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 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Reaching the round of 16 is nothing new for Duke and North Carolina, two programs that have a total of six national championships between them. North Carolina State? That's a different story.
Hobbled by various injuries during the regular season, the Wolfpack stumbled to a seventh-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference and needed a pair of victories in the conference tournament just to secure an at-large bid. The selection committee did them no favors, either, giving them a No. 10 seed in the Syracuse Regional.
N.C. State survived two close games in Worcester, Mass., to reach the regional semifinals for the first time since 1989. That's also the last time the three teams from the Triangle region of the state made it that far — until now.
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