You could use N.C. State’s loss to Kentucky in the NCAA baseball tournament as an excuse to lament the Wolfpack’s lot in life.
There are portions of the fan base convinced their athletic program — at least in football, basketball and baseball — is cursed or jinxed. They have their reasons, some even well-founded.
Some fans are willing to add the difficult 10-5 season-ending loss in the Lexington regional final — the third at the same stage in as many years — to the conspiracy fire.
But the game, which started late after a 2-hour weather delay on Monday night and ended early Tuesday morning, was decided not by voodoo but by what Wolfpack coach Elliott Avent aptly described as “free stuff.