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NC State Basketball Update 5/7

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Dereck Whittenburg Takes Home an Emmy
Dereck Whittenburg is not only the senior assistant to Mark Gottfried on the NC State staff, he’s also an Emmy award winning filmmaker. Yesterday Whitt took home the hardware for his work on ‘Survive and Advance,’ a documentary about the Wolfpack’s 1983 championship run. The film was easily one of the best ’30 for 30′ documentaries that has been produced and a lot of that credit goes to award winning producer Jonathan Hock of Hock Films. Congrats Dereck, on a well deserved accolade.

Corchiani Jr. Walking on
Chris Corchiani Jr, the son of legendary NC State PG Chris Corchiani, decided this past weekend to forego his chance of a small school scholarship and walk-on with the Wolfpack. This is exciting news for Pack fans who remember watching his father play over 20 years ago. Corch Jr. played at Broughton before transferring to Ravenscroft in Raleigh. He is a 5’11 lead guard who plays tough, changes speeds well and has very good vision. While he might not be ACC ready at the moment, he will surely get his opportunities if he plays well in practice. NC State recently missed out on 2014 PG Devonte Graham. With Tyler Lewis transferring to Butler and Cat Barber the only true point guard on the roster, Corchiani walks into a situation with some promise. I’ve had the chance to play pick-up with Chris quite a bit during high school career and he is certainly a talented kid with a great head on his shoulders. He’s coachable, respectful and just the type of guy you want walking on to your basketball team. We’ll be looking to catch up with him soon and get the full story.

“>Here is a story we ran on Chris Jr. this past season…and here is some video.

 
Wolfpack Will Take on Purdue Next Season
Another part of the schedule was unveiled this past week when it was announced that the Pack will take on Purdue in the ACC/BigTen challenge. It will be an away game for NC State on Dec 2nd. The Boilermakers were 15-17 last season, but look to build on that with returning star AJ Hammons.

Abdul-Malik Abu Senior Mixtape
The kid is a dunking machine and will be yet another factor in NC State’s front court. He’ll slot in at the PF for State and share time with Lennard Freeman and Kyle Washington. With Beejay Anya at center, it seems as if they’ll be a log jam down there, but this gives State a lot of versatility with their bigs. They can run out a smaller lineup without Anya or a big lineup with Washington at the 3, Abu/Freeman at the 4 and Anya at the 5. For the first time in a long time State has a very, very dangerous bench this coming season.

 

 

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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.

1950

1951

1974

1983

1985

1986

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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

1985
1989
2024

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.

In 2024, Why Not Us?

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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.

This marks the 16th time the NC State Women’s Basketball team has advanced to the Sweet 16.

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

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