NC State win ACC Tournament with upset of UNC - ESPN

WASHINGTON — With their pair of DJs spinning a winning tune, the NC State Wolfpack are going dancing in the NCAA tournament after capping a historic run by knocking off fourth-ranked North Carolina.

DJ Horne scored 29 points, DJ Burns Jr. had 20, including the first 3-pointer of his college career, and NC State won the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament final, beating the Tar Heels 84-76 on Saturday night.

The Wolfpack became just the second team to win any conference tournament as a double-digit seed, 10th out of 15 teams, and the first to win the ACC's with five victories in as many days.

«Winning five games in five nights is a miracle,» emotional NC State coach Kevin Keatts said. «We've got to get some rest because, guess what, we're going to the NCAA tournament.»

Horne starred while playing 32 minutes through foul trouble, going shot for shot with UNC's unanimous ACC Player of the Year RJ Davis, who was spectacular with 30 points.

As Horne encouraged cheers from the crowd, fans in red chanted, «DJ Horne! DJ Horne!» when he fouled out with 1:11 left.

«I can't even put it into words right now,» Horne said. «Just a week ago, it was looking like our season was about to be over, and here we are now, man, on top of the world.»

Fans then chanted Burns' name when he was named tournament MVP.

«We knew we were capable of it,» Burns said. «It just doesn't feel real. It may eventually.»

After Keatts said repeatedly his team was one of many needing to win the conference tournament to make the NCAAs, his Wolfpack (22-14) won the ACC tournament for the first time since 1987 under Jim Valvano, when it was played outside Washington in Landover, Maryland.

That one came in a similar fashion: against the top-seeded and regular-season