basketball

Oct 29, 2025

Basketball Season Tips Off Next Week

NC State men’s basketball has more than just a new basketball staff and roster of new players. When the Wolfpack kicks off the head coach Will Wade era Monday night against North Carolina Central at the Lenovo Center, a handful of changes will be apparent at the sold-out arena. Wade, now at his fifth school in… 

Oct 27, 2025

Why I Chose Education: NC State Men’s Head Basketball Coach Will Wade

Before coaching his first official game as head coach of the NC State men’s basketball team, Will Wade sat down with the NC State College of Education to share why… 

Oct 15, 2025

Brown Is New Voice in Basketball Radio Booth

The first time Chucky Brown ’04 attended NC State basketball coach Jim Valvano’s summer camp, he was called up in front of hundreds of participants to receive one of the legendary coach’s weekly awards. Unfortunately for the young forward from New York City, by way of the tiny North Carolina coastal town of Navassa, he was… 

May 21, 2025

Getting To Know New Men’s Basketball Coach Wade

For nearly 4,000 consecutive days, new NC State men’s basketball coach Will Wade has awakened early, laced up a pair of running shoes and gone for a daily jog, somewhere between 1 to 4 miles. He keeps up with his 10-year-plus streak through a friend and fellow runner who serves as his accountability coach, carefully recording… 

Apr 24, 2025

An Inspirational Pass

NC State men’s basketball senior Breon Pass overcame a difficult loss as a teenager before he came to play for the Wolfpack. Four years later, he remembers his inspiration for earning a degree in sport management. 

Mar 25, 2025

Confident Wade Introduced as Men’s Basketball Coach

The 42-year-old native of Nashville was introduced Tuesday as the 22nd coach in the history of the men’s program and vowed to be successful immediately. This will be his fifth head coaching job at an NCAA Division I program. 

Jul 22, 2024

‘We Stole March’

Check out how NC State’s men’s and women’s basketball coaches are spending their summer, following both teams’ journeys to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.  

Apr 4, 2024

Writing Their Own Story

There are some similarities between what the current NC State men’s team and the 1983 NCAA championship team experienced along their unlikely journeys, but their stories are different. 

Apr 3, 2024

Women’s Basketball Grew Up Here

NC State’s women’s basketball team heads to the Final Four for the second time in program history this weekend, ready to play South Carolina in the national semifinals in Cleveland. 

Mar 27, 2024

Buzzing About Pack Basketball

For the first time since 1989, both NC State’s basketball teams have advanced to the NCAA Championships Sweet 16. 

Mar 20, 2024

Ecstatic — Yet Subdued — Family Celebration

The Kivetts of Lewisville, North Carolina, have five NC State degrees and almost 100 years of volunteering at the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament between them. None of them, however, had ever seen the Wolfpack win an ACC men’s title until Saturday night. 

Mar 20, 2024

Spring-Breaking for a Championship

The NC State men’s basketball team won its 11th Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship in Washington, D.C., by winning a remarkable five games in a row for its first title since 1987. It was music to everyone’s ears. 

Aug 16, 2023

A Legacy That Lives On

NC State coaches, alumni and families were on hand as Jim Valvano, legendary coach and founder of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 

Jun 10, 2021

Chancellor Woodson Talks Basketball, Hits the Court With Coach Kevin Keatts

In episode one of Red Chair Chats, Chancellor Woodson interviews Wolfpack men’s basketball Coach Kevin Keatts. 

Mar 10, 2021

Tournament Time, Title Time

2021 ACC Men’s Bracket | NC State Men’s Basketball Tournament Preview | NC State Women Win Back-to-Back Championships The ACC men’s basketball tournament, born at Reynolds Coliseum 68 years ago, kicked off Tuesday with three games at the Greensboro Coliseum, but the NC State Wolfpack men of Kevin Keatts plays their first game Wednesday, when it faces Syracuse…