Now these Wolfpack head to Glendale, Arizona, next weekend with a nine-game winning streak.
Bruising big man DJ Burns Jr. scored a season-high 29 points, DJ Horne had 20 and 11th-seeded North Carolina State reached its first Final Four in four decades, beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke 76-64 in the South Region final Sunday.
"I'll say like I've been saying the whole tournament. When I stop having fun with basketball, I'll stop playing," said Burns, who was voted the South Region's most outstanding player."There's just been a total switch in our commitment. Nobody's being late to things. Nobody's being a problem on the court. Everybody's come together."
A minute later, Ben Middlebrooks had a steal that lead to a fast-break 3-pointer by Michael O'Connell. There was a foul called while the ball was in the air, so the Wolfpack kept possession and Burns made another nifty basket for a 53-42 lead.McCain led Duke with 32 points, the freshman guard hitting 8 of 20 shots and making all 11 of his free throws.
Burns hit short jumpers on the first two shots of the game by the Wolfpack, but those were their only consecutive makes before halftime while shooting 26.5% and trailing 27-21.
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