The 2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by seventh-year head coach Kevin Keatts and played their home games at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team drew an average home attendance of 13,491 in 17 games in 2023-24.
The Wolfpack finished the regular season on an uninspiring four-game losing streak, consequently posting a regular season record of 17–14 (9–11 in conference play) and slumping to the ACC tournament as the 10th seed. They then went on a miraculous run in the ACC tournament, winning five games in the span of five days (including a victory over ACC regular season champion and rival North Carolina) to win their first ACC tournament since 1987. They became the first team to win their conference tournament with five wins in five days since the 2010–11 Connecticut Huskies (of the Big East) and the second team overall to do it since the NCAA tournament began in 1939. This is the first time the Wolfpack made the NCAA tournament in consecutive years since they made the 2014 and 2015 tournament.
Receiving an #11 seed in the South region of the NCAA tournament, they continued their Cinderella run from the ACC tournament by defeating #6 Texas Tech in the first round, #14 Oakland in overtime in the second round, #2 Marquette in the Sweet Sixteen, and their ACC rivals #4 Duke in the Elite Eight. The Wolfpack made their first Final Four appearance since 1983 as a result, having won nine straight games since the end of the regular season. They became the sixth #11 seed to reach the Final Four and the first since UCLA in 2021. Their miraculous run came to an end with a Final Four loss to Purdue, closing their season with a 26–15 record.
Previous season The Wolfpack finished the 2022–23 season 23–11, 12–8 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Virginia Tech before losing to Clemson in the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the South region. There they lost to Creighton in the first round.
Offseason
Departures Departures Terquavion Smith 0 G 6'4" 165 Sophomore Greenville, NC Declare for 2023 NBA draft/undrafted; signed with the Philadelphia 76ers Jarkel Joiner 1 G 6'1" 180 GS Senior Oxford, MS Graduated Isaiah Miranda 3 F 7'1" 205 Freshman Pawtucket, RI Transferred to Oklahoma State Jack Clark 5 G 6'8" 200 RS Senior Wyncote, PA Graduate transferred to Clemson Dusan Mahorcic 11 F 6'10" 225 RS Senior Belgrade, Serbia Graduate transferred to Duquesne Chase Graham 12 G 6'1" 180 Senior Raleigh, NC Walk-on; Graduated Ebenezer Dowuona 21 F 6'11" 225 Junior Accra, Ghana Transferred to Georgia Tech Greg Gantt 23 F 6'8" 215 RS Junior Fayetteville, NC Transferred to UNC Asheville
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers DJ Horne 0 G 6'1" 175 GS Senior Raleigh, NC Arizona State Jayden Taylor 1 G 6'4" 195 Junior Indianapolis, IN Butler Kam Woods 2 G 6'2" 185 Junior Bessemer, AL North Carolina A&T M. J. Rice 3 G 6'5" 200 Sophomore Durham, NC Kansas Michael O'Connell 12 G 6'2" 195 Senior Mineola, NY Stanford Mohamed Diarra 23 F 6'10" 215 Senior Paris, France Missouri Ben Middlebrooks 34 F/C 6'10" 232 Junior Fort Lauderdale, FL Clemson
2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament
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Rankings
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