NC State Dominates Their Rival UNC To Win Their 1st ACC Title in 37 Years!

NC State just pulled off of the most incredible runs in College Basketball history, which ended with the Wolfpack defeating #4 UNC 84-76 to win their first ACC Title in 37 years.

The Wolfpack won 5 games in 5 days to win the Championship, becoming the first team in the history of the ACC Tournament to do so (2nd team in the history of College Basketball).

NC State absolutely dominated the Tar Heels this evening, leading for 33:07, while UNC only led 1:04.

Wolfpack Senior DJ Horne scored 29 points, making 9 of his 15 shots. Horne got in foul trouble, but Head Coach Kevin Keatts made a gutsy call, putting his star back in the game with 4 fouls with 10:30 left on the clock. It paid off, with Horne scoring 11 points in the final 10 minutes, carrying 4 fouls.

Senior DJ Burns, who was named the ACC Tournament MVP, was unable to be stopped by Armando Bacot, scoring 20 points on 9 of 12 shooting. Burns punished the Tar Heels for bringing the double team, dishing out a team high 7 assists when they collapsed on him.

Junior Mohamed Diarra was once again a rebound vacuum, recording a double-double of 11 points and 14 rebounds. Diarra broke the record for most rebounds in an ACC Tournament.

Jayden Taylor was battling an ankle injury…Casey Morsell kept going in-and-out of the game with what looked like cramps…DJ Horne carried 4 fouls…and despite all of that, NC State dominated from beginning to end.

The Wolfpack are heading to the NCAA Tournament, when they weren’t even projected to play in the NIT heading into the ACC Tournament.

After each game, DJ Horne kept saying “Why Not Us?”

You were right, DJ…

WHY NOT US?