NC State Basketball Advances to Final Four

The NC State Wolfpack men’s and women’s basketball teams both upset opponents to advance to the NCAA Tournament Final Four.

The WBB team started Easter Sunday with a 76-66 upset of #1-seed Texas Longhorns that was fueled by Aziaha James hitting a career-high seven three-pointers in a career-high 27-point scoring performance.

James was able to hit threes despite the NCAA making a mistake on marking the court. After the game, the NCAA Vice President of Women’s Basketball Lynn Holzman released a statement regarding the court mistake. 

“The NCAA was notified today that the three-point lines on the court at Moda Center in Portland are not the same distance. The NCAA staff and Women’s Basketball Committee members on site consulted with the two head coaches who were made aware of the discrepancy. All parties elected to play a complete game on the court as is, rather than correcting the court and delaying the game. The court will be corrected before tomorrow’s game in Portland.

At the conclusion of tonight’s game and practice in Portland, the NCAA will be measuring all court lines and markings on the court at the Moda Center.

While the NCAA’s vendor has apologized for the error, we will investigate how this happened in the first place. The NCAA is working now to ensure the accuracy of all court markings for future games.

We are not aware of any other issues at any of the prior sites for men’s or women’s tournament games.

The NCAA regrets the error was not discovered sooner.”

NC State advances to their first Final Four since 1998 and will face the defending champions and currently undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday, April 5th

The Magic Run Continues!

NC State big man DJ Burns Jr scored 29 points to lead 11-seed Wolfpack to a 76-64 upset of 3-seed Duke Blue Devils in the Elite Eight on Sunday night inside American Airlines Center.

Raleigh native DJ Horne added 20 points and three assists. 

The Wolfpack advances to the Final Four for the first time since 1983.

Duke guard Jared McCain led all scorers with 32 points – matching Zion Williamson’s Duke NCAA Tournament freshman scoring record – and Kyle Filipowski paced the Blue Devils with nine rebounds.

NC State will face #1-seed Purdue on Saturday, April 6th.