North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast · Raleigh, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

NCAA titles: 1974, 1983

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1863-1171

All-time

0.614

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

North Carolina State’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

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#16 North Carolina State 54-52 #1 Houston

University Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico

National Title

1983 · Apr 4, 1983 · Championship Game

2.51

Game Score

#1 North Carolina State 80-77 #2 UCLA (2OT)

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina

Final Four

1974 · Mar 23, 1974 · Final Four

2.42

Game Score

#16 North Carolina State 63-62 #4 Virginia

Dee Events Center, Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah

Elite Eight

1983 · Mar 26, 1983 · Regional Finals

2.04

Game Score

#14 North Carolina State 75-78 Murray State

Bob Devaney Sports Center, Omaha-Lincoln, Nebraska

1988 · Mar 18, 1988 · First Round

1.99

Game Score

#5 North Carolina State 73-78 CCNY

Madison Square Garden III, New York, New York

Final Four

1950 · Mar 25, 1950 · Final Four

1.91

Game Score

North Carolina State 65-62 #13 Connecticut

DCU Center, Boston, Massachusetts

2005 · Mar 20, 2005 · Second Round

1.90

Game Score

#1 North Carolina State 76-64 #3 Marquette

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina

National Title

1974 · Mar 25, 1974 · Championship Game

1.80

Game Score

North Carolina State 71-68 #2 Villanova

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2015 · Mar 21, 2015 · Second Round

1.80

Game Score

#2 North Carolina State 78-79 Canisius (4OT)

Madison Square Garden III, New York, New York

1956 · Mar 12, 1956 · First Round

1.76

Game Score

#16 North Carolina State 71-70 #6 UNLV

Gill Coliseum, Portland, Oregon

1983 · Mar 20, 1983 · Second Round

1.70

Game Score

#			Round	Match
1	Apr 4, 1983	1983	Championship Game	#16 North Carolina State 54-52 #1 Houston University Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico National Title	2.51
2	Mar 23, 1974	1974	Final Four	#1 North Carolina State 80-77 #2 UCLA (2OT) Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina Final Four	2.42
3	Mar 26, 1983	1983	Regional Finals	#16 North Carolina State 63-62 #4 Virginia Dee Events Center, Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah Elite Eight	2.04
4	Mar 18, 1988	1988	First Round	#14 North Carolina State 75-78 Murray State Bob Devaney Sports Center, Omaha-Lincoln, Nebraska	1.99
5	Mar 25, 1950	1950	Final Four	#5 North Carolina State 73-78 CCNY Madison Square Garden III, New York, New York Final Four	1.91
6	Mar 20, 2005	2005	Second Round	North Carolina State 65-62 #13 Connecticut DCU Center, Boston, Massachusetts	1.90
7	Mar 25, 1974	1974	Championship Game	#1 North Carolina State 76-64 #3 Marquette Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina National Title	1.80
8	Mar 21, 2015	2015	Second Round	North Carolina State 71-68 #2 Villanova Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1.80
9	Mar 12, 1956	1956	First Round	#2 North Carolina State 78-79 Canisius (4OT) Madison Square Garden III, New York, New York	1.76
10	Mar 20, 1983	1983	Second Round	#16 North Carolina State 71-70 #6 UNLV Gill Coliseum, Portland, Oregon	1.70

Season by season

2027 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

0-0

Conf record

—

SRS

—

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2026 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

20-14

Conf record

10-8

—

SRS

#33

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2025 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

12-19

Conf record

5-15

—

SRS

#98

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2024 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast ◆

Record

26-15

Conf record

9-11

—

SRS

#49

Seed

Tournament

Final Four

2023 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

23-11

Conf record

12-8

—

SRS

#47

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2022 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

11-21

Conf record

4-16

—

SRS

#116

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2021 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

14-11

Conf record

9-8

—

SRS

#66

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2020 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

20-12

Conf record

10-10

—

SRS

#51

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2019 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

24-12

Conf record

9-9

—

SRS

#28

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2018 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

21-12

Conf record

11-7

—

SRS

#41

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2017 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

