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NC State

13Reigns
596Days held
22Defenses
1954First reign

Every reign

  1. 13th reignBeat Florida State 84–66 · lost to North Carolina
    Feb 19, 2013 – Feb 23, 20134 days · 0 def.
  2. 12th reignBeat North Carolina 91–83 · lost to Virginia
    Jan 26, 2013 – Jan 29, 20133 days · 0 def.
  3. 11th reignBeat Duke 84–76 · lost to Maryland
    Jan 12, 2013 – Jan 16, 20134 days · 0 def.
  4. 10th reignBeat Georgia Tech 53–51 · lost to North Carolina
    Feb 13, 2005 – Feb 22, 20059 days · 1 def.
  5. 9th reignBeat Maryland 86–82 · lost to Duke
    Mar 8, 2002 – Mar 9, 20021 day · 0 def.
  6. 8th reignBeat Florida State 77–62 · lost to Duke
    Jan 7, 2002 – Jan 12, 20025 days · 0 def.
  7. 7th reignBeat Kentucky 54–51 · lost to Maryland
    Feb 1, 1986 – Feb 12, 198611 days · 3 def.
  8. 6th reignBeat Georgia 67–60 · lost to Virginia Tech
    Apr 1, 1983 – Dec 3, 1983246 days · 5 def.
  9. 5th reignBeat Wichita State 60–48 · lost to Rice
    Dec 28, 1981 – Dec 29, 19811 day · 0 def.
  10. 4th reignBeat Maryland 87–85 · lost to North Carolina
    Mar 7, 1975 – Mar 8, 19751 day · 0 def.
  11. 3rd reignBeat Clemson 92–89 · lost to Clemson
    Feb 3, 1975 – Feb 21, 197518 days · 5 def.
  12. 2nd reignBeat UCLA 80–77 · lost to Wake Forest
    Mar 22, 1974 – Jan 2, 1975286 days · 7 def.
  13. 1st reignBeat Wake Forest 91–76 · lost to La Salle
    Jan 15, 1954 – Jan 22, 19547 days · 1 def.

Same school, other belts

7,364Longest wait between reigns, days (1954–1974)
1,749Average wait, days
5,010Days since the last reign ended (2013)
13–4Best belt season (1974–75)

Belt record by opponent

OpponentW–LShare
Duke2–9Games →
North Carolina2–4Games →
Maryland3–3Games →
Wake Forest2–2Games →
Florida State2–2Games →
Virginia2–1Games →
Clemson2–1Games →
Georgia Tech2–1Games →
UCLA1–1Games →
Houston2–0Games →
Kansas0–2Games →
Villanova0–1Games →
La Salle0–1Games →
Marquette1–0Games →
East Carolina1–0Games →

Seasons with the belt

2012–132004–052001–021985–861983–841982–831981–821974–751973–741953–54

Most belt games for the program

PlayerGamesWinsPTS
1C.J. Leslie73110
2Scott Wood7386
3Richard Howell7377
4Lorenzo Brown7374
5T.J. Warren6373
6Rodney Purvis6330
7Tyler Lewis535
8Jordan Vandenberg420
9Julius Hodge3248
10Engin Atsur3235

Every player →

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2024–2510–1
2022–2310–1
2015–1610–1
2012–1363–333
2010–1110–1
2004–0532–111
2001–0252–322
1998–9920–2
1994–9510–1
1992–9320–2
1991–9220–2
1988–8910–1
1985–8654–111
1983–8454–11
1982–8322–01
1981–8221–111
1974–751713–423
1973–7432–11
1965–6610–1
1953–5442–211
1950–5110–1

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