It’s just about impossible to come up with a perfect bracket. Even the smartest basketball minds in the world — and the most advanced projection models — struggle to even project the first round correctly. That’s why if someone has the correct Final Four predicted, it’s a major accomplishment. Particularly in a year like 2024, […]
Last time NC State made the Final Four: Revisiting Wolfpack's 1983 Cinderella run with Jim Valvano
NC State needed a miracle run in the ACC Tournament to even have a chance at qualifying for March Madness. Three weeks later, the Wolfpack show no signs of slowing down, dancing their way into the Elite Eight. Sound familiar? It should. Kevin Keatts’ NC State team still has to win two more games to […]
Lowest seeds to make Final Four: NC State becomes seventh double-digit seed to advance to March Madness semifinals
NC State just keeps on marching. The Wolfpack’s Cinderella story isn’t done yet, handling ACC-rival Duke in the Elite Eight to punch their ticket to the Final Four for the first time since 1983. Their NCAA Tournament run is as improbable as they come, needing an ACC Tournament championship to even have a shot at […]
NC State's Cinderella Final Four trip an unbelievable sequel to Jim Valvano's 1983 national championship run
In the 2013 ESPN 30-for-30 documentary “Survive and Advance,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski describes the legendary 1983 NC State upset against Houston in the national championship game with a question. “Could this actually have just happened?” Krzyzewski asks in the documentary. “It was unbelievable. Like, when you’re trying to give the definition of unbelievable you […]
Men's and women's teams in Final Four: NC State becomes latest school to pull the March Madness double
It’s not often college basketball fanbases get treated to two Final Four basketball games in the same year. After all, the postseason is called, “March Madness” for a reason. But in the long history of postseason basketball, there have been a few, rare instances in which the same school has had a men’s and women’s […]