The 2024–25 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Wolfpack were led by eighth-year head coach Kevin Keatts and played their home games at Lenovo Center in

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as members of the

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(ACC). The Wolfpack started the season well with five straight wins over non-Power 4 opponents before traveling to

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to participate in the Rady Children's Invitational. They faced their first Power-4 team there in thirteenth-ranked

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. They lost 71–61 and moved to the third place game where they faced BYU. The Wolfpack lost this game 72–61 to finish fourth in the tournament. They returned home to face

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in the ACC–SEC Challenge when they lost 63–59. They ended their losing streak with a win in their ACC opener over

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. The Wolfpack went 2–1 in their final non-conference games, defeating Coppin State and Rider but losing at tenth-ranked

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. The Wolfpack lost their next two ACC games, one by three points at

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and by eighteen points to

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Wake Forest. They ended the losing streak with a one point win over Notre Dame. The Wolfpack couldn't gather any momentum from that win as they went on to lose their next nine games. They only faced one ranked team during the stretch, number two

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. The team had numerous close losses during the run, only losing a

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game against

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by two points, losing to

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and

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by three, and losing by just one at

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. The Wolfpack would slightly recover in the home stretch, going 3–4 over their last seven games. They defeated Wake Forest,

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and

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. However, they lost to North Carolina,

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, and by just two points to

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on the final day of the season. The Wolfpack finished the

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12–19 and 5–15 in ACC play to finish in sixteenth place. Under the new ACC tournament rules, they did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament and were unable to defend their tournament title. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT. After the season, head coach Kevin Keatts was fired just one year after leading the team to the Final Four.

Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the 2023–24 season 26–15, 9–11 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. miraculous run in the ACC tournament, winning five games in the span of five days (including a victory over ACC regular season champion and rival

) to win their first ACC tournament since

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. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the South region. There they defeated #6

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in the first round, #14

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in overtime in the second round, #2 Marquette in the Sweet Sixteen, and their ACC rivals #4

in the Elite Eight. The Wolfpack made their first Final Four appearance since

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as a result, having won nine straight games since the end of the regular season. They became the sixth #11 seed to reach the Final Four and the first since

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in 2021. Their miraculous run came to an end with a Final Four loss to

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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2020s in Raleigh, North Carolina