In a stunning turn of events, it turns out that beating bad teams doesn’t do much for one’s NCAA tournament chances. NC State has won two straight, but beating BC and Wake Forest was a bare-minimum requirement simply for the Wolfpack to maintain its unsteady tournament standing.
The Pack’s average seed in the mountain of NCAA tourney predictions out there is 10, and even the most optimistic takes on State’s situation have the team as an eight-seed. So much unwanted suspense! Why does there always have to be suspense?
The game at Florida State this weekend can have a dramatic impact on NC State’s place in the at-large pecking order—the Seminoles’ recent string of success has them looking at an NCAA tournament seed as high as four.