15-17

Conf record

4-14

—

SRS

#88

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2016 · North Carolina State

Atlantic Coast

Record

16-17

Conf record

5-13

—

SRS

#66

Seed

—

Tournament

—

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	AP	SRS	Seed	Tournament	Natl
2027	North Carolina State	0-0	Atlantic Coast
2026	North Carolina State	20-14	Atlantic Coast	10-8		#33	11	NCAA tournament
2025	North Carolina State	12-19	Atlantic Coast	5-15		#98
2024	North Carolina State	26-15	Atlantic Coast ◆	9-11		#49	11	Final Four
2023	North Carolina State	23-11	Atlantic Coast	12-8		#47	11	NCAA tournament
2022	North Carolina State	11-21	Atlantic Coast	4-16		#116
2021	North Carolina State	14-11	Atlantic Coast	9-8		#66		NIT
2020	North Carolina State	20-12	Atlantic Coast	10-10		#51
2019	North Carolina State	24-12	Atlantic Coast	9-9		#28		NIT
2018	North Carolina State	21-12	Atlantic Coast	11-7		#41	9	NCAA tournament
2017	North Carolina State	15-17	Atlantic Coast	4-14		#88
2016	North Carolina State	16-17	Atlantic Coast	5-13		#66
2015	North Carolina State	22-14	Atlantic Coast	10-8		#25	8	Sweet 16
2014	North Carolina State	22-14	Atlantic Coast	9-9		#66	12	NCAA tournament
2013	North Carolina State	24-11	Atlantic Coast	11-7		#29	8	NCAA tournament
2012	North Carolina State	24-13	Atlantic Coast	9-7		#37	11	Sweet 16
2011	North Carolina State	15-16	Atlantic Coast	5-11		#80
2010	North Carolina State	20-16	Atlantic Coast	5-11		#73		NIT
2009	North Carolina State	16-14	Atlantic Coast	6-10		#67
2008	North Carolina State	15-16	Atlantic Coast	4-12		#95
2007	North Carolina State	20-16	Atlantic Coast	5-11		#72		NIT
2006	North Carolina State	22-10	Atlantic Coast	10-6		#28	10	NCAA tournament
2005	North Carolina State	21-14	Atlantic Coast	7-9		#21	10	Sweet 16
2004	North Carolina State	21-10	Atlantic Coast	11-5	#15	#13	3	NCAA tournament
2003	North Carolina State	18-13	Atlantic Coast	9-7		#43	9	NCAA tournament
2002	North Carolina State	23-11	Atlantic Coast	9-7		#18	7	NCAA tournament
2001	North Carolina State	13-16	Atlantic Coast	5-11		#45
2000	North Carolina State	20-14	Atlantic Coast	6-10		#36		NIT
1999	North Carolina State	19-14	Atlantic Coast	6-10		#38		NIT
1998	North Carolina State	17-15	Atlantic Coast	5-11		#42		NIT
1997	North Carolina State	17-15	Atlantic Coast	4-12		#30		NIT
1996	North Carolina State	15-16	Atlantic Coast	3-13		#30
1995	North Carolina State	12-15	Atlantic Coast	4-12		#41
1994	North Carolina State	11-19	Atlantic Coast	5-11		#122
1993	North Carolina State	8-19	Atlantic Coast	2-14		#119
1992	North Carolina State	12-18	Atlantic Coast	6-10		#97
1991	North Carolina State	20-11	Atlantic Coast	8-6		#23	6	NCAA tournament
1990	North Carolina State	18-12	Atlantic Coast	6-8		#15
1989	North Carolina State	22-9	Atlantic Coast ★	10-4	#19	#14	5	Sweet 16
1988	North Carolina State	24-7	Atlantic Coast	10-4	#14	#14	3	NCAA tournament
1987	North Carolina State	20-14	Atlantic Coast ◆	6-8		#38	11	NCAA tournament
1986	North Carolina State	21-13	Atlantic Coast	7-7		#17	6	Elite Eight
1985	North Carolina State	23-10	Atlantic Coast ★	9-5	#16	#12	3	Elite Eight
1984	North Carolina State	19-14	Atlantic Coast	4-10		#32		NIT
1983	North Carolina State	26-10	Atlantic Coast ◆	8-6	#16	#11	6	Champion	National
1982	North Carolina State	22-10	Atlantic Coast	7-7		#16	7	NCAA tournament
1981	North Carolina State	14-13	Atlantic Coast	4-10		#41
1980	North Carolina State	20-8	Atlantic Coast	9-5		#18	4	NCAA tournament
