RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men’s basketball team announced its 2026-27 season schedule Wednesday.
The Pack will play 32 regular season games, including 18 contests in Raleigh.
Men’s basketball season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. Bojangles Mini Packs and single-game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Sept. 18. Active Wolfpack Club members and season ticket holders will have early access beginning Thursday, Sept. 17.
The Justin Gainey era will open with four consecutive home contests as the Pack hosts Campbell on Monday, Nov. 2; ETSU on Friday, Nov. 6; Presbyterian on Tuesday, Nov. 10; and Troy on Friday, Nov. 13, at Lenovo Center.
NC State will then play the first of five neutral-site games during the regular season when it travels to Nassau, Bahamas, to compete in the Baha Mar Championship. The Pack will open the two-game tournament against Murray State on Thursday, Nov. 19, before facing either Seton Hall or Wisconsin on Friday, Nov. 20.
The Pack will close November with two more home games, hosting Norfolk State on Wednesday, Nov. 25 and Elon on Saturday, Nov. 28.
NC State welcomes South Carolina to Lenovo Center on Tuesday, Dec. 1, for the fourth annual SEC-ACC Challenge. The Pack will then travel to Nashville to face another SEC opponent, taking on Tennessee on Sunday, Dec. 6.
The Pack will host UNCG in the program’s annual Heritage Game at Reynolds Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 11. Tickets for the Heritage Game will go on sale later in the fall.
NC State then heads out of town for two more neutral-site contests, facing North Carolina on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in Greensboro as part of the Tobacco Road Classic before traveling to Mississippi to face Ole Miss in Jackson on Saturday, Dec. 19.
The Pack will wrap up non-conference play Tuesday, Dec. 22, when it hosts Alabama A&M.
One week later, NC State begins ACC play with a trip to Miami before returning home to start January with consecutive home games against Clemson on Saturday, Jan. 2, and Pitt on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
The Pack’s next four games alternate between home and away, as it plays at UNC on Saturday, Jan. 9; hosts SMU on Tuesday, Jan. 12; travels to Georgia Tech on Tuesday, Jan. 19; and hosts Wake Forest on Saturday, Jan. 23.
NC State heads to California during the final week of January to face Cal on Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Stanford on Saturday, Jan. 30.
The Pack plays seven games in February but leaves the state of North Carolina only once. NC State hosts Florida State on Wednesday, Feb. 3; Boston College on Saturday, Feb. 13; Cal on Saturday, Feb. 20; and Notre Dame on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Lenovo Center. The Pack travels to Wake Forest on Wednesday, Feb. 10, Duke on Saturday, Feb. 27, and makes its only venture outside of the state on Wednesday, Feb. 17 when it travels to Blacksburg., Va., to face Virginia Tech.
NC State’s final two conference games are at home against Louisville on Tuesday, March 2, before the Pack wraps up the regular season at Virginia on Saturday, March 6.
The ACC Tournament returns to Greensboro, N.C., this year and will be played at First Horizon Coliseum.
Tip times and television designations for all games will be announced at a later date.
