NC State's 2023 -2024 Season Was Kept Alive When They Punched Their Ticket To NCAA Tournament Saturday With 84-76 Win Over North Carolina In ACC Tournament Championship Game In Washington DC
Before the ACC Tournament Championship began on Saturday in Washington DC between NC State, North Carolina their were two scenarios for NC State!
Win the ACC Tournament Championship against North Carolina and your in the NCAA Tournament don’t win ACC Tournament Championship and your in 2023-2024 season is over.
NC State preferred the first scenario as four players scored in double figures as Mohamed Diarra was 3-5 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 14 rebounds , 11 points. DJ Burns Jr. was 9-12 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 7 assists, 20 points . Michael O’Connell was 2-7 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists , 10 points. DJ Horne was 9-15 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 1 assists , 29 points. Casey Morsell was 3-8 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 8 points. Ben Middlebrooks was 0-1 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds, 1 point. Ernest Ross was 1-1 on field goals to go along with 2 points . Jayden Taylor was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 1 assists, 3 points. As a team NC State shot 54.9% on field goals 42.9 % on 3 pointers
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Following NC State winning the ACC Tournament Championship DJ Horne who was 9-15 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 1 assists , 29 points had this to about NC State winning ACC Tournament Championship!
I think we were really desperate,“You kind of felt that energy with just like every timeout we had coming back to the huddle. Everybody was locked in, on their P’s and Q’s and everything, and that’s what you need if you’re going to win championships like this.”
Following NC State winning the ACC Tournament Championship NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say about NC State winning ACC Tournament Championship!
“I’m proud, man,”of winning the school’s 11th ACC men’s basketball championship. “I’m emotional. I’m proud. I’m excited.
Our players deserve this. We’ve got a tight group that sticks together with everything, and we’ve been through some adversity. We’ve fought a little bit. We’ve argued a little bit. At the end of the day we found a way to come together for a common goal. This means a lot.”
“We’ve been getting crushed — when I say we, NC State — by not delivering any championships in 37 years. Well, they can’t say that now because we got one tonight.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/article286781830.html
NC State now awaits their seed their opponent they will be playing in 2024 NCAA Tournament that will be revealed on Selection Sunday .