1979	North Carolina State	18-12	Atlantic Coast	3-9		#6
1978	North Carolina State	21-10	Atlantic Coast	7-5		#16		NIT
1977	North Carolina State	17-11	Atlantic Coast	6-6		#17
1976	North Carolina State	21-9	Atlantic Coast	7-5		#17		NIT
1975	North Carolina State	22-6	Atlantic Coast	8-4	#7	#5
1974	North Carolina State	30-1	Atlantic Coast ★ ◆	12-0	#1	#2		Champion	National
1973	North Carolina State	27-0	Atlantic Coast ★ ◆	12-0	#2	#2
1972	North Carolina State	16-10	Atlantic Coast	6-6		#22
1971	North Carolina State	13-14	Atlantic Coast	5-9		#61
1970	North Carolina State	23-7	Atlantic Coast ◆	9-5	#10	#10		Sweet 16
1969	North Carolina State	15-10	Atlantic Coast	8-6		#52
1968	North Carolina State	16-10	Atlantic Coast	9-5		#53
1967	North Carolina State	7-19	Atlantic Coast	2-12		#99
1966	North Carolina State	18-9	Atlantic Coast	9-5		#16
1965	North Carolina State	21-5	Atlantic Coast ◆	10-4		#24		Sweet 16
1964	North Carolina State	8-11	Atlantic Coast	4-10		#112
1963	North Carolina State	10-11	Atlantic Coast	5-9		#74
1962	North Carolina State	11-6	Atlantic Coast	10-4		#35
1961	North Carolina State	16-9	Atlantic Coast	8-6		#46
1960	North Carolina State	11-15	Atlantic Coast	5-9		#55
1959	North Carolina State	22-4	Atlantic Coast ★ ◆	12-2	#6	#15
1958	North Carolina State	18-6	Atlantic Coast	10-4	#20	#39
1957	North Carolina State	15-11	Atlantic Coast	7-7		#59
1956	North Carolina State	24-4	Atlantic Coast ★ ◆	11-3	#2	#5		NCAA tournament
1955	North Carolina State	28-4	Atlantic Coast ★ ◆	12-2	#4	#10
1954	North Carolina State	26-7	Atlantic Coast ◆	5-3		#21		Sweet 16
1953	North Carolina State	26-6	Southern ★	13-3	#18	#6
1952	North Carolina State	24-10	Southern ◆	12-2		#42		NCAA tournament
1951	North Carolina State	30-7	Southern ★ ◆	13-1	#8	#26		Elite Eight
1950	North Carolina State	27-6	Southern ★ ◆	12-2	#5	#14		Final Four
1949	North Carolina State	25-8	Southern ★ ◆	14-1	#13
1948	North Carolina State	29-3	Southern ★ ◆	12-0				NIT
1947	North Carolina State	26-5	Southern ★ ◆	11-2				NIT
1946	North Carolina State	6-12	Southern	5-7
1945	North Carolina State	10-11	Southern	7-5
1944	North Carolina State	5-13	Southern	2-5
1943	North Carolina State	7-9	Southern	7-5
1942	North Carolina State	15-7	Southern	9-4
1941	North Carolina State	6-9	Southern	6-9
1940	North Carolina State	8-11	Southern	5-10
1939	North Carolina State	10-7	Southern	7-6
1938	North Carolina State	13-6	Southern	10-3
1937	North Carolina State	15-9	Southern	14-7
1936	North Carolina State	15-4	Southern	10-3
1935	North Carolina State	10-9	Southern	6-5
1934	North Carolina State	11-6	Southern	6-5
1933	North Carolina State	11-8	Southern	6-3
1932	North Carolina State	10-6	Southern	6-4
1931	North Carolina State	8-8	Southern	5-5
1930	North Carolina State	11-6	Southern	7-5
1929	North Carolina State	15-6	Southern ◆	6-5
1928	North Carolina State	10-8	Southern	3-6
1927	North Carolina State	12-5	Southern	5-2
1926	North Carolina State	20-3	Southern	5-3
1925	North Carolina State	11-7	Southern	1-4
1924	North Carolina State	7-16	Southern	2-4
1923	North Carolina State	5-8	Southern	1-2
1922	North Carolina State	6-13	Southern	1-5
1921	North Carolina State	6-14	Independent
1920	North Carolina State	11-5	Independent
1919	North Carolina State	11-3	Independent
1918	North Carolina State	13-3	Independent
1917	North Carolina State	10-8	Independent
1916	North Carolina State	2-5	Independent
1915	North Carolina State	5-5	Independent
1914	North Carolina State	6-7	Independent
1913	North Carolina State	3-7	Independent

