Go Wolfpack!
I've been saying all along.. the NC State Wolfpack - who only finished the season 15-14, in 10th place in the ACC - have already proven they can beat any team at any time. I didn't - and don't - expect them to win 4 games in 4 days. This is a team with really only 5 guys who've played all year. They usually end up with 5 guys playing well over 30 minutes... and usually over 35 minutes. In today's defeat of Virginia Tech, one player (I don't remember which) played 39 minutes.
They beat Carolina once this year already - at home. They played one half nose-to-nose with the heels in Chapel Hill and got blown out the second half because their coach was ill and went to the hospital at halftime and didn't come back for the rest of the game.
Carolina certainly should win the title... but the Pack has a lot more on the line. Win, and they've got their first ACC title since 1987 (and 11th overall). Win, and they're going to the NCAA tournament by virtue of an automatic bid.
Lose, and NC State will be relegated to the NIT - guaranteed. They are NOT going to the dance with a 15-14 record without winning tomorrow, and they know it.
Carolina might get a #1 seed win or lose.
It's worth noting that the 1983 Wolfpack national championship team wouldn't have made the NCAA tournament either without an ACC title win - they were barely a .500 team in the regular season that year.
So I say... GO PACK!