NC State Basketball: 2021-22 season preview and outlook for Wolfpack

RALEIGH, NC - FEBRUARY 01: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was created as an Equirectangular Panorama. Import image into a panoramic player to create an interactive 360 degree view.) A general view prior to the game between the Syracuse Orange and the North Carolina State Wolfpack at PNC Arena on February 1, 2017 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Syracuse won 100-93 in OT. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /

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Schedule outlook

NC State basketball will get a bit of a warmup with the first three games of their non-conference schedule with appointments against Bucknell (Nov. 9), Colgate (Nov. 13), and Central Connecticut (Nov. 16) on the road before facing some Power 5 competition.

The Wolfpack will face the Oklahoma State Cowboys (Nov. 17) in their second game of the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase in Uncasville, Connecticut.

After that, they’ll square off with Texas Southern (Nov. 21) and Louisiana Tech (Nov. 27) before the Big Ten/ACC Challenge puts the conference reputation on the line for another year with a home date against Nebraska (Dec. 1).

They’ll open up ACC basketball play with a game against Louisville (Dec. 4) before returning to their non-conference slate on Dec. 9 with a contest against Bethune-Cookman. There’s another game against a Big Ten foe when they’ll face Purdue (Dec. 12) in the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational in Brooklyn.

Richmond (Dec. 17) and Wright State (Dec. 22) will close out the non-conference slate before the conference schedule heats up with the Miami Hurricanes (Dec. 29) on the road.

ACC basketball really heats up in January with Florida State (Jan. 1) to kick off the new year, Virginia Tech on the road on Jan. 4, and Clemson at home on Jan. 8.

Two road games against Louisville (Jan. 12) and Duke (Jan. 15) then two home games against Virginia Tech (Jan. 19) and Virginia (Jan. 22) before wrapping up the month with two more road games against Notre Dame (Jan. 26) and UNC (Jan. 29).

They’ll open February with three consecutive contests at home with Syracuse (Feb. 2), Notre Dame (Feb. 5), and Wake Forest (Feb. 9). Two more road games against Pittsburgh (Feb. 12) and Georgia Tech (Feb. 15) before their final two home games of the regular season against Boston College (Feb. 23) and North Carolina (Feb. 26) will close out the month.

Wake Forest (March 2) and Florida State (March 5) will close things out on the road before the conference tournament begins and the waiting game on Selection Sunday follows.

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