NC State has recently played the toughest three-game stretch of their regular season schedule, and lost all three of them. Given, all three of them rank in the Top-10 of the most recent Coaches Poll: #3 UVA, #10 Virginia Tech, and #8 UNC.
After the first 3-game losing streak in the Kevin Keatts era, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has NC State projected as a #9 seed in his most recent Bracketology predictions.
NBCSports has the Wolfpack currently projected as a #10 seed, and has them as one of the “Last 4 Byes.