NC State finished off a sweep of Pittsburgh on Saturday, which secured the No. 9 seed in the ACC tournament. The Wolfpack is in a pool with No. 4 Miami and No. 5 Duke; State and Duke will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Unless you are the top seed in your pool, the only path through is by going 2-0. If everybody goes 1-1, the top seed advances. So NC State-Duke is already an elimination game.
The Tuesday start presents obvious problems from a pitching standpoint, since Elliott Avent didn’t hold anyone back in the Pitt series.