If N.C. State wins out, it will be the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament next week in Brooklyn.
The Wolfpack (10-6 ACC) closes with a game at Georgia Tech on Thursday night and a home game with Louisville on Saturday. It would have the tiebreaker over UNC, Duke and/or Clemson based on either group record or how it fared against Duke (it beat the Blue Devils in the teams’ only meeting this season).
If N.C. State loses out, it will be the No. 8 seed. It cannot get a double-bye without winning both games.
All the tournament-seeding scenarios for the Wolfpack: