The meat of N.C. State’s nonconference basketball schedule will take place in the “Battle 4 Atlantis” tournament in the Bahamas during the week of Thanksgiving.
The Wolfpack will open the eight-team tournament with Arizona, likely a preseason top 5 team, on Nov. 22. The only other “Power 5” conference opponent set on N.C. State’s schedule is Penn State (Nov. 29 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge).
[Here’s the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament bracket]
The “Battle 4 Atlantis” bracket, released on Monday, has N.C. State in the bottom half with Arizona, SMU and Northern Iowa. Villanova, Purdue, Western Kentucky and Tennessee are the four teams in the top half.