After completing a Cinderella run in the ACC Tournament, the Wolfpack learned it will face the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Thursday in Pittsburgh.
>> I THINK LEWIS, WE ARE ALL PUMPED FOR IT. >> OH, YES, YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE. THIS CROWD WAS SO HIGH. THIS CROWD GATHERED AS SPORTS AND SO SHOWING KERRY AND WAS EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT NC STATE SPOT AT 11. THE HAVEN'T SEEN. HOW ABOUT THAT WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES WAS THERE WHEN THAT ANNOUNCEMENT CAME DOWN. AND CARLY, YOU TALKED TO BOTH PLAYERS AND FANS. HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT? >> WE DID. THEY SAID ONE WORD EXCITED FOR THIS THAT WE'RE WATCHING RIGHT ALONGSIDE THIS TEAM WHEN THEY HEARD THEIR MATCHUP AHEAD OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY THESE FANS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY >> NC STATE IS GOING DANCING WITH TEXAS TECH ON THURSDAY. I WAS GOING TO GO BECAUSE ANYBODY MAKING A MESS. A WEIGHTY BUDDY. WE'RE THINKING LITTLE. WE WILL BE WATCHING PEOPLE HERE THAT THE TEAM GREETED BY CHEERING FANS AT THEIR SELECTION SUNDAY. >> GUARD DJ HORNE WHO GREW UP IN RALEIGH AND NOW GETS TO ADD TO NC STATE BASKETBALL FOR A CHAMPION. HAHA. WOW. ALL THIS IS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS OUR BIG GAME OF THE SEASON. IS THE LIE THAT LIGHT GETTING EXPERIENCES? I MEAN, A STUDENT HERE IS IS REALLY HAPPY. I GOT TO SEE FANS WATCHED THEIR INCREDIBLE RISE THROUGH THE ACC TOURNAMENT 5 DAYS AGO. NOBODY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS STATE WOULD BE WHEN YOU SEE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> TO WIN THE ACC TOURNAMENT FINALLY GOT WHAT THEY >> AND DURING MARCH MADNESS WITH 2 WORDS ON THEIR MINDS THAT THEY PACKED ALL DAY LONG. HE WAS A GREAT GAME ON THEIR FORGET AS LONG AS I LIVE GO PACK. THIS IS A QUICK TURNAROUND FOR THIS. TEAMS ARE HOPING TO GET SOME THEIR MATCHUP IN PITTSBURGH ON THURSDAY JOINED. >> THAT PLACE WAS SO ELECTRIC
