N.C. STATE is vanilla ice cream

N.C. STATE is vanilla ice cream 

Never too good, never too bad, always just about the same. Mark Gottfried has established an admirable standard for the Wolfpack: four straight tournaments and back in the Sweet 16 after a two-year round-of-32 run. But 13, 11, 14 and 13 losses in the last four years shows you they haven’t gotten over the hump.

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• The baker: Gottfried, fourth season at N.C. State                                
• The skinny: 22-13, No. 8 seed East, beat No. 1 Villanova and No. 9 LSU. Will face No. 4 Louisville on Friday.                                              
• Carb-loaded: Momentum — After knocking off No. 1 seed ’Nova, no team enters the Sweet 16 on a bigger high.