NC State lost to Syracuse 60-74 last night, falling to 4-13 in the ACC.
They entered the game ranked 16th in the ACC standings with a 4-12 record, holding the tiebreaker over Boston College after beating them head-to-head. Despite both NC State and Boston College sharing the same conference record, with the Eagles losing 60-78 to Stanford last night, the Wolfpack remains in 16th place, just one spot outside of the ACC Tournament.
Cal now finds itself in 15th place after losing 77-81 to SMU last night, which gives them a 5-12 conference record.
Summing it up, NC State entered last night’s contest with Syracuse one game out of 15th place, and despite the loss, they find themselves in the same position this morning.