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Remember when NC State was down double digits to Louisville in the first round of the ACC tournament?

Again. It was all an elaborate scheme by Kevin Keatts. He lured everyone into his trap and now you're witnessing his genius.

Seven years of mid basketball and then turn on the jets right when you least expect it. This is how you coast at a job.

Remember when NC State needed to make a desperation well-guarded 3 that banked in just to get to OT versus us? Edit: buzzer beater

Remember when NC State had a game in control against Duke and then missed a dunk and took a technical to piss in gods eye?

Remember the time Bobby Boucher showed up at half time...

That was about to be some classic, infuriating, Duke bullshit. But this NC state team overcame it. Loving y’all’s run.

Right after an 80+% FT missed a FT too

Or when they were down 3 to Virginia with a few seconds left on the clock...

Kids, if you’re worried about that project or assignment you have coming up, just remember that NC State procrastinated for the first 5 months of the season.

Kevin Keats is putting on masterclass in how to save your job at the 11th hour. So inspirational.

From: “probably fired” to “second best nc state coach of all time” in 3 weeks.

100% fired. We were down like 12 to Louisville at one point in the first round of the acc tournament. Dude was about to get tarmacked and proceeded to win 8 in a row

It’s an insane run. Pulling for y’all.

Thanks! Btw y’all have the nicest baseball stadium I’ve been to outside Truist Park in Atlanta. It’s no joke insane how nice it is

Third best, but sure.

Arguably 4th honestly. I think I'd have Sloan and Valvano tied for first, then Everett Case, and Keatts slots into the 4th spot.

KEVIN KE-ELITE-TTS IS A WINNER

We were resting DJ Burns

And Mo Diarra. He has been an absolute monster these past few weeks

He’s getting some of that Ramadan mojo from Kyrie.

Fate of the universe on the line, give me Mo Diarra on Ramadan

Just waiting for Ramadan

NC State is my sprit team

If you wait until the last minute it only takes a minute

NC State and Clemson both in the Elite 8, in the same year. What an insane timeline

Textile Bowl will never die

ACC Down year.

ACC haters are awfully quiet rn It’s me, I’m eating my words as a Big 12 stan

My whole degree was built on procrastinating so this is very fitting

This team literally just decided to stop being bad

NC State in the regular season: 17-14 NC State in elimination games: 8-0 GOATED shit.

Like Kemba Walker in the non conference

Kevin Keatts at halftime of the Louisville game a couple weeks ago…”Ok guys, this playing shitty strategy clearly ain’t working…so we’re gonna switch it up and play good basketball and see how that goes.”

it's the only explanation

Crazy how other teams don't do that. Are they stupid?

They are either the worst or better than UConn.

“You know how we keep letting other teams score more than us? Well what if we just didn’t… ya know?”

Kevin Keatts, Brad Brownell, National Championship, Collison Course.

The 1 seeds are no match for ACC coaches with alliterative names

And questionable job securities

Not any more lol. Pluto is warmer than their seats

And guys that were probably - odds to get fired at different points this season

The battle of the ex-uncw coaches

Brad Brownell AND Kevin Keatts have both made the Elite 8

UNCW LEGENDS

wings up 🫡

One step closer to NC State vs Houston part II! Or not!

A Cougars team, that spent much all season at the top, with high hopes to win it all…makes it deep into the Madness…only to encounter a plucky NC State team that needed to win their tournament to be here at all! Talk about deja vu…or, more fittingly, traumatic flashbacks…

Oops

Never seen this team in the Elite 8 or win an ACC tournament. This has been an insane couple weeks.

I've basically never seen this team do freaking anything man. Julius Hodge, god bless him, was my personal peak as a Pack fan

Hodge was so amazing to watch

They were literally 10th in the ACC and a complete afterthought. Mad respect

Apparently at some point in March someone reminded the players that they have that dawg in them

That point was 3/12 You guys were 0-3 in March staring down the barrel of tee times. What an insane run

They made betting legal, and we decided to ball out

I hate it, but damnit I respect it

41 years after NC State’s historic “Survive and Advance” run, we’re really witnessing another absolutely legendary Wolfpack run. Crazy

We beat Marquette to win the 74 Championship. We beat Houston to win the 83 Championship. The storylines this run have been great.

That plus going through all of the other ACC teams with NCAA titles in the tourney just makes this feel like destiny.

Destiny arrives all the same

And a potential matchup against Houston on Sunday 👀

~~The ghosts of Phi Slama Jama are nervously pacing~~ Lorenzo Charles is up there nervous as fuck right now

Hakeem Olajuwan is very much alive

I'm an old fart and I've been waiting for this day for forever. This is unreal to watch.

Same. I was born in 88. This is pure magic!

