NC State is on the road for the final time this season, hoping both to continue its win streak and stay in good shape for an ACC tournament double bye. In the way is Georgia Tech, which has dropped seven consecutive league games after a respectable 4-5 start.
The Jackets picked up some quality wins early in ACC play but Josh Pastner has been unable to sustain his team’s solid start the way he did last year. Part of that is bad luck in the form of injuries—Tech has been without freshman guard Curtis Haywood since late January, and point guard Jose Alvarado has been sidelined with an arm injury since Feb.