After the NC State Wolfpack upset Stanford in the Sweet 16, coach Wes Moore arrived at the postgame news conference drenched with slick-back hair and said, “Just call me Elvis.”

At the end of his off-day media availability Saturday, Moore reiterated, “Hopefully Elvis will make another appearance tomorrow.”

The good news for NC State? Elvis has not left the building.

The Wolfpack trailed 4-0 in the opening minutes and traded the lead with Texas for the majority of the first quarter. But they took control of the game with a 6-0 run near the end of the period, capped off by — you guessed it — a 3-point jumper from Aziaha James and never looked back in a 76-66 victory.

NC State stretched the lead to 17 in the second quarter, and the Longhorns could only get within two possessions the rest of the way. It is the Wolfpack’s second trip to the Final Four in program history and their first appearance since 1998. Moore makes it to the national semifinals for the first time as part of a Division I program, as his prior appearance in the final weekend also game in 1998, but as the coach of Division II Francis Marion.

NC State will face No. 1 South Carolina in the Final Four. The Gamecocks improved to 36-0 with their 70-58 win over Oregon State.

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