After the NC State Wolfpack upset Stanford in the Sweet 16, coach Wes Moore arrived at the postgame news conference drenched with slick-back hair and said, “Just call me Elvis.”
At the end of his off-day media availability Saturday, Moore reiterated, “Hopefully Elvis will make another appearance tomorrow.”
The good news for NC State? Elvis has not left the building.
The Wolfpack trailed 4-0 in the opening minutes and traded the lead with Texas for the majority of the first quarter. But they took control of the game with a 6-0 run near the end of the period, capped off by — you guessed it — a 3-point jumper from Aziaha James and never looked back in a 76-66 victory.
“A flood of emotions and thoughts,” Moore said. “I think of Kay Yow, 34 years at NC State, and took this program to a Final Four in ’98. I think of the players two years ago that were a double-overtime game away from being in this exact spot. So I think of them. And then I think of these players, again, overcoming all the doubts and questions and just — Final Four, y’all.
“I mean, this is my 35th year as a head coach, and it’s amazing.”
The Wolfpack advance to face No. 1 overall seed South Carolina in the national semifinals Friday. The two teams last met in the 2021-22 season opener, when…
