DALLAS—Bruising big man DJ Burns Jr. scored a season-high 29 points, DJ Horne added 20, and 11th-seeded North Carolina State reached its first NCAA Tournament Final Four in more than four decades, beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke 76–64 in the South Region final Sunday.
North Carolina State (26–14) is back in the national semifinals for the first time since the late Jim Valvano was sprinting around the court looking for someone to hug after winning the 1983 national title with an upset over Houston and Phi Slama Jama.
