Wolfpack Moves up to #17 in AP Poll

2/27/2017 1:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball

NC State earned double bye in conference tournament with win Sunday at Virginia

February 27, 2017

National Rankings | ACC Tournament Central

RALEIGH – After concluding the 2016-17 regular season with a 22-7 record that includes a 12-4 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the NC State women's basketball team moved up one spot Monday from 18th to 17th in the February 27 Associated Press poll. The 12 league wins is the most achieved by the program in a single season since the team went to the Final Four in 1997-98.

During the past week, NC State breezed past rival UNC-Chapel Hill 80-60 Thursday before earning a 59-48 road victory at Virginia Sunday. The Wolfpack locked up the No. 4 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament and will open postseason play in the quarterfinal round on Friday, March 3 at 11 a.m. NC State will play the winner of Virginia Tech/Clemson vs. Louisville at the HTC Center in Conway, S.C.

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