As of this morning, State (17-11) should be squarely in the NCAAT field as a 10-seed. With last night’s win, State’s RPI is 38, SOS is 2 and they are 3-4 vs. Top 25 and 3-5 vs. Top 26-50, with wins over Duke (RPI 4), at Carolina (RPI 17) and at Louisville (RPI 18).
Consider this: State’s win in Chapel Hill may actually help the Heels, because now Carolina’s win in Raleigh puts State on their (very weak) quality wins list.
Next up, another must-win: Boston College (Saturday, noon).
