Record: 18-12. Last 10: 5-5.

Location, conference: Raleigh, N.C.; Atlantic Coast.

Web site: www.gopack.com.

Conference finish: Fourth; lost in final of conference tournament.

NCAA tournament record: 28-17.

Last tournament appearance: 2002.

Coach: Herb Sendek (seventh season, 127-97).

Starters:
F J. Powell, 6-9, Soph., 11.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg.
F Marcus Melvin, 6-8, Jr., 12.3 ppg., 5.9 rpg.
G J. Hodge, 6-6, Soph., 17. 6 ppg., 5.9 rpg.
G Scooter Sherrill, 6-3, Jr., 10.2 ppg., 2.7 rpg.
G Clifford Crawford, 6-3, Sr., 9.3 ppg., 4.2 apg.

Key reserves: F Levi Watkins, 6-7, Soph., 6.3 ppg.; G Cameron Bennerman, 6-4, Fr., 2.3 ppg.

Key statistics: PPG.: 71.7; OPPG.: 67; FG.: 45.4 percent; OFG.: 44.4 percent; 3-PT.: 34.4 percent; FT.: 74.4 percent.

Scouting report: Going into the ACC tournament, the Wolfpack had not won two games in a row since January. They also had a bad loss at Temple, 76-54, and a really bad loss at Massachusetts, 68-56. ... Sendek has implemented the Princeton-style offense, although Pete Carril might not always recognize it. ... Going into the conference tournament, the Wolfpack were sixth in the country in free-throw percentage. However, they also were last in the ACC in field-goal-percentage defense.

—Statistics through regular season.