Wolfpack Moves up to #18 in USA Today Poll

2/28/2017 5:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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

February 28, 2017

National Rankings

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 Tuesday from 19th to 18th in the February 28 USA Today Coaches 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.

This news comes one day after the Wolfpack moved up to No. 17 in the February 27 AP poll.

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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