RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State has been nearly perfect in NCAA Tournament games in its hometown.
Standing between the Wolfpack and another Sweet 16 appearance is Kentucky and its turnover-forcing press.
Third-seeded N.C. State (27-5) faces the sixth-seeded Wildcats (25-7) on Monday night in a second-round matchup with the winner advancing to the semifinals in the Greensboro Region.
These teams want to play in drastically different ways. Kentucky wants to speed things up, ranking eighth in Division I by forcing a Southeastern Conference-best 21.4 turnovers per game.
N.C. State's path to victory involves controlling the glass: The Wolfpack rank 13th in the nation with an average rebounding margin of plus-8.