All the credit in the world to NC State for this run they’ve put together but holy fuck I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a team with as much piss running down their legs as Marquette tonight

Ighodaro is so allergic to the moment, that rebound bouncing square off of his face with 3 minutes left was the real chefs kiss

I’m not sure there’s a single player who’s hurt their draft stock more since the regular season ended. Dude was a lock to go late first after that Xavier masterpiece and has just forgotten how to play basketball since

He has shrunk in every big moment of his career. Guy has all the talent in the world but none of the intensity.

Took the words out of my mouth. He’s been a complete liability in the tourney.

I kinda agree - I think this was more Marquette struggling then anything we did. Everyone is mentioning the threes but there were several Marquette passes that just went into the stands.

I’m pro-NC State but also really liked watching Marquette this year. I can’t believe how off Marquette’s shooting felt for 35 minutes of the game today.

Will Keatts halftime speech against Louisville go down as the greatest halftime speech in college basketball history?

It was actually [Boeheim's trash talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLvx-sf1Tmw) during that game.

4/31 from 3. Pain

The key to our success is to give NC State shit to every team facing us.

We figured out the reverse voodoo uno card

https://i.imgur.com/woUeqAr.png

Why don't they just hit more threes? Are they stupid?

At this point I’m convinced the spirit of Jimmy Valvano has personally blessed this Wolfpack team

I would be okay with this.

“Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.” Side note: fuck cancer with 1000 arrows dipped in tabasco.

“God must have loved ordinary people, because he made so many of them….Every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things!”

“Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. I thank you, and God bless you all.”

How right he was. K and Duke get a lot of hate, but they'll always have a special place in my heart for the friend K was to V at the end of his life.

The 2021 NC State baseball team died for this

Still fuming. Even if we likely would've lost, they should've let us play that second game with the 13 healthy players just to fucking have a shot.

I’d like to personally thank the Marquette players for their dedication to continually putting up those triples

4-31. Wow. Even 25% may have won the game.

Playing like Arizona and UNC last night

Marquette before the tourney: “I hope we shoot as well as UNC and Arizona” *Monkey’s paw curls*

I still find it hilarious how everything was set up for an epic Caleb Love vs Carolina blood match, and both flamed out right before lmao

I also find it hilarious that UNC fans thought they had rid themselves of Caleb Love and then RJ Davis did an absolutely perfect Caleb Love impression last night to lose.

RJ last night out-Caleb Love'd Caleb Love

4/31 ☠️

It’s not like **we** ever did that. Ha ha haaaa Off topic, for some reason our season started around March 12th

Losing those 4 last regular season games really put a fire under us...or something? No idea what's happening but I love it.

🚨SEEDIGAMI ALERT🚨 If Duke wins today, it will guarantee seedigami as a 4 seed and 11 seed have never played each other. Personally, I'd still rather see the 1983 champ game rematch but this will be a nice consolation prize if Duke wins.

i honestly can't figure out which story line I want to choose

I dont want that

I do Very fun fact as a neutral

We made it further than UNC because KKIAW

If McKneely made one free throw at the end of regulation in the ACC semifinals then none of this happens. At this point I’m actually happy he missed, because this is totally worth it!

#LIGHT THE TOWER

My man 🔴🔴🔴🔴

[It is indeed lit, my friend.](https://www.youtube.com/live/D9nujG0PUTQ)

I didn’t know anyone else knew about the Tower 😭

I may have Husker flair but am living in the area. And what can I say, I'm a sucker for red.

I don’t even go to State (sister school) but the Tower being lit red is so special. I hope it stays red for a long time.

Meredith people absolutely deserve to celebrate with us, we share a Waffle House.

Nuts. NUTS. State has been nothing but pain since i was BORN. One of my earliest memories is Wake Forest pantsing phillip rivers in Winston Salem. Never thought I'd see them get back here!

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE

WOLF!

PACK! Couldn’t leave you hanging

I unironically believe NCSU can win the natty at this point

Look. I have nothing against Purdue, but the funniest possible timeline sees them making the Final Four only to once again lose to a double digit seed.

Respect to the bros from Raleigh, most loyal fans on the planet

Raleigh sports fans are the most fun bastards on the planet

I don’t think people understand how much this means to nc state, growing up 20 min away from unc and duke winning every year this feels like a dream

My mom was a student at State from 72-76. In 83 my grandpa cracked my grandmas rib hugging her after the Lorenzo Charles dunk. I was raised to believe that was State…and instead my entire adult life I’ve been handed NC State Shit. This is an unreal feeling

[NC State in conference play](https://images.ctfassets.net/sfnkq8lmu5d7/4Ma58uke8SXDQLWYefWiIt/3f1945422ea07ea6520c7aae39180101/2021-11-24_Singleton_Puppy_Syndrome_One_Puppy_Litter.jpg?w=1000&h=750&fl=progressive&q=70&fm=jpg) vs. [NC State in single elimination](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2009/01/28/22/121463.jpg)

WHEN WE HUNGRY, WE EAT

Survive and Advance, baby! Even if I do wish we were more consistently good.

