{"id":209137,"date":"2026-03-18T01:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209137\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T01:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:56:11","slug":"ncaa-tournament-n-c-state-looks-for-payback-in-first-four-matchup-with-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209137\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA tournament | N.C. State looks for payback in First Four matchup with Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">DAYTON, Ohio (WTVD) &#8212; March Madness tips off with the First Four, and Tuesday&#8217;s late game features a rematch between N.C. State and Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Will Wade&#8217;s Wolfpack (20-13) lost to the Longhorns 102-97 on Nov. 26 at the Southwest Maui Invitational.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Quadir Copeland led N.C. State in that one with 28 points and six assists. Jordan Pope matched him with 28 points for Texas (18-14), which shot five more free throws and made eight more than the Wolfpack in that matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Statistically, the teams seem similar. NC State averages 83.7 points per game and has outscored opponents by 7.2 points per game. The Longhorns average 83.8 points per game while outscoring opponents by 7.0 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Both teams have struggled down the stretch. The Wolfpack is just 3-7 in their last 10 games, while the Longhorns have gone 5-5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Check back later for a full recap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8212; The Associated Press contributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the ABC11 News app<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAYTON, Ohio (WTVD) &#8212; March Madness tips off with the First Four, and Tuesday&#8217;s late game features a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[82031,20370,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-209137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-82031","tag-priority","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}