NC State Basketball 2 National Championships s 27 NCAA Tournament Appearances s 17 Conference Championships s 20 All-Americans NC State Schedule NCAA Tournament Nov. 3 Mars Hill University (Exh.) W, 109-66 9-seed NC State (21-11) vs. 8-seed Seton Hall (21-11) Nov. 10 VMI W 102-67 March 15, 2018 u Wichita, KS u INTRUST Bank Arena Nov. 12 Charleston Southern W, 78-56 Nov. 14 Bryant W, 95-72 Wolfpack Pirates Head Coach: Kevin Keatts Head Coach: Kevin Willard Nov. 16 Presbyterian * W, 86-68 Record at NC State: 21-11 (1st Year) Record at SH: 149-113 (7th Year) Nov. 22 vs. #2/4 Arizona $ W, 90-84 Overall Record: 93-39 (4th Year) Overall Record: 194-162 (10th Year) Nov. 23 vs. Northern Iowa $ L, 60-64 2016-17 Record: 15-17; 4-14 ACC 2016-17 Record: 21-12, 10-8 Big East Nov. 24 vs. Tennessee $ L, 58-67 Nov. 29 Penn State % W, 85-78 Pack Tracks NC State is making its 27th NCAA Tournament appearance and its fifth in the last seven seasons. The Dec. 2 South Carolina State W, 103-71 n Dec. 9 UMKC ^ W, 88-69 Pack went to the tournament from 2012-15, advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2012 and 2015, before missing the Dec. 16 UNCG L, 76-81 tournament in 2016 and 2017. Dec. 19 Robert Morris W, 81-69 n Thursday’s game against Seton Hall will be the sixth meeting all-time between the two programs. NC State Dec. 22 Jacksonville W, 116-64 holds a 3-2 series lead and won the last meeting between the two programs, 79-73, on Dec. 27, 2007 at Seton Dec. 30 @ #rv/rv Clemson L, 62-78 Hall. n NC State has played in the 8 vs. 9 game in three of its last four NCAA Tournament appearances. The Pack Jan. 3 @ #rv/rv Notre Dame L, 58-88 Jan. 6 #2/2 Duke W, 96-85 was an 8-seed and lost to 9-seed Temple, 76-72, in 2013 and was an 8-seed and defeated 9-seed LSU, 66-65, Jan. 11 #19/17 Clemson W, 78-77 in 2015. Jan. 14 @ #3/3 Virginia L, 51-68 n This is the second-time in its history NC State has entered the NCAA Tournament as the ninth seed. The Jan. 18 Wake Forest W, 72-63 Pack was the 9-seed in 2003 and dropped its first round game to 8-seed California, 76-74, in overtime. Jan. 21 #25/23 Miami L, 81-86 n NC State has won at least one game in six of its last seven NCAA Tournament appearances. Jan. 24 @ Pittsburgh W, 72-68 n NC State has won four straight games when playing a Big East team in the NCAA Tournament (1-seed Jan. 27 @ #10/10 UNC-Chapel Hill W, 95-91 (OT) Villanova in 2015, 12-seed Xavier in 2014, 3-seed Georgetown in 2012 and 2-seed Connecticut in 2005) Feb. 3 Notre Dame W, 76-58 Feb. 7 @ Virginia Tech L, 75-85 Projected NC State Starters (based on last game) Feb. 10 #21/22 UNC-Chapel Hill L, 89-96 2 Torin Dorn Dorn: Has led Pack in scoring 7x this season. Tied career-high Feb. 14 @ Syracuse W, 74-70 6-5 n 210 n Jr. n Charlotte with 26 points vs. Bryant on 11/14. Scored in double figures in Feb. 17 @ Wake Forest W, 90-84 PTS REB FG% MPG 13 ACC games this season after only doing it 3x LY. Scored 20 Feb. 20 Boston College W, 82-66 points in win at UNC-CH on 1/27. Had 21 points in win over Notre Feb. 25 #25/rv Florida State W, 92-72 13.8 6.1 53.9 28.6 Dame on 2/3. Avg. 16.8 pts on 57.4% shooting in last 4 games. Mar. 1 @ Georgia Tech L, 75-78 Braxton Beverly Beverly: Scored season-best 20 points in defeat of No. 2 Mar. 3 Louisville W, 76-69 10 6-0 n 180 n Fr. n Hazard, Ky. Arizona. Made 1st career start vs Tennessee on 11/24, scoring Mar. 7 Boston College & L, 87-91 PTS 3FG AST MPG 10 points. Second in ACC with 3.19 assist-to-turnover ratio. Mar. 15 Seton Hall ! 4:30 p.m. TBS Clutch foul shooter is 30-for-37 from FT line in final 4 minutes 9.8 60 4.0 32.4 of game. Made 2+ three-pointers in 11 of last 14 games. * - Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis (PNC Arena) $ - Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) 11 Markell Johnson Johnson: Had first career double-double (10points/11assists) % - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | ^ - Heritage Game (Reynolds Coliseum) 6-1 n 175 n So. n Cleveland, Ohio vs. Bryant on 11/14. Career-high 14 assists vs. Miami on 1/21. & - ACC Tournament | ! - NCAA Tournament PTS AST ST MPG Had career-best 20 points & added 11 assists in win at UNC-CH on 1/27. Has had double-digit assists in 7 games this season. 