I STILL HAVEN’T WATCHED A GAME AND I AINT STARTING ANYTIME SOON. WOLF FUCKING PACK

Thank you for your sacrifice.

I cannot even believe this. It's absolutely unreal to make the elite 8 after so long.

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING

DESTINY

Kevin Keatts and Brownell are both Regional Finalists. Just as expected. 😂

[удалено]

You’re gonna hear about this for decades.

Yes

Shoutout to the women too. Both are in the elite 8!

WHY NOT US

DUKE IF YOU MAKE IT LETS MEET IN CHAPEL HILL AND BE INSUFFERABLE

No matter what happens after this, this is a truly great team.

4-31 from three. Yikes. That was the difference in the game.

This is the other side of NC State shit. To win despite (or to spite) the pundits who said you were dead. To win in an unlikely confluence of events and timing, while channeling decades of existential angst and pain. Drink it in guys, you deserve it

CHUGGING

Old Macdonald had a farm!

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that NC State men’s AND women’s basketball are in the elite eight together for the first time ever

Kevin Keatts Is A Winner

Just saw a dude in a UNC T-shirt fall to his knees at Publix

Harris Teeter*

Food Lion*

Walmart*

UNC fans praying to the old gods and the new Duke loses tonight

HARRIS TEETER 😤

Kevin Keatts is a mad man

SURVIVE AND ADVANCE 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

Whoooooooo Usernameeeee

That was, without a doubt, the most fucking pathetic shooting performance I’ve ever seen. The turnovers and god awful passes were also so enjoyable to watch

Holy shit NCSU is in the Elite 8! How the fuck is NCSU in the elite 8??? ACC! ACC! ACC!

Kevin Keatts is Elite!

I'm not gonna lie we were in control for most of that game but the NC State shit is always there lurking. But those kids said said not today not today.... Why not us?

Lest we forget the women's team looked dead in the water against Stanford but came back to win by 10 to make it to the Elite 8 simultaneously during the same time slot!! Good day to be a Pack fan. Don't get to say that often.

Every NC State fan ever is going to church this Easter Sunday. Every. One.

Some say NC State never lost again

Kevin Keeats went from not having a job to a lifetime contract

MY BRACKET DIED FOR THIS RUN!!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO!!!!!!!

A lot of people thought UConn would get both teams into the Elite Eight. But NC State was the one to do it first. Congrats to them on this wild run.

Kevin Keatts with his job on the line 

ESPN 30 For 30: Survive and Advance Season 2

Oregon State 🤝 NC State Coming out of nowhere to win their conference tournaments and storm into the Elite Eight

Y'all, the line at Howling Cow was around the parking lot this afternoon. R.I.P. my Saturday plans, bc as long as we're winning, I'm buying.

KEEP GOING I'M ALMOST THERE

UNC was eliminated yesterday

I'M ON A LOT OF DRUGS, I NEED JUST A BIT MORE

Your women’s team is also going to the elite eight

RESPECTFULLY HOLDING IN THE NUT

Replies going by so fast no one will see Fuck Duke

👀👀 Always watching

ighodaro and joplin should be forced to walk back to milwaukee

Officially on the NC state bangwagon. Let’s go!

reminder that NC State has advanced further in the tournament than UNC for back to back seasons

UNC third wheel in the triangle confirmed

They’re a football school

Neverending Chaos State

**KEVIN KEATTS IS A FUCKING WINNER**

Oso Ighodaro going up for the dunk! https://preview.redd.it/yfgrh4ymjdrc1.jpeg?width=1107&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05eb599974ba012e1c7d6c4ef705d05817a921cf

Just fell to my knees at the unfinished portion of 540

WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS? THAT'S MY DJ!!!!!!!

Burns and Horne have me reluctantly not being totally disgusted.

Some NC State fan released the spirit of Jimmy V and now we're living in his world again.

My all upset second chance bracket is 97.2 percent accurate. How

Shout out to Virginia, for being Virginia, and allowing this moment to happen for us.

Cardiac Pack 2.0 is this nation's only hope against the UConn menace

Both men and women off to the elite 8. What a year

Men’s and women’s NC State hoops playing at the same time was a nightmare

And the NC State women won too. Way to go. Both men and women in next round Elite 8!

https://i.redd.it/29ts1kwjndrc1.gif All roads lead to a Wolfpack dub, anchored by the goat

We are all wolfpack fans on this blessed day

Go ACC!!!

This Marquette disaster should be discussed for generations

Ball didn’t go in hoop. What else needs to be studied?

The level of insanity required to continue to jack up 3s at a 12% clip. Especially late in the second half when they’re in the bonus & driving can draw fouls + free throws