Published May 25, 2020
TheWolfpacker.com bracket: Best NC State game since 2000, round three
Justin H. Williams  •  TheWolfpackCentral
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The second round is complete in TheWolfpacker.com bracket to determine the best game involving NC State Wolfpack athletics since 2000.

We are now halfway through the third round, and action continues today with the Doak Field Regional Final. Although there was one close contest, both of the top two seeds in the region advanced to the final game.

The winner of the matchup below will move on to the tournament Final Four. So far, one game has made the tournament semifinals with the rest to be decided this week.

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No. 1 Baseball CWS Clincher over Rice in 2013 vs No. 2 Men's Basketball upset of defending-champion UConn in the second round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament

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1 seed: Baseball vs. Rice in Game 2 of the 2013 College World Series Super Regional

Already leading the best-of-three Super Regional series 1-0, the Wolfpack was aiming to clinch a College World Series berth for the first time since 1968, but it found itself down 4-1 entering the ninth entering of game two.

Starting with a two-run triple from Jake Fincher, NC State rallied to tie the game 4-4 and force extra innings. Brett Williams hit a double in the top of the 17th inning that sent in Teran Senay for the eventual series-clinching run. NC State retired Rice in the bottom half of the inning to win the series and earn a trip to Omaha, much to the delight of the home crowd.

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2 seed: Men's Basketball vs. Connecticut in NCAA Tournament second round in 2005

The only thing standing in the way of a Sweet Sixteen berth for the defending national champion UConn Huskies was a hungry 10th-seeded NC State team.

Led by 17 points and six assists from Julius Hodge, NC State won 65-62. It was Hodge that put the game away in the final seconds. After UConn tied the game at 62 with 16 seconds left in the game, Hodge took the ball up the court and made a strong drive to the right to execute an old fashioned three-point play.

Hodge made the free throw and UConn missed a half-court heave to send the Wolfpack to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1989.

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