The regular season completed, N.C State looks toward the postseason with confidence.
The Wolfpack’s first-year coach, Kevin Keatts, led the team to an unexpected 21-10 overall record. Only once in the last 17 seasons as N.C. State had more regular season wins (Mark Gottfried’s 2013 team had 22).
The Wolfpack’s 11-7 ACC record gives it the No. 5 seed for the ACC tournament, which starts Tuesday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Last year’s NCAA champions, North Carolina, is the No. 6 seed for the ACC tournament, the first time since 2004 the Wolfpack has a higher ACC tournament seed than the Tar Heels.