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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Coming off its second Sweet 16 run under Mark Gottfried, the NC State men’s basketball team will tackle a challenging 2015-16 slate that includes local rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill as well as Louisville to highlight an 18-game ACC schedule.

The Wolfpack will play permanent home-and-home partners UNC-CH and Wake Forest twice in addition to this season’s partners Duke and Florida State.

“Like everybody in our league, we have a difficult conference schedule,” head coach Mark Gottfried said. “We play Duke and North Carolina twice, Florida State has five starters back. And Wake Forest is a good rivalry game for us.

“When you look past that, we go to Virginia, Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame. Now our schedule becomes one of the most difficult schedule of the 15 teams in the league.”

After opening ACC play Saturday, Jan. 2 at Virginia Tech, NC State welcomes Louisville to PNC Arena Thursday, Jan. 7. Duke comes to PNC Arena Saturday, Jan. 23 in a game that will be carried on CBS. Other home games in January include Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami.

The Pack opens the month of February at Florida State before a tilt at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday, Feb. 6. UNC-Chapel Hill visits NC State Wednesday, Feb. 24. Other February home contests are against Wake Forest and Clemson. Additionally, NC State will make its first ESPN Big Monday appearance when it plays at Virginia Monday, Feb. 15. State closes the month in the Carrier Dome at Syracuse, the site of last year’s Sweet 16 appearance.

A home game vs. Boston College and a CBS appearance at Notre Dame wrap up the regular season in early March. The 2016 ACC Tournament will be at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The Wolfpack has won at least one conference tourney game in each of Gottfried’s four seasons.

“At the end of the day, our goal is to be in the NCAA Tournament and have a high seed so we can have an opportunity to advance. If that means we have to play more games against the top teams, I’m all for it,” Gottfried said. “Sometimes your record isn’t as glamorous, but our goal is to be the best team we can be and have a chance to play for a national championship.”

In all, NC State will play 18 home games, a regular season tournament in Brooklyn and 16 contests against 12 teams that played in the 2015 college basketball postseason. For a breakdown of the non-ACC portion of the schedule, CLICK HERE.

Additional tip-off times and television information will be announced when final. For the complete composite ACC schedule, CLICK HERE.

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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
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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.

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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