm ESPN
Sun. 1/23 Miami 12:00 pm Raycom
Tue. 1/25 @ Clemson 7:00 pm RSN
Sat. 1/29 @ North Carolina 2:00 pm ESPN
Wed. 2/2 Virginia Tech 7:00 pm ESPN/ESPN2
Sat. 2/5 @ Duke 6:00 pm ESPN/ESPN2
Sun. 2/13 @ Wake Forest 1:00 pm Raycom
Thur. 2/17 Clemson 7:00 pm ESPN/ESPN2
Sun. 2/20 @ Maryland 5:30 pm FSN
Wed. 2/23 North Carolina 9:00 pm Raycom
Sat. 2/26 Georgia Tech 2:00 pm Raycom
Tue. 3/1 @ Virginia 7:00 pm RSN
Sun. 3/6 Florida State 6:15 pm FSN
3/12-15 ACC Tournament (@ Greensboro, N.C.)
RSN – Regional Sports Network
FSN – Fox Sports Network
RLF – Raycom Sports
FSNS – Fox Sports Net South
The league’s 12 member schools are scheduled to make an ACC-record 182 national television appearances, breaking the record of 179 set a year ago. In addition, ACC teams will appear in 198 games, topping the 193-game mark first set in 2008-09 and matched last year. League schools will also make 300 overall TV appearances, tying the mark, originally set in 2008-09.
ACC Basketball Schedule by the Numbers
182 – ACC teams are scheduled to make an all-time high 182 appearances on national television networks, including 137 appearances on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, 36 on Fox Sports Net, seven on CBS and two on HDNet.
24 – ACC teams are scheduled to play a total of 24 games against 23 non-conference opponents that earned NCAA Tournament berths in 2009-10.
20 – Fox Sports Net and affiliates will televise 20 Sunday afternoon and evening games on a national basis, starting with College of Charleston at North Carolina (5:30) and Florida State hosting Florida (7:45) on November 28. Fourteen of the 20 FSN Sunday games are conference match-ups.
