After a four-game losing streak in early April, NC State appeared to right the ship with a nice five-game winning streak that included topping in-state foes UNCW and Davidson (who have a combined record of 47-29 this year) and a sweep of ACC division rival Florida State (their record... not so hot).
Those feel-good vibes came to a truck-hitting-a-bollard stop after State was swept at home by Clemson over the weekend.
The Wolfpack’s postseason hopes were also damaged significantly, but thankfully not nearly to the level of that truck. Still, despite the slow start to conference play, State had an RPI in the Top 15 of the country for eight straight weeks, six of which had the Pack in the Top 10 in RPI.