More to come, but the schedule is released here.
“I always want a difficult schedule,” Gottfried said. “I want to be aggressive even in a year when we are so young and inexperienced.”
In addition to an enhanced 18-game ACC slate, the Wolfpack will play 10 games against teams that played in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
“This schedule is going to force this young group to grow up quickly and it will help us improve as the year progresses,” Gottfried said.
The regular season opens Friday, Nov. 8 at PNC Arena when the Wolfpack, which is coming off consecutive 24-win seasons, hosts Appalachian State. Four days later, NC State will play at Cincinnati in ESPN’s 24-hour college hoops marathon. The next seven games after the Cincinnati trip will all be at home. The Wolfpack will welcome 2012 NCAA tourney team Detroit to historic Reynolds Coliseum Saturday, Dec. 14.
NCSU, which earned a Sweet 16 berth in 2012, will take on three major-conference opponents in the month of December. NC State hosts Northwestern in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and welcomes Missouri to PNC Arena Saturday, Dec. 28. The third such contest is a trip to Tennessee on Dec. 18 that will be televised on ESPNU.
AMPED UP ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference added Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame this past summer, and the Wolfpack will become very familiar with each new team. Gottfried’s squad opens ACC play on Jan. 4 vs. Pittsburgh at home. NC State’s first ACC road game is a trip to Notre Dame, and NCSU visits Syracuse in mid-February. State’s final ACC road game is at Pittsburgh on March 5.
NORTH CAROLINA TWICE IN FEBRUARY
The Wolfpack will have a home-and-away set against North Carolina in February. NC State will play in Chapel Hill on Feb. 1 before the Tar Heels return to PNC Arena 25 days later. The two schools split a pair of meetings last season, with NC State defeating UNC 91-83 in Raleigh on ESPN College Gameday.
ON THE TUBE
Every North Carolina State ACC contest is to be carried live on television. The Pack is slated to have 22 games broadcast on ESPN’s family of networks, including seven contests on ESPNU. All conference games carried on an ESPN network will also be available on WatchESPN. Eight of NC State’s ACC games will be carried on the ACC Network. All conference games carried on the ACC Network or a regional sports network will also be available on ESPN3.
EYE ON NC STATE
For the second year in a row, the Pack will have a regular season game televised on CBS. NC State’s Jan. 18 contest at Duke will be on the national network. Last year’s home contest against Miami was on CBS, marking the team’s first regular season appearance since 2009.
ROAD STRETCH
NC State will spend much of February on the road, playing five league contests away from PNC Arena. The Wolfpack has a six-game stretch over 21 days that includes five road games. It’s the first time NCSU is on the road for five out of six conference games since 1991.
HOME FINISH
As the ACC standings tighten at the end of the season, North Carolina State will have the advantage of playing three of its last four games at PNC Arena. Starting Feb. 26 against North Carolina, t
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2013-2014 NC State Wolfpack Basketball Schedule
Date     Opponent / Event
11/02/13 Â Â Â vs. Morehouse
11/08/13 Â Â Â vs. Appalachian State
11/12/13 Â Â Â at Cincinnati
11/16/13 Â Â Â vs. Campbell
11/20/13 Â Â Â vs. North Carolina Central
11/26/13 Â Â Â vs. Florida Gulf Coast
11/30/13 Â Â Â vs. Eastern Kentucky
12/04/13 Â Â Â vs. Northwestern
12/07/13 Â Â Â vs. Long Beach State
12/14/13    vs. Detroit    Reynolds Coliseum    TBA
12/18/13 Â Â Â at Tennessee
12/21/13 Â Â Â vs. East Carolina
12/28/13 Â Â Â vs. Missouri
12/30/13 Â Â Â at UNC Greensboro
01/04/14 Â Â Â vs. Pittsburgh
01/07/14 Â Â Â at Notre Dame
01/11/14 Â Â Â vs. Virginia
01/15/14 Â Â Â at Wake Forest
01/18/14 Â Â Â at Duke
01/20/14 Â Â Â vs. Maryland
01/26/14 Â Â Â vs. Georgia Tech
01/29/14 Â Â Â vs. Florida State
02/01/14 Â Â Â at North Carolina
02/08/14 Â Â Â at Miami
02/11/14 Â Â Â vs. Wake Forest
02/15/14 Â Â Â at Syracuse
02/18/14 Â Â Â at Clemson
02/22/14 Â Â Â at Virginia Tech
02/26/14 Â Â Â vs. North Carolina
03/01/14 Â Â Â vs. Miami
03/03/14 Â Â Â at Pittsburgh
03/09/14 Â Â Â vs. Boston College
03/12/14 – 03/16/14Â ACC Tournament – G’boro
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