With less than a month to go until the NCAA tournament field is released on March 11 and only three weekends left in the regular season, N.C. State and Syracuse meet in an important ACC game Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome.
The teams currently find themselves on the opposite side of the NCAA tournament cut line, according to both Jerry Palm of CBS Sports and ESPN’s Joe Lunardi. N.C. State is in. Syracuse is out.
That’s despite the fact that Syracuse (17-8, 6-6 ACC) has a better record than the Wolfpack (16-9, 6-6). Syracuse also has a better RPI (37) than N.