The team played their home games at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

National pundits talked a lot about the Wolfpack in their early preseason discussions of the top teams in the country.

In addition, NC State landed Rodney Purvis, Tyler Lewis, and T. J. Warren to wrap up a Top 10 recruiting class.

[citation needed] NC State was ranked 20th in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll following its Sweet Sixteen run in the NCAA Tournament.

[4] ESPN's College GameDay covered the January 26th game against UNC, marking the first and only time that the Wolfpack have appeared on the basketball version of the program.