NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team heads to Final Four in Arizona

By WRAL Staff

North Carolina State Wolfpack
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TBS | Saturday, April 6th 6:09 PM EDT

Raleigh, N.C. — The NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team is heading to the Final Four.

The team will leave at 12:30 p.m. ET Wednesday from the Dail Basketball Center behind Weisiger-Brown Athletics Facility at 2500 Warren Carroll Drive.

Wednesday's event is free and open to the public.

The Wolfpack head to Glendale, Arizona, which is the site of the Final Four.

NC State (26-14) is scheduled to play Purdue (33-4) at 6:09 p.m. ET Saturday. The game airs on TBS.

On Tuesday night, hundreds of people lined up to meet DJ Burns and DJ Horne at 7831 Target Circle in Raleigh. Fans got autographs and pictures with the two DJs.

Lamar Horne, DJ Horne's father, says the NIL deals have taught his son the value of making valuable financial decisions.

"NIL, I love it," Lamar Horne said. "It's here to stay.

"It's making college basketball [and] college athletics, as a whole, very interesting."

Saturday will mark NC State's first Final Four appearance since 1983, when the team won the national championship.

The Wolfpack also won the national title in 1974.

NC State men's Final Four history

• 1950 (Eight-team tournament): Lost to CCNY in semifinals, beat Baylor in third-place game
• 1974 (25-team tournament): Beat UCLA in semifinals, beat Marquette in final
• 1983 (52-team tournament): Beat Georgia in semifinals, beat Houston in final
• 2024 (68-team tournament): NC State will play Purdue on Saturday in semifinals

NC State women's basketball team arrives in Cleveland for Final Four

On Tuesday, the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team arrived in Cleveland for the Final Four.

NC State (31-6) plays South Carolina (36-0) at 7 p.m. ET Friday. The game airs on ESPN.

Friday marks the Wolfpack's first Final Four appearance in 11 seasons under head coach Wes Moore.

The Wolfpack women last made the Final Four in 1998.

For the second straight season, South Carolina enters the final weekend unbeaten.