North Carolina State University Athletics
Pack Faces Duke in ACC Tournament Quarterfinals
3/12/2020 8:33:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Teams Split Season Series
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The NC State men's basketball team faces 10th-ranked Duke Thursday in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals held at Greensboro Colisuem.
The game is scheduled to tipoff around 2:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Allison Williams on the call.
NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.
Pack Tracks
- NC State dropped Pitt, 73-58, Wednesday in the second round of the ACC Tournament.
- Devon Daniels led the Pack with 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting. The Battle Creek, Mich., native is averaging 15.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game over the last 10 outings. Daniels is one of just two players to appear in every game for NC State this season (Braxton Beverly is the other). Daniels has scored a team-best 406 points this year.
- C.J. Bryce posted his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds while D.J. Funderburk (10) and Braxton Beverly (10) also reached double figuers in scoring.
- Markell Johnson finished with 11 points, seven assists and two steals. The 11 assists are the second-most assists by an NC State player in 67 years of the ACC Tournament. Johnson went over 600 career assists during the game. He is the third player in NC State history to record over 600 assists and with 607 career assists he now ranks 25th on the ACC's career assists list. Johnson's 210 assists this season rank as the ninth-most for a single-season in NC State history.
- NC State has had a balanced scoring attack all season with its top four scorers separated by just 0.6 points scoring average. C.J. Bryce leads the Pack in scoring with a 13.3 points per game average. Markell Johnson and D.J. Funderburk both average 12.8 points and Devon Daniels is fourth on the team with a 12.7 points per game average.
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NC State NCAA Tournament Resume
- Thru games of Tuesday, March 10 - NC State has a 4-5 record against Quad 1 opponents and a 4-5 record against Quad 2 opponents.
- Two of the Pack's four Quad 1 wins are on the road. Overall, NC State has 4 Quad 1 and Quad 2 road wins.
- The Pack currently has an 8-10 record against Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents.
- NC State's win over NET #6 Duke (by 22 points) is the best win of the 16 teams listed in Joe Lunardi's Bracketology from the Last Four Byes to the Next Four Out.
- NC State also has one of the best non-conference wins of the 16 teams. The Pack defeated NET #24 Wisconsin by 15 points in December. Only Texas Tech (over #8 Louisville), Indiana (over #10 Florida State) and UNI (#23 Colorado) have higher ranked non-conference wins
- NC State has five road wins this season. Tied for third-most in the ACC behind Duke (7) and Louisville (6). Of the 16 teams in Joe Lunardi's Bracketology From Last Four Byes to Next Four Out, the only Power-5 programs with more are Arizona State (6) and Texas (6). All of Texas' are Q1 or Q2 wins as are all five of NC State's. Arizona State has two Q3 road wins.
- On NC State's team sheet created by the NCAA, the Pack's NET ranking of 54 is its lowest ranking. Sagarin ratings (45), KPI Sports (53), ESPN's BPI (45) and KenPom (51) all rank the Pack higher.
- NC State has had significant personnel issues in in seven of its 12 losses. Markell Johnson and D.J. Funderburk did not play in the Pack's loss to Georgia Tech on 11/5/19. C.J. Bryce missed the Pack's losses at Clemson (1/4/20) and at Virginia Tech (1/11/20). Manny Bates and Pat Andree did not play in the Pack's loss at Georgia Tech (1/25/20). Pat Andree also missed NC State's losses to North Carolina (1/27/20), at Boston College (2/16/20) and Florida State (2/22/20)
- The Pack is 14-5 this season when it has its top-eight scorers available for the game. It's 6-7 when it is missing one or more of its key players.
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NC State in the ACC Tournament
- This marks NC State's 67th appearance in the ACC Tournament. The Pack has an all-time record of 73-56 in the tournament and has won 10 ACC Tournament Championships with the last one coming in 1987. The last time NC State won an ACC Tournament in Greensboro was 1974 when the Pack outlasted Maryland, 103-100 in overtime in a game routinely identified as the greatest game in ACC history.
- The Pack has an all-time record of 27-24 in ACC Tournament games played in Greensboro.
- NC State has an all-time record of 8-8 in the ACC Tournament as the #5 seed.
- When the #5 seed, the Pack is 5-2 against the #4 seed and has won the last four times. Overall, the Pack is 11-4 when playing in the #4 vs. #5 game in the tourney.
- The Pack has faced the Blue Devils the most of any team in the ACC Tournament and has a 9-17 record against Duke in the ACC Tournament.
- A win would send NC State to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament for the first time since 2014.
- Last season, the Pack advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament before falling to eventual National Champion Virginia. NC State opened the tournament by posting the second-largest halftime deficit comeback (16 points) in ACC Tournament history as it outscored Clemson 33-16 in the second half to win, 59-58. NC State trailed by as many as 18 points before going on a 20-2 run to reclaim the lead with 5:38 to play. Markell Johnson led the Pack with 23 points, including two free throws with 2.6 seconds to play in the win.
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NC State vs. Duke
- Duke leads the all-time series with NC State, 148-102. Kevin Keatts is 2-2 against the Blue Devils as head coach of the Pack and NC State has won three of the last five meetings in the series.
- The two teams split the season series this season with NC State winning, 88-66, in PNC Arena on Feb. 19 and Duke beating NC State, 88-69, in Durham on March 2. In the Pack's win, NC State had three players score over 20+ points with Markell Johnson (28) and Devon Daniels (25) both posting career-highs. D.J. Funderburk added 21 points. In the loss, NC State had five players reach double figures with Daniels, C.J. Bryce and Jericole Hellems all tying for team-high honors with 14 points.