Consensus All-Americans

17 AP All-American selections.

T.J. Warren2014

Julius Hodge2004

Rodney Monroe1991

Lorenzo Charles1984

Kenny Carr1976

David Thompson1975

David Thompson1974

Tom Burleson1974

David Thompson1973

Lou Pucillo1959

Ron Shavlik1956

Ron Shavlik1955

Year	Player
2014	T.J. Warren
2004	Julius Hodge
1991	Rodney Monroe
1984	Lorenzo Charles
1976	Kenny Carr
1975	David Thompson
1974	David Thompson
1974	Tom Burleson
1973	David Thompson
1959	Lou Pucillo
1956	Ron Shavlik
1955	Ron Shavlik
1953	Bob Speight
1951	Sam Ranzino
1950	Dick Dickey
1950	Sam Ranzino
1948	Dick Dickey

NBA first-round picks

47 first-round NBA draft selections from this program.

Dennis Smith Jr.2017

Last college yr: 2017

T.J. Warren2014

Last college yr: 2014

T.J. Warren2014

Last college yr: 2013

J.J. Hickson2008

Last college yr: 2008

Cedric Simmons2006

Last college yr: 2006

Julius Hodge2005

Last college yr: 2005

Cedric Simmons2006

Last college yr: 2005

Julius Hodge2005

Last college yr: 2004

Julius Hodge2005

Last college yr: 2003

Julius Hodge2005

Last college yr: 2002

Todd Fuller1996

Last college yr: 1996

Todd Fuller1996

Last college yr: 1995

Draft	Player	Last college yr
2017	Dennis Smith Jr.	2017
2014	T.J. Warren	2014
2014	T.J. Warren	2013
2008	J.J. Hickson	2008
2006	Cedric Simmons	2006
2005	Julius Hodge	2005
2006	Cedric Simmons	2005
2005	Julius Hodge	2004
2005	Julius Hodge	2003
2005	Julius Hodge	2002
1996	Todd Fuller	1996
1996	Todd Fuller	1995
1996	Todd Fuller	1994
1996	Todd Fuller	1993
1992	Tom Gugliotta	1992
1992	Tom Gugliotta	1991
1992	Tom Gugliotta	1990
1992	Tom Gugliotta	1989
1986	Chris Washburn	1986
1986	Chris Washburn	1985
1983	Thurl Bailey	1983
1983	Thurl Bailey	1982
1983	Thurl Bailey	1981
1980	Hawkeye Whitney	1980
1983	Thurl Bailey	1980
1980	Hawkeye Whitney	1979
1980	Hawkeye Whitney	1978
1977	Kenny Carr	1977
1980	Hawkeye Whitney	1977
1977	Kenny Carr	1976
1975	David Thompson	1975
1977	Kenny Carr	1975
1974	Tom Burleson	1974
1975	David Thompson	1974
1974	Tom Burleson	1973
1975	David Thompson	1973
1974	Tom Burleson	1972
1959	John Richter	1959
1959	John Richter	1958
1959	John Richter	1957
1956	Ron Shavlik	1956
1956	Ron Shavlik	1955
1956	Ron Shavlik	1954
1951	Sam Ranzino	1951
1951	Sam Ranzino	1950
1951	Sam Ranzino	1949
1951	Sam Ranzino	1948

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