The North Carolina State Wolfpack is coached by Sidney Lowe and have played in the RBC Center since 1999 after playing 50 years in historic Reynolds Coliseum. The program has two NCAA Championships under its belt, one in 1974 under head coach Norm Sloan and the other in 1983 under the late Jim Valvano. There are also 10 Atlantic Coast Conference titles and seven Southern Conference Championships belonging to the Wolfpack, and the most recent being the 1987 ACC Championship under Jim Valvano. Their biggest rivalry is with the North Carolina Tar Heels.

. In 1973 the Wolfpack had a perfect record but were ineligible for postseason play. Their official uniform colors are red and white and the mascot is Mr. Wuf. The tradition of cutting down the nets after winning a championship was started at NC State by Everett Case. In Coach Case's first year, when the Pack won the 1947 Southern Conference Tournament, he emulated a practice he'd seen while coaching high school ball in Indiana and cut the nets. Case was the first coach to have pre-game music and the first to introduce his starting line-up by spotlight.

The term alley-oop may or may not have been invented by David Thompson, who is considered by some to be the greatest college player of all time and Monte Towe, who is currently the Wolfpack's assistant coach, during their time at NC State. Because Thompson was the first to master the move, it is generally accredited to him. When the Wolfpack played in Reynolds Coliseum, the student section was informally known as the Reynolds Rowdies, which they were dubbed in the early 1970s, a decade before the Cameron Crazies came into existence.