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The game is scheduled to tipoff around 2:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Allison Williams on the call.
NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.
Pack Tracks
- NC State dropped Pitt, 73-58, Wednesday in the second round of the ACC Tournament.
- Devon Daniels led the Pack with 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting. The Battle Creek, Mich., native is averaging 15.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game over the last 10 outings. Daniels is one of just two players to appear in every game for NC State this season (Braxton Beverly is the other). Daniels has scored a team-best 406 points this year.
- C.J. Bryce posted his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds while D.J. Funderburk (10) and Braxton Beverly (10) also reached double figuers in scoring.
- Markell Johnson finished with 11 points, seven assists and two steals. The 11 assists are the second-most assists by an NC State player in 67 years of the ACC Tournament. Johnson went over 600 career assists during the game. He is the third player in NC State history to record over 600 assists and with 607 career assists he now ranks 25th on the ACC's career assists list. Johnson's 210 assists this season rank as the ninth-most for a single-season in NC State history.
- NC State has had a balanced scoring attack all season with its top four scorers separated by just 0.6 points scoring average. C.J. Bryce leads the Pack in scoring with a 13.3 points per game average. Markell Johnson and D.J. Funderburk both average 12.8 points and Devon Daniels is fourth on the team with a 12.7 points per game average.
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NC State NCAA Tournament Resume
- Thru games of Tuesday, March 10 - NC State has a 4-5 record against Quad 1 opponents and a 4-5 record against Quad 2 opponents.
- Two of the Pack's four Quad 1 wins are on the road. Overall, NC State has 4 Quad 1 and Quad 2 road wins.
- The Pack currently has an 8-10 record against Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents.
- NC State's win over NET #6 Duke (by 22 points) is the best win of the 16 teams listed in Joe Lunardi's Bracketology from the Last Four Byes to the Next Four Out.
- NC State also has one of the best non-conference wins of the 16 teams. The Pack defeated NET #24 Wisconsin by 15 points in December. Only Texas Tech (over #8 Louisville), Indiana (over #10 Florida State) and UNI (#23 Colorado) have higher ranked non-conference wins
- NC State has five road wins this season. Tied for third-most in the ACC behind Duke (7) and Louisville (6). Of the 16 teams in Joe Lunardi's Bracketology From Last Four Byes to Next Four Out, the only Power-5 programs with more are Arizona State (6) and Texas (6). All of Texas' are Q1 or Q2 wins as are all five of NC State's. Arizona State has two Q3 road wins.
- On NC State's team sheet created by the NCAA, the Pack's NET ranking of 54 is its lowest ranking. Sagarin ratings (45), KPI Sports (53), ESPN's BPI (45) and KenPom (51) all rank the Pack higher.
- NC State has had significant personnel issues in in seven of its 12 losses. Markell Johnson and D.J. Funderburk did not play in the Pack's loss to Georgia Tech on 11/5/19. C.J. Bryce missed the Pack's losses at Clemson (1/4/20) and at Virginia Tech (1/11/20). Manny Bates and Pat Andree did not play in the Pack's loss at Georgia Tech (1/25/20). Pat Andree also missed NC State's losses to North Carolina (1/27/20), at Boston College (2/16/20) and Florida State (2/22/20)
- The Pack is 14-5 this season when it has its top-eight scorers available for the game. It's 6-7 when it is missing one or more of its key players.
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NC State in the ACC Tournament
- This marks NC State's 67th appearance in the ACC Tournament. The Pack has an all-time record of 73-56 in the tournament and has won 10 ACC Tournament Championships with the last one coming in 1987. The last time NC State won an ACC Tournament in Greensboro was 1974 when the Pack outlasted Maryland, 103-100 in overtime in a game routinely identified as the greatest game in ACC history.
- The Pack has an all-time record of 27-24 in ACC Tournament games played in Greensboro.
- NC State has an all-time record of 8-8 in the ACC Tournament as the #5 seed.
- When the #5 seed, the Pack is 5-2 against the #4 seed and has won the last four times. Overall, the Pack is 11-4 when playing in the #4 vs. #5 game in the tourney.
- The Pack has faced the Blue Devils the most of any team in the ACC Tournament and has a 9-17 record against Duke in the ACC Tournament.
- A win would send NC State to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament for the first time since 2014.
- Last season, the Pack advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament before falling to eventual National Champion Virginia. NC State opened the tournament by posting the second-largest halftime deficit comeback (16 points) in ACC Tournament history as it outscored Clemson 33-16 in the second half to win, 59-58. NC State trailed by as many as 18 points before going on a 20-2 run to reclaim the lead with 5:38 to play. Markell Johnson led the Pack with 23 points, including two free throws with 2.6 seconds to play in the win.
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NC State vs. Duke
- Duke leads the all-time series with NC State, 148-102. Kevin Keatts is 2-2 against the Blue Devils as head coach of the Pack and NC State has won three of the last five meetings in the series.
- The two teams split the season series this season with NC State winning, 88-66, in PNC Arena on Feb. 19 and Duke beating NC State, 88-69, in Durham on March 2. In the Pack's win, NC State had three players score over 20+ points with Markell Johnson (28) and Devon Daniels (25) both posting career-highs. D.J. Funderburk added 21 points. In the loss, NC State had five players reach double figures with Daniels, C.J. Bryce and Jericole Hellems all tying for team-high honors with 14 points.
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