TRYING 100 MILES AWAY? BUT I KNOW HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN THE 74 83 WRAL'S MAKE ARMSTRONG AND LEGENDARY RETIRE OR TAKE OR BOB HOLLADAY TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM SO SIMILAR. >> NC STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL HAS COMPETED IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. 29 TIMES WITH 4 FINAL 4 APPEARANCES AND 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER WAITING. 41 YEARS, WOLF, PACK IS CONVINCED THIS IS THEIR YEAR. WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THIS TEAM? THAT'S CARRYING THEM AS FAR AS THEY'VE GONE. THEY THEY KEVIN KEATTS HAS GOTTEN THEM TO >> HOLIDAY SAYS DJ HORNE TOOK IT TO HEART SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT US? WHY NOT US? THAT'S BECOME THEIR MOTTO. 1983 JIM VALVANO LED THE WOLFPACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST HEAVILY FAVORED HOUSTON KNOWN FOR HIGH-FLYING DUNKS OF FIGHT. JAMMEH AND THEN YOU REMEMBER STATES INCREDIBLE RUN OF OUTSIDE SHOT. >> HOUSTON GOT A TERRIBLE FOUL. A CAR DREXEL I THINK PICKED UP HIS 4TH IN THE 1ST HALF STATES. LONG-RANGE GOES. IT GOES ON. >> AFTER BULLS ON IN THE GAME AS THE GAME ENDED, SECURITY GUARDS HELD THE MEDIA BACK. HOLIDAY AND JENNINGS WERE IN THE DARK ABOUT THE OUTCOME. >> THE FIRST PERSON WE SAW WAS CHANCE FOR BUSH POPE CHANCE FOR THE LAST SECOND WINNING BY 2 IT. >> JAY JENNINGS BARELY GOT THROUGH THE CROWD TO CAPTURE THIS MOMENT, WHICH HOLIDAY WILL NEVER FORGET. >> JAY JENNINGS GOT A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF COACH BE SWINGING THE NET. THANK GOODNESS WE GOT ON THE COURT. >> NOW, HOLIDAY MARVELS AT NC STATE'S 2024. TEAMS CLIMB EARLIER IN THE SEASON. FANS WERE CALLING FOR A COACHING CHANGE. NOW KEEPS HAS PROVEN HIMSELF. HE'S BEEN ABLE TO PUNCH THE RIGHT BUTTONS. >> TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THESE PLAYERS. DJ BURNS IS A MATCHUP BITE. I GOT MICHAEL CONNELL. WHO IS THAT? I'M THE CAPTAIN OF THE BACKCOURT AND THEN DJ UNDERNEATH THE BASKET. WOLFPACK FANS. >> AND COACH K'S BELIEVE IN THIS TEAM. HE BELIEVES THAT IF YOU SHOOT MORE THREE-POINTERS, DEFEND THE 3 POINT LINE AND WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WIN THE GAME. THAT IS KEVIN KEATTS. BASKETBALL. >> RIC ARMSTRONG, WRAL, NEWS.