N.C. State isn’t quite there yet. The Wolfpack, picked to win the ACC, had a chance to show the basketball world that it has arrived but instead fell at No. 3 Michigan 79-72 in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge.

The Pack, now 4-2, trailed 73-58 before going on a 10-0 run to make it 73-68 with two minutes left. Down 75-70 with 54 seconds left, State forced a turnover and called timeout. State’s C.J. Leslie spun and scored but was called for an offensive foul negating the basket. Leslie and Pack coach Mark Gