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Countdown begins for NC State Final Four games
The countdown is on to the NC State Final Four games! Friday night, the women's team plays against South Carolina. Saturday night, the men's team tips off against Purdue.
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The countdown is on to the NC State Final Four games! Friday night, the women's team plays against South Carolina. Saturday night, the men's team tips off against Purdue.
YOU THE TEMPERATURES FOR DREAMVILLE COMING UP. ELIZABETH, THANKS. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO THE NC STATE. FINAL 4 GAMES, JUST 14 AND A HALF HOURS TO GO TONIGHT. THE WOMEN PLAY AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA. >> TOMORROW NIGHT, THE MEN'S TEAM TIPS OFF AGAINST PURDUE. BIG WATCH PARTIES ARE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS FOR THESE HISTORIC GAMES. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND WRAL'S MONICA CASEY. MONICA, THERE WILL BE A SEA OF RED CERTAINLY SUPPORTING THE WOMEN'S TEAM TODAY. >> YEAH, WE'RE IN A THERE. DEFINITELY WILL. WE HEARD NC STATE ASKED EARLIER THIS SEASON. WHY NOT US NOW WITH 2 TEAMS INTO FINAL 4 GAMES. THEY'RE ASKING WHY NOT BOTH ITS THIS KIND OF EXCITEMENT WE HAVE SEEN ALL WEEK. WE FOLLOWED LINES ON AND OFF CAMPUS FOR FANS TO MEET NC STATE PLAYERS AND WE'LL TAK OUTFITTERS HAS BEEN PACKED. WE SPOKE WITH JENNIFER GILMORE. SHE TELLS US THE HARD WORK BY THESE TEAMS TO GET TO THESE 2 FINAL 4 GAMES HAVE GOTTEN GENERATIONS OF FANS EXCITED. >> WE ARE SO WE'VE GOT A LUMP THAT ARE COMING BACK TO VISIT. WE'VE GOT A STUDENT POTENTIAL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES COMING TO VISIT IS JUST A GREAT TIME TO BE AT NC STATE. >> WHILE THE WOMEN ARE PLAYING IN CLEVELAND TONIGHT AND THE MEN IN PHOENIX TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE TONS OF ACTIVITY HERE ON CAMPUS AS WELL. THERE WILL BE WATCH PARTIES ON STAFF OR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE TALLY STUDENT UNION BOTH NIGHTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WATCHING THESE GAMES OFF CAMPUS. THERE WILL BE A FAMILY-FRIENDLY WATCH PARTY ON HILLSBOROUGH STREET HOSTED BY MITCH'S TAVERN TOMORROW NIGHT IN RALEIGH, MONICA, CASEY, WRAL, NEWS. >> NC STATE AND TOP-SEEDED. SOUTH CAROLINA HIT THE COURT TONIGHT AT 7 AND WRAL'S. BRETT KNESE IS WITH THE WOLFPACK WOMEN IN CLEVELAND. THEY ARE READY TO PROVE THEMSELVES ON THIS GRAND STAGE. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE FROM INSIDE ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE. THIS TIME WE ARE SET FOR A BIG DAY. THE FINAL 4, IT'S FINALLY HERE. AND THE NC STATE WOLFPACK ARE READY TO TAKE ON TOP-RANKED AND UNDEFEATED SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY DID THEIR FINAL PREP WORK YESTERDAY. NOW THEY ARE JUST AWAITING THE BIG MOMENT TO STEP OUT ON THIS COURT. PLAYERS TELL ME THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN HANG WITH THIS SOUTH CAROLINA TEAM, EVEN IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE. IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT. WE HAVE JUST VERY WELL. I THEY SAY WHEN YOU COME IN GYM SHOOTER, SHOOTING, SO I'M JUST TO SEE OUR GUARDS AND JUST WELL TO THAT AND SHOT REALLY WELL THIS I MEAN, THE MAIN FOCUS IS DEFENSE AND REBOUNDING IN THIS GAME. SO WORKING ON THAT A LOT. I HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF FINAL 4 GAME DAY FROM CLEVELAND. >> BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME ON OUR LATER NEWSCAST IN CLEVELAND. BRETT KNESE, WRAL NEWS. >> NOW TO THE NC STATE MEN AS AN 11 SEED. THEY'RE TIED FOR THE LOWEST SEED TO EVER MAKE THE FINAL 4. THEY'LL FACE PURDUE TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT THIS WILL PACK TEAM HAS A HISTORY OF OVERCOMING THE ODDS. JUST LIKE LEGENDARY TEAMS THAT CAME BEFORE THEM. THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS OF 1974, IN 1983. ARE ETCHED IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. THOSE TEAMS CELEBRATED 50TH AND 40TH ANNIVERSARIES WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. COACH KEVIN KEATTS AS THE SUPPORT OF LEGENDS, INCLUDING DAVID THOMPSON, HELPS MOTIVATE THIS CURRENT WOLFPACK TEAM. WHEN THE GOAT. >> WHEN THEY GO TO SEND YOUR PITCHES AND HE'S GOT IT. WHY NOT US ON? YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IN THAT STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET THOSE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT. YOU KNOW, I YOUR BROTHER'S GOLF, ALL THOSE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT FOR OUR TEAM. >> THE STATE PLAYS PURDUE IN THE FINAL 4 TOMORROW NIGHT AT 609, WRAL. HAS YOU COVERED PAT WELTER IN KACY HINTZ ARE IN PHOENIX WITH THE MEN'S TEAM AS THEY LOOK TO ADD ANOTHER CHAPTER TO THEIR MAGICAL RUN. TODAY. WE NEED YOUR HELP TURNING THE WRAL GARDEN RED COME OUT TO THE WRAL AS ILYA GARDEN FROM NOON TO 6.30, AND WEAR RED TO SUPPORT THE NC STATE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS ON THEIR FINAL 4 JOURNEYS. THE GARDENS ARE IN FULL BLOOM AND THERE COULD BE SOME SURPRISES FOR THOSE WHO SHOW THEIR PACK PRIDE. SO STOP BY TODAY WITH YOUR FAMILY AND