SHOWERS AND STORMS KNOCK US BACK INTO THE 5TH. THOUGH, WOLF, PACK RETURN TO RALEIGH AS HEROES. BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN'S TEAMS RECEIVED A ROUSING WELCOME HOME WHEN THEY ARRIVED EARLY. THIS MORNING. NOW. >> THE FOCUS TURNS TO PREPARING FOR THEIR FINAL 4 GAMES LATER THIS WEEK. GOOD EVENING. I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY FOR THE NC STATE MAN. SUNDAY'S WIN AGAINST THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS WAS THE LATEST IN THERE. NOW NINE-GAME WINNING STREAK. HE GETS THEM ONE STEP CLOSER. >> TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GREATNESS FROM THAT TEAM IN 1983, WHO CAN FORGET THESE ICONIC IMAGES? WELL, THAT RUN THAT THEY WENT ON FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WRL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN GOT TO MEET ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PLAYERS FROM THAT LEGENDARY TEAM TODAY AND JOINS US LIVE WITH THE STORY >> YET AND SOME MORE THAN 4 DECADES AGO, AS YOU MENTIONED IT, JIM VALVANO, THE NC STATE BASKETBALL COACH. BACK IN 1983. RAN AROUND THAT BASKETBALL COURT FRANKEL FRANTICALLY RATHER IN SEARCH OF HIS STANDOUT GUARD. ERIC WITTENBERG. WE KNOW THAT WITTENBERG IS FOREVER LINKED WITH THE MOST FAMOUS MISS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY, ALTHOUGH HE SAYS IT WAS A PASS. AND TODAY I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM ON THE GOLF COURSE. 41 YEARS AGO THAT STAND OUT GUARD LAUNCHING A DEEP 3 WITH SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK IS DERRICK WITTENBERG. A DESPERATE AIRBALL LEANING TO THE RIGHT THAT LUCKILY LORENZO CHARLES CAUGHT. >> AND DON'T DIDN'T FOR NC STATE WITH A 1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. >> AND EVERYBODY SAYS A LOT. THAT IS IT REMINDS THEM SPECIAL MEN SAYS ABOUT WHAT WE DID 41 YEARS AGO. BUT THIS IS THEIR TIME AND THEIR MADE INCREDIBLE >> WHILE THE HARD COURTS ARE HIS ROOTS, THE GOLF COURSE IS WHERE WE FOUND WITTENBERG AND OTHER BASKETBALL GREATS ON MONDAY. ONE DAY AFTER NC STATE UPSET DUKE FOR A TICKET TO THE FINAL 4 SEE OF WOLFPACK. READ ON THE SPRING GREENS. WHAT A GREAT DAY AHEAD. AND AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER WITH THE NC STATE WOLFPACK. >> GOING TO THE FINAL 4 LIKE DIRT MAY YOU'RE LIVING RIGHT? THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT. YOU COME TO COLLEGE TO GET A DEGREE TO BE A BETTER PERSON. BUT ICING ON THE CAKE IS IF YOU WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITTENBERG AND OTHERS TEEN OFFICE PART OF HIS FOUNDATION AT PRESTONWOOD IN CARY. >> ONE THAT HELPS COLLEGE JUNIORS AND SENIORS WITH FUNDS TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREES. ABSOLUTELY GOT A CHANCE TO JUST PLAYING GREAT BASKETBALL. >> DID YOU THERE? WELL CONNECTED. ALL YOU CAN SEE THE WITH THE PLAYERS AND COACH KEATTS AND YOU KNOW, THEY JUST AS GOOD A CHANCE AS ANYONE ELSE THERE. WHILE THE MEMORIES OF THAT 1983 MIRACLE, WHEN ARE ETCHED WITH IN WITTENBERG, HE SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THAT HISTORY MAY BE WELL ON ITS WAY TO REPEATING ITSELF. WE'VE GOT A CHANCE LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. >> WHY NOT US? >> WHY NOT US? THE THEME AROUND CAMPUS TODAY IS REALLY AN ELECTRIC ENVIRONMENT. WE SHOULD MENTION IN SPEAKING WITH CHEROKEE AND MANY OTHERS THAT WE MET TODAY ALREADY HAVE THAT FLIGHT BOOKED TO PHOENIX. THAT WITTENBERG, AS YOU KNOW, HE'S A PLAYER-COACH, A PRODUCER. BUT THE TITLE MOST NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF HIS FOUNDATION. THE DEREK WITTENBERG FOUNDATION. YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS COMING UP AT 5.30, WE'RE GOING TO BE A FUN WEEK ON THAT CAMPUS. CHELSEA DONOVAN