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It looks like the Pack have some more material for the Preseason bulletin board as ESPN’s latest preseason poll has left the pack off their list (Along with the honorable mention list). The pack are coming into the season with arguably their strongest roster since the underachieving 2012-2013 squad which consisted of the likes of CJ Leslie, Lorenzo Brown, Scott Wood, Richard Howell, and TJ Warren.

According to the rankings in the article, the ACC will be absolutely stacked with talent this year, sporting 6 teams in the top 25 and 3 of those teams in the top 6 alone. Along with all that, you also have Virginia Tech receiving and honorable mention.
ACC Top 25 Rankings:
1. Duke
5. Virginia
6. UNC
14. Louisville
17. Syracuse
25. FSU
Honorable Mention: Virginia Tech

Understandably, there are several question marks coming into this season with the eligibility concerns of Yurtseven and Kapita, along with a group of promising yet unproven talent. It seems as if the Pack are being overlooked, whether it be the question marks or the results of last season, by most the big time sports writers.

What do you think Pack fans? Is this team a top 25 team?

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Dan
Dan
7 years ago

Preseason rankings are pretty useless anyways. There needs to be games played for rankings to mean anything. Anyhow, the last time State was highly ranked in the preseason it did not work out too well.

Matt
Matt
7 years ago

Honestly, I like this scenario. In 2012-13, I think the national hype hindered our players. In my experience, State functions better as the underdog. Doubt and criticism will benefit this group much more so than undeserved praise at this point. After last season’s disappointing finish, this team already has something to prove. This just adds fuel to the fire.

Chris
Chris
7 years ago

Not even sure why it is a debate to ESPN whether or not we are a top 25 team, when they assume our point guard is going to go in the lottery and we had Malik Abu finish as well as he did. Even if Yurtseven sits for some games, we’ll be very good with Terry Henderson back and Torin Dorn (the rookie of the year for his conference) joining us. We are so disrespected this year and I don’t know why.

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An NC State Win Over Marquette in the Sweet 16 Would Be…

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Awesome. Obviously.

#11 seed NC State will play #2 seed Marquette tomorrow night in the Sweet 16. What would a win mean for the Wolfpack? Many things, but here’s just a few:

It would give NC State 25 wins on the year (25-14), which would be the most wins since 1982-83, when the Wolfpack went 26-10, winning the National Championship.

It would mark the 12th time in school history that NC State has won 25+ games in a single season.

1982-83 – 26-10 

1973-74 – 30-1 

1972-73 – 27-0 

1954-55 – 28-4 

1953-54 – 26-7

1952-53 – 26-6 

1950-51 – 30-7 

1949-50 – 27-6 

1948-49 – 25-8 

1947-48 – 29-3

1946-47- 26-5

It would be the 7th time NC State has advanced to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament.

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1951

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1983

1985

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NC State has Won 5 ACC Championships this Year

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NC State has won 5 ACC Championships this year, which is the most of any athletic program in the conference this year.

The Wolfpack has won ACC Titles in Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Men’s Basketball and Gymnastics.

The last time NC State won 5 ACC Championships in one year was 1979-80.

As far as I can tell, here’s a look at the Wolfpack Conference Titles from 1979-80:

Football
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Cross Country
Men’s Swimming & Diving
Men’s Tennis

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NC State is 1 of 4 Schools to Have Both Men & Women’s Basketball Teams in Sweet 16

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NC State is 1 of 4 schools to have their Men and Women’s Basketball teams BOTH advance to the Sweet 16, along with Duke, Gonzaga and UCONN.

NC State and Duke are the only two schools in the country to send both Basketball teams to the Sweet 16, and also send the Football team to a bowl game.

This marks only the third time in school history that BOTH teams made the Sweet 16.

Years NC State’s Men & Women’s Teams Made the Sweet 16

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Despite the fact that the Men’s team has made the Elite 8 six times (1950, 1951, 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986), and the Women have made it 2 times (1998 & 2022), in the three occasions they both went to the Sweet 16 in the same year, neither team advanced to the Elite 8.

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#3 seed NC State Holds on Against #6 Seed Tennessee, Defeating the Vols 79-72 to Advance to the Sweet 16

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#3 seed NC State held on last night, defeating #6 seed Tennessee 79-72 in Reynolds Coliseum to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 5th time in the last 6 tournaments.

The Wolfpack led by only 1 after the 1st Quarter, but they looked like they had things under control at halftime, leading by 18 points.

At one point, NC State led by as much as 20 points in the 3rd Quarter, but the Lady Volunteers weren’t about to give up.

With 4:19 left in the 4th, Tennessee cut the lead to 2 points, but NC State might have bent, but they wouldn’t break.

Junior Guard Aziaha James led the way with 22 points and 7 assists, which were both team highs. She scored 7 points in the final 3.5 minutes, helping to squash tue Last Vols’ comeback attempt.

Junior Guard Saniya Rivers had 20 points (6-14 FG) and 6 boards.

Freshman Zoe Brooks was clutch off the bench, chipping in 16 points and 6 boards.

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The Wolfpack will play #2 seed Stanford on Friday night at 7:30pm on ESPN in Portland.

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