NC State Basketball: Wolfpack's Wild Ride Will Come to a Halt in Sweet 16

The North Carolina State Wolfpack will not be celebrating any more victories this season. That will be nothing for them to hang their heads about. They've already had a nice run. 

NC State entered this tournament as the No. 11 seed after going 24-12 in the regular season and just 9-7 in the ACC. 

However, this team caught fire at the right time. 

They won four of their last five leading up to their tournament, and their one loss was a two-point defeat to North Carolina. 

They then demolished the higher-seeded San Diego State team, 79-65 in the Round of 64. That led them to their Sunday showdown with No. 3 Georgetown. 

The Wolfpack then pulled off a dramatic three-point victory over the Hoyas and their bandwagon is now quickly filling up. However, that bandwagon has reached its destination. 

NC State now awaits the winner of the Kansas-Purdue game. Likely winner Kansas is a bad matchup for the Wolfpack. 

The Wolfpack like a higher paced game, but they will not be able to outscore Kansas. They come in scoring over a 1.5 points a game more than NC State and they do so far more efficiently. 

Kansas finished the season 14th in the nation in field-goal percentage and the Wolfpack are 55th. 

NC State has slightly better rebounding numbers than the Jayhawks, but it will not be enough to overcome their deficiencies in this area. 

To win this matchup, the Wolfpack will have to absolutely catch fire from downtown and they simply do not have the outside shooters to do that.