NC State Basketball Schedule Intel: Another Big-Time Foe on Tap

There are still a few unknowns on what will be an 11-game NC State basketball non-conference slate.
NC State basketball guards Michael O'Connell and Jayden Taylor
NC State basketball guards Michael O'Connell and Jayden Taylor / Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

The 2024-25 NC State basketball team will get a chance to avenge the 2023-24 Wolfpack's 63-50 Final Four defeat at the hands of Purdue when the two programs meet on Nov. 28 in the first round of the four-team Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego, Calif., CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported on Monday.

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Kevin Keatts' eighth Wolfpack squad will then square off against Ole Miss or BYU the following day before returning home to prepare for an ACC/SEC Challenge home showdown against Texas on Dec. 4.

Here's every known opponent on the 2024-25 NC State basketball schedule thus far:

  • Nov. 4 vs. USC Upstate, PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.
  • Nov. 13 vs. Coastal Carolina, PNC Arena
  • Nov. 22 vs. William & Mary, PNC Arena
  • Nov. 28 vs. Purdue, Rady Children's Invitational, LionTree Arena, San Diego, Calif.
  • Nov. 29 vs. Ole Miss or BYU, Rady Children's Invitational, LionTree Arena, San Diego
  • Dec. 4 vs. Texas, ACC/SEC Challenge, PNC Arena
  • Dec. 14 at Kansas, Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
  • Home-and-away ACC matchups: UNC, Wake Forest, Cal
  • Home-only ACC matchups: Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt, SMU
  • Road-only ACC matchups: Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech

The ACC hasn't announced dates for conference matchups.

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