Sure, NC State entered the game 6-0, but they mainly had been competing with themselves up to this point. The trip to #22 Wisconsin was their first road game and their first true test as a team. Although they lost, they passed.
Wisconsin’s All-American big man was the difference maker
Everyone knew that NC State was going to have those games where they’d struggle in the paint. Wyatt Walker is their only true big-bodied center at 6’9, and even then, he doesn’t have great length or is very athletic. Then you have DJ Funderburk, who has the height but just is too thin to bang with a true back to the basket center.