March Madness: (9) NCState and (8) Seton Hall Meet in Round of 64

Pirates Have Veteran Team Heading Into March Madness

March Madness is upon us. The 9th seeded North Carolina State Wolfpack and the 8th seeded Seton Hall Pirates meet at Intrust Bank Arena. This Midwest Regional matchup will tip-off around 4:30 pm EST. TBS will have the coverage.

Oddsmakers opened the Pirates as -2-point favorites versus the Wolfpack, while the game's total opened at 156. The line is now Seton Hall -3 and the total has climbed to 158.

Both teams have six victories against teams in the NCAA Tournament field. Each team also were one-and-done in their respective conference tournaments.

N.C. State is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three years. First year coach Kevin Keatts did a great job after a slow start to the season. Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard has his team in the tournament for the third straight year.

Seton Hall takes a veteran team into the NCAA Tournament looking to break through in the postseason.

N.C. State enters the tournament with losses in two of its last three games. The Wolfpack have knocked off highly regarded teams such as Arizona, Duke and North Carolina on their way to the tourney.

Contrasting Styles for the Teams for March Madness

The only common opponent is Louisville. Seton Hall won a road game Dec. 3 against the Cardinals. N.C. State ended the regular season March 3 with a home victory against Louisville.

N.C. State relies on a pressing defense for success. The Wolfpack also have been strong behind the arc at times this season. They are also using the presence of sophomore post player Omer Yurtseven.

This is the third time Seton Hall has been a No. 8 seed. They won the other two times in the first round.  The Pirates had a No. 9 seed last year and fell to Arkansas in the opening round.

Seton Hall hopes that a steady run of clashes with Big East Conference teams prepared the Pirates for various styles in the tournament. Those clashes included No. 1 seeds Villanova and Xavier.

The winner will play either Kansas or Pennsylvania.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
North Carolina State	21-11	14-14	81.22	74.47	6.75	10-5	3-6	16-12	9-6	5-4
Seton Hall	21-11	16-16	79.00	73.31	5.69	8-9	5-6	19-12	8-8	8-3

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
NCST	16.16	12.19	1.33
SETON	15.84	12.81	1.24

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
NCST	12.19	23.50	35.69
SETON	12.19	26.00	38.19

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
NCST	47.01	46.46	0.55
SETON	46.87	43.66	3.21

Team Records

North Carolina State Wolfpack

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	21-11	17-5	4-6	13-12	10-5	3-7	81.22	74.47	6.75
Last 10	6-4	4-2	2-2	6-4	4-2	2-2	81.60	76.90	4.70
vs Conf	11-8	7-3	4-5	10-9	7-3	3-6	77.95	77.53	0.42

Seton Hall Pirates

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	21-11	16-5	5-6	16-16	11-10	5-6	79.00	73.31	5.69
Last 10	4-6	2-3	2-3	5-5	3-2	2-3	80.20	80.70	-0.50
vs Conf	10-9	6-4	4-5	10-9	6-4	4-5	77.95	77.53	0.42

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	81.22	28	73.31	157
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	79.00	46	74.47	183

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
North Carolina State	1-1	1-1	1-0-1	72.00	31.00	46.36	33.00	10/41	7.00
Seton Hall	1-1	1-1	1-0-1	78.00	36.00	44.35	32.00	10/34	9.50

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Dec 27, 2007	NCST	79	SETON	73	-3	NCST	152	P	NCST	NCST	SETON	35	32	55.6	42	40	26	2/11	5/21	6	12
Jan 25, 2006	SETON	83	NCST	65	-15	SETON	136	O	SETON	SETON	NCST	40	27	47.3	37.5	38	26	5/13	8/30	7	8

March Madness Betting Trends

North Carolina State Wolfpack
North Carolina State is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
North Carolina State is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games

Seton Hall Pirates
Seton Hall is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Seton Hall is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Seton Hall's last 10 games

Team Last 5 Games

North Carolina State Wolfpack

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 7, 2018	BC	87-91	L	-3.5	155.5	L/O	53.12	53.33	11	H
Mar 3, 2018	LOUIS	76-69	W	-1.5	157	W/U	44.07	61.54	8	H
Mar 1, 2018	GATEC	75-78	L	-2	144	L/O	44.62	83.33	7	A
Feb 25, 2018	FLAST	92-72	W	-1	166	W/U	50.00	76.47	13	H
Feb 20, 2018	BC	82-66	W	-5	158	W/U	55.77	76.47	11	H

Seton Hall Pirates

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 8, 2018	BUTLR	74-75	L	1.5	148	W/O	46.30	78.95	9	H
Mar 3, 2018	BUTLR	77-70	W	-2.5	151	W/U	50.00	86.96	5	H
Feb 28, 2018	VILLA	68-69	L	7	160.5	W/U	38.46	72.22	5	H
Feb 24, 2018	STJON	81-74	W	2.5	146.5	W/O	49.18	80.00	5	A
Feb 21, 2018	PROV	89-77	W	1	149	W/O	54.72	68.57	7	A

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