NC State announced its full 2017-18 basketball schedule in conjunction with the ACC’s schedule release. Unsurprisingly, the Wolfpack’s non-conference schedule is extremely soft outside of the Battle 4 Atlantis games. You’ll find no strategic RPI scheduling here—it’s cupcakes all the way through, which is going to make for a very dull time at PNC Arena in November and December.
I’m actually a little bit surprised at how soft it is—I knew it was going to be a weak OOC slate, but dang, man. Excluding State’s Battle 4 Atlantis tournament and Big Ten-ACC Challenge obligations, NC State lined up nothing but buy games and almost every single one of these opponents is coming off a terrible season.