Beating Pittsburgh in a tough road game Wednesday night left N.C. State facing an even harder task -- finding enough ice cream at midnight to feed the team.
While coaching at UNC Wilmington, Kevin Keatts started a tradition of celebrating road wins with ice cream.
But, after the Wolfpack beat Pitt 72-68 at Petersen Events Center in a game that ended around 11 p.m., finding the summertime treat in a snow-covered city proved to be difficult.
“We looked at a McDonald’s with soft serve ice cream and they were closed,” Keatts said Thursday. “We rolled by a Burger King, that was closed, and then we rolled up on the convenience store.