the last time nc state made the ncaa tournament was 2015.
the last time nc state made the ncaa tournament was 2015.
when was the last time nc state made the ncaa tournament?
2015
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these four universities are also known in the state as the "big four" and competed in the dixie classic men's basketball tournament from 1949 to 1961, in which the four schools won all 13 tournaments played. they also played in the big four tournament in greensboro, north carolina, from 1971 to 1981. the wake–duke rivalry is the oldest basketball rivalry among the four schools in that it dates back to the 1905–06 season and was the first intercollegiate basketball game in north carolina. the wake-duke rivalry is just ahead of the more well known unc-duke rivalry in terms of games played by two games. the rivalries between the four schools also account for six of the most frequently played men's basketball rivalries in the acc. the four schools have a combined 13 men's national basketball championships (unc has 7 (6 ncaa), duke has 5, nc state has 2). the four schools also won 2 nit titles (unc won 1, and wake won 1). in the men's tournament they have combined to have 10 runners-up (duke has 6 and unc has 4) and 39 final fours (unc has 20, duke has 16, nc state has 3, and wake has 1). at least one tobacco road team has made the ncaa tournament every year since 1974. since the ncaa tournament started in 1939, all four teams have missed the same tournament eleven times. the years in which none of the teams were in the tournament was 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1971, & 1973. all four teams have made the same tournament 4 times (1991, 2003, 2004, 2005). prior to the 2014 ncaa tournament, at least one of the teams had made the sweet 16 since 1979. aside from the acc tournament, the four schools have only played each other in the postseason twice, never in the ncaa tournament. the only two times came in the nit tournament: wake beat nc state in a semifinal game of the 2000 nit tournament and went on to win the tournament, and unc beat duke in a semifinal game of the 1971 nit tournament, also winning the tournament. the four schools have combined to win 71 men's conference tournaments with 21 socon tournaments and 50 acc tournaments (unc won 26, duke won 24, nc state won 17, & wake forest won 5). while in the southern conference they won or shared 17 socon regular season titles between the 1922-23 and 1952–53 seasons. they have also dominated acc regular season play, having won or shared 52 regular season titles between them, including all but nine since the 1953-54 season.
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