North Carolina State's men's basketball team, the Wolfpack, made a historic run to the Final Four after defeating Duke 76-64. DJ Burns led with 29 points, while Jared McCain scored 32 points for Duke. This victory marks NC State's first Final Four appearance in four decades, ending Duke's quest for an 18th Final Four appearance.
In a shocking Elite Eight upset, 11th-seeded N.C. State powered through to beat its longtime rivals, the Duke Blue Devils, 76-64, and paving the way to its first Final Four appearance since 1983. https://t.co/7x0xlpHV2C
Bruising big man DJ Burns Jr. scored a season-high 29 points, DJ Horne scored 20 and 11th-seeded North Carolina State reached its first Final Four in four decades, beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke 76-64 in the South Region final Sunday. https://t.co/lrIAYtcocI
No 11 seed NC State upset Duke to advance to men’s Final Four https://t.co/N9lZuJZN39
NC State's magical run continues to the Final Four thanks to another huge night from DJ Burns https://t.co/5oD6dfVY27
N.C. State beats Duke 76-64. Blue Devils' lead was 29-23 two minutes into the 2nd half. Gave up 53 points in the last 18ish minutes; N.C. State shot 19-26 in the 2nd half. Jared McCain scored 32 points. Duke falls a win short of its 18th Final Four; N.C. State goes to its 4th.
NC State BEATS Duke to advance to the Final Four🔥 DJ Burns: 29 PTS, 2 BLK💪 https://t.co/HRSgnc4lYk https://t.co/iJGUUKLuJM
FINAL: No. 11 NC State 76, No. 5 Duke 64 NC STATE IS GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR! Wolfpack become the sixth 11-seed to reach the Final Four. They’ve now won NINE straight elimination games in the last 20 days. Just an insane, insane run for Kevin Keatts, DJ Burns and NC State.