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==Athletics== {{main|NC State Wolfpack}} {{multiple image |direction=vertical |width=230 |footer=Top: [[Carter–Finley Stadium]]<br />Bottom: [[Lenovo Center]] (formerly RBC Center and PNC Arena) |image1=Carter-Finley Stadium 1.jpg |image2=RBC Center.jpg }} North Carolina State (NC State) teams are known as the Wolfpack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gopack.com/|title=NC State University Athletics - Official Athletics Website|website=NC State University Athletics|language=en|access-date=October 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003150614/https://gopack.com/|archive-date=October 3, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> They compete as a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sub-level for football), primarily competing in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC) for all sports since the 1953–54 season. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]; while women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. NC State has won ten national championships: four NCAA championships, two [[AIAW]] championships, and four titles under other sanctioning bodies. Most NC State fans and athletes recognize the [[Carolina-NC State rivalry|rivalry with the North Carolina Tar Heels]] as their biggest.<ref>{{cite news|last=Doyel|first=Gregg|title=A new perspective on Wolfpack-Heels rivalry.|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|date=September 25, 2001|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7851811_ITM|access-date=June 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208165227/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7851811_ITM|archive-date=December 8, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> NC State was a founding member of the [[Southern Conference]] and of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]], and it is one of the four teams on "[[Tobacco Road (rivalry)|Tobacco Road]]".<ref>ACC Basketball, Walker 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fellenzer|first=Jeff|title=Taking A Trip Down Tobacco Road: North Carolina Basketball Isn't a Game, It's a State of Mind.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 21, 1989|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66421603.html?dids=66421603:66421603&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+21%2C+1989&author=JEFF+FELLENZER&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=TAKING+A+TRIP+DOWN+TOBACCO+ROAD+North+Carolina+Basketball+Isn%27t+a+Game%2C+It%27s+a+State+of+Mind&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201022706/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66421603.html?dids=66421603:66421603&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+21,+1989&author=JEFF+FELLENZER&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=TAKING+A+TRIP+DOWN+TOBACCO+ROAD+North+Carolina+Basketball+Isn't+a+Game,+It's+a+State+of+Mind&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> The primary logo for NC State athletics is a red block 'S' with an inscribed 'N' and 'C'. The block S has been in use since 1890 but has seen many alterations through the years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/timelines/nc-state-mascots-colors-and-team-names|title=NCSU Timelines|website=historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu|access-date=October 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914064014/https://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/timelines/nc-state-mascots-colors-and-team-names|archive-date=September 14, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> It became the sole logo for all NC State athletic teams in 2000 and was modernized to its current design in 2006.<ref name="ncsu2">{{cite web|title=Timeline of Athletics at NCSU|publisher=NC State University|url=http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/universityarchives/historicalstate/athleticstimeline.html|access-date=June 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012162425/http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/universityarchives/historicalstate/athleticstimeline.html|archive-date=October 12, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> NC State athletic teams are nicknamed the 'Wolfpack' (most women's teams are also called the "Wolfpack," except for the women's basketball team who go by the "Wolfpack Women"). The name was unofficially adopted in 1921 following an unsigned letter to the NC State ''Alumni News'' suggesting the moniker "Wolf Pack". Prior to the adoption of the current nickname, NC State athletic teams went by such names as the Aggies, the Techs, and the Red Terrors. Since the 1960s the Wolfpack has been represented at athletic events by its mascots, Mr. and Mrs. Wuf. In print, the 'Strutting Wolf' is used and is known by the name 'Tuffy.'<ref name="ncsu2"/> ===Athletic facilities=== The stadium property is {{convert|3.4|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of the Memorial Bell Tower. Both [[Carter–Finley Stadium]] and the [[Lenovo Center]] are located there. Aside from the two stadiums, the property is mainly open space used for event parking. The property borders the [[North Carolina State Fair]] to the North and hosts [[Tailgate party|tailgating parties]] before NC State [[American Football|football]] games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbccenter.com/CommentAndFAQ/faq.asp|title=RBC Center Description.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021022239/http://www.rbccenter.com/CommentAndFAQ/faq.asp|archive-date=October 21, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsu.edu/facilities/buildings/carter-finley.html|title=Carter-Finley Stadium Description.|access-date=September 27, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005133819/http://www.ncsu.edu/facilities/buildings/carter-finley.html|archive-date=October 5, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Located on campus, [[Reynolds Coliseum]] is now home to all services of ROTC and several Wolfpack teams, including women's basketball, women's volleyball, women's gymnastics, and [[Collegiate wrestling|men's wrestling]].
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