The ACC tournament schedule has been kind to NC State this year—before State played, it already knew it needed to beat Wake Forest to advance, and by the first pitch of Friday’s game, the Pack knew it would play Georgia Tech on Saturday.
Elliott Avent has played all of this accordingly. Getting blown out on Friday night by Florida State is disappointing, mind you, but the game was meaningless. If the Pack was going to win, it was going to do it with the back end of the bullpen, and with Patrick Bailey effectively getting a day off.