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Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue, Alabama and North Carolina State all made their Final Four push with help from the transfer portal. Each school added at least one fifth-year player …
Duke coach Jon Scheyer was so impressed by North Carolina State's five wins in as many days in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament that he reached out to Wolfpack coach
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Duke coach Jon Scheyer reached out to North Carolina State’s Kevin Keatts after the Wolfpack had won five games in as many days in the Athletic Coast Conference Tournament, including a win over the Blue Devils in the middle of that run.
The South Region final is Sunday in Dallas, about 1,200 miles from Tobacco Road where their campuses are within about a half-hour drive of each other.
North Carolina State isn't a prototypical Cinderella — they're from a major conference, and they won it all in the 1970s and '80s — but they're the only double-digit seed left. Learn to love them.