Good for you, NC State! I am thrilled that you are thrilled to be in the NCAA tournament. It’s not always easy being a part of the Wolfpack, after all, what with all those Dukies and Heels around. Shane Ryan, a Duke fan himself, wrote on the plight of the Wolfpack earlier this season.

Wrote Ryan:

Sports fans can be a savage lot. When it comes to cruelty, is there any group more relentlessly inventive? Chanting in unison, they pick at the heart of the enemy. But in my book, there’s one chant more brutal than any other. It’s worse than insulting someone’s family, worse than hurling the most unspeakable epithet, and worse than mocking a personal handicap. This one cuts the deepest.

3. It doesn’t matter to us. We don’t even consider you our main opponent. We’re just casually beating you into the ground, barely noticing you, and tomorrow, we won’t remember the final score while you sit crushed, turning over this loss in your mind. You are pathetic.

Is it starting to make sense?

At 12:40 p.m. Eastern on Friday, the NC State Wolfpack, an 11-seed, is scheduled to face 6th-seeded San Diego State, a school that is best known for its big heads. (Not really.) (OK. Maybe really.)