8.8 7.4 1.7 29.0 Leads ACC in assists and ranks third in steals. TBS Play-by-Play ......................................................................Brad Nessler 12 Allerik Freeman Freeman: Has led Pack in scoring 15 times this season, includ- Analyst .................................................................................Steve Lavin 6-3 n 210 n Gr. n Charlotte ing the last 7 games. Had 24 points in win over #2 Arizona. Has Reporter .......................................................................Evan Washburn PTS REB 3FG MPG scored in double figures in 27 games. Scored 25 points, hitting 7 3-pointers vs Jacksonville on 12/22. Scored career-high 29 Radio (Wolfpack Sports Network) 15.4 4.1 64 34.2 point, connecting on 7-7 from 3 in win at UNC-CH on 1/27. Play-by-Play ........................................................................... Gary Hahn Analyst ...............................................................................Tony Haynes 14 Omer Yurtseven Yurtseven: 2nd in ACC in FG%. 16 pts, 9 rebs & 3 blocks in win 7-0 n 245 n So. n Istanbul, Turkey over #2 Duke on 1/6. Career-high 29 pts, hitting career-best 5 NC State Communications PTS REB FG% MPG threes in win over #19 Clemson on 1/11. 16 pts/13 rebs in win at Director/MBB Contact ................................................Craig Hammel UNC-CH on 1/27. 21 points in win at Wake Forest on 2/17. In ACC Email/Cell Phone ............... [email protected]/317-292-0858 13.8 6.9 57.6 24.1 games, avg 14.9 points & led team in rebs (6.8) & blocks (2.1) Game 33: NCAA Tournament Game Notes Head Coach Kevin Keatts Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous College) n Hired by NC State on 0 Abdul-Malik Abu F Sr. 6-8 240 Boston, Mass./Kimball Union Academy March 17, 2017 as the 20th 1 Lennard Freeman F Sr. 6-8 265 Washington, D.C./Oak Hill Academy head coach in program 2 Torin Dorn G Jr. 6-6 210 Charlotte, N.C./Vance (UNC Charlotte) history 3 Lavar Batts, Jr. G Fr. 6-2 170 Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson 5 Darius Hicks F So. 6-7 230 Quitman, Miss./22 Feet Academy n Compiled a record of 72-28 10 Braxton Beverly G Fr. 6-0 180 Hazard, Ky./Hargrave Military Academy (.720) in three seasons as head coach at UNC-Wilmington, 11 Markell Johnson G So. 6-1 175 Cleveland, Ohio/East Tech including a 41-13 mark in 12 Allerik Freeman G Gr. 6-3 210 Charlotte, N.C./Findlay Prep (Baylor) Colonial Athletic Association play 13 C.J. Bryce* G Jr. 6-5 195 Charlotte, N.C./North Mecklenburg (UNC-Wilmington) 14 Omer Yurtseven C So. 7-0 245 Istanbul, Turkey n Led Seahawks to three-straight regular season confer- 15 Sam Hunt G Gr. 6-2 185 Greensboro, N.C./Dudley (North Carolina A&T) ence titles and was named the CAA Coach of the Year in 24 Devon Daniels* G So. 6-5 200 Battle Creek, Mich./Justin Siena (Utah) 2015 and 2016 31 Spencer Newman G R-Fr. 6-3 186 Daphne, Ala./Bayside Academy n Coached UNCW to back-to-back NCAA Tournament Alphabetical Roster appearances in 2016 and 2017 No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Previous College) 0 Abdul-Malik Abu F Sr. 6-8 240 Boston, Mass./Kimball Union Academy n Served as an assistant coach at Louisville for three 3 Lavar Batts, Jr. G Fr. 6-2 170 Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson seasons, helping lead the Cardinals to a 96-21 (.821) record 10 Braxton Beverly G Fr. 6-0 180 Hazard, Ky./Hargrave Military Academy from 2011-14 13 C.J. Bryce* G Jr. 6-5 195 Charlotte, N.C./North Mecklenburg (UNC-Wilmington) 24 Devon Daniels* G So. 6-5 200 Battle Creek, Mich./Justin Siena (Utah) n Prior to Louisville, Keatts served as the head coach at Hargrave Military Academy for 10 seasons 2 Torin Dorn G Jr. 6-6 210 Charlotte, N.C./Vance (UNC Charlotte) 12 Allerik Freeman G Gr. 6-3 210 Charlotte, N.C./Findlay Prep (Baylor) n With two separate stints at Hargrave (1999-2001, 2003- 1 Lennard Freeman F Sr. 6-8 265 Washington, D.C./Oak Hill Academy 2011), he compiled a 263-17 (.939) record with two national 5 Darius Hicks F So. 6-7 230 Quitman, Miss./22 Feet Academy prep championships (2004, 2008), three runner-up finishes 15 Sam Hunt G Gr.