NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

No one knows that better than N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts, whose team last year found a never-before-seen form just in time to improbably win the league tournament and reach the Final Four.

It will be the first Final Four appearance for Purdue since 1980, while it’s NC State’s first appearance in the Final Four since 1983. The Wolfpack enter the contest on a nine-game winning streak.