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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 7–4 (1–0 ACC) |
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Home arena | Lenovo Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Duke | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Clemson | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of December 18, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024–25 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team will represent North Carolina State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack will be led by eighth-year head coach Kevin Keatts and will play their home games at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Previous season
The Wolfpack finished the 2023–24 season 26–15, 9–11 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. miraculous run in the ACC tournament, winning five games in the span of five days (including a victory over ACC regular season champion and rival North Carolina) to win their first ACC tournament since 1987. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the South region. There they defeated #6 Texas Tech in the first round, #14 Oakland in overtime in the second round, #2 Marquette in the Sweet Sixteen, and their ACC rivals #4 Duke in the Elite Eight. The Wolfpack made their first Final Four appearance since 1983 as a result, having won nine straight games since the end of the regular season. They became the sixth #11 seed to reach the Final Four and the first since UCLA in 2021. Their miraculous run came to an end with a Final Four loss to Purdue
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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DJ Horne | 0 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Graduate Student | Raleigh, North Carolina | Graduated |
Kam Woods | 2 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Junior | Bessemer, Alabama | Entered transfer portal[1] |
MJ Rice | 3 | G | 6'5" | 215 | Sophomore | Henderson, North Carolina | Stepped away from basketball[2] |
LJ Thomas | 4 | G | 6'2" | 205 | Sophomore | Plant City, Florida | Entered transfer portal[3] |
Casey Morsell | 14 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Graduate Student | Fort Washington, Maryland | Graduated |
Alex Nunnally | 20 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Junior | Cary, North Carolina | Entered transfer portal[4] |
Mohamed Diarra | 23 | F | 6'10" | 215 | Junior | Paris, France | Signed professional contract with Los Angeles Lakers[5] |
D. J. Burns | 30 | F | 6'9" | 275 | Graduate Student | Rock Hill, South Carolina | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Mike James | 0 | G/F | 6'6" | 220 | Junior | Orlando, Florida | Louisville[6] |
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield | 1 | F | 6'10" | 240 | Senior | Clarksville, Tennessee | Louisville[7] |
Dontrez Styles | 3 | G/F | 6'6" | 210 | Senior | Kinston, North Carolina | Georgetown[8] |
Marcus Hill | 10 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Junior | Rockford, Illinois | Bowling Green[9] |
2024 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Paul McNeil #15 SF |
Rockingham, NC | Richmond Senior High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Feb 20, 2023 | |
Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 87 | ||||||
Tremayne Parker #26 SG |
Atlanta, GA | Overtime Elite | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 166 lb (75 kg) | Nov 16, 2022 | |
Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 30, 2024* 7:00 p.m. |
Lees–Mcrae | W 79–75 | – |
12 – Taylor | 9 – Styles | 5 – Taylor | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | ||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
USC Upstate | W 97–66 | 1–0 |
14 – Tied | 10 – Middlebrooks | 6 – O’Connell | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | ||||
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
Presbyterian | W 81–72 | 2–0 |
19 – Taylor | 7 – Styles | 8 – O'Connell | Lenovo Center (12,949) Raleigh, NC | ||||
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
Coastal Carolina | W 82–70 | 3–0 |
22 – Taylor | 6 – Styles | 3 – Huntley-Hatfield | Lenovo Center (12,425) Raleigh, NC | ||||
November 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
Colgate | W 72–49 | 4–0 |
19 – Middlebrooks | 11 – Styles | 4 – O'Connell | Lenovo Center (11,692) Raleigh, NC | ||||
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
William & Mary | W 84–61 | 5–0 |
19 – Hill | 9 – Huntley-Hatfield | 3 – Tied | Lenovo Center (13,219) Raleigh, NC | ||||
November 28, 2024* 3:00 p.m., FS1 |
vs. No. 13 Purdue Rady Children's Invitational Semifinal |
L 61–71 | 5–1 |
15 – Taylor | 8 – Huntley-Hatfield | 6 – O'Connell | LionTree Arena (4,000) San Diego, CA | ||||
November 29, 2024* 3:30 p.m., FOX |
vs. BYU Rady Children's Invitational 3rd place game |
L 61–72 | 5–2 |
16 – Tied | 9 – Huntley-Hatfield | 2 – Tied | LionTree Arena (4,000) San Diego, CA | ||||
December 4, 2024* 9:15 p.m., ESPN2 |
Texas ACC–SEC Challenge |
L 59–63 | 5–3 |
17 – Styles | 6 – O'Connell | 7 – O'Connell | Lenovo Center (13,396) Raleigh, NC | ||||
December 7, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Florida State | W 84–74 OT | 6–3 (1–0) |
23 – Hill | 6 – Hill | 4 – O'Connell | Lenovo Center (12,577) Raleigh, NC | ||||
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
Coppin State | W 66–56 | 7–3 |
16 – Hill | 7 – Styles | 2 – Tied | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||
December 14, 2024* 3:15 p.m., ESPN |
at No. 10 Kansas | L 60–75 | 7–4 |
14 – Middlebrooks | 8 – Middlebrooks | 3 – Huntley-Hatfield | Allen Fieldhouse (15,300) Lawrence, KS | ||||
December 22, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
Rider | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
December 31, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Virginia | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., The CW |
at Wake Forest | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
Notre Dame | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 4:00 p.m., ACCN |
North Carolina Rivalry |
Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPNU |
at Virginia Tech | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
California | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 12:00 p.m., The CW |
SMU | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
January 27, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN |
at Duke | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 1:30 p.m., The CW |
Clemson | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
February 5, 2025 11:00 p.m., ACCN |
at California | Haas Pavilion Berkley, CA | |||||||||
February 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Stanford | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||||
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
Louisville | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN |
Boston College | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at North Carolina Rivalry |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
Wake Forest | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
at Syracuse | JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 3:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Georgia Tech | McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA | |||||||||
March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
Pittsburgh | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
March 8, 2025 2:15 p.m., The CW |
at Miami (FL) | Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL | |||||||||
ACC tournament | |||||||||||
vs. | Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC | ||||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Source[10]
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
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- ^ Watson-Fisher, Jadyn (March 19, 2024). "NC State sophomore LJ Thomas enters transfer portal after missing ACC Tournament". The News & Observer. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Watson-Fisher, Jadyn (April 10, 2024). "Pair of backup guards for NC State enter transfer portal, making it three overall". The News & Observer. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
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