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5 wins in 5 nights: NC State wins 1st ACC tourney title since 1987 with 1 last upset of UNC

NC State walked into the ACC tournament with four straight losses and walked out with five straight wins.

The Wolfpack upset top seed North Carolina, 84-76, in the final of the ACC men's basketball tournament on Saturday, locking up one of the country's most unlikely NCAA tournament slots one day before Selection Sunday. Before UNC, NC State defeated Louisville, Syracuse, Duke and Virginia in consecutive nights.

It is NC State's first conference tournament title since 1987 and the first time a team has won a conference tournament with five wins in five nights since Kemba Walker's 2011 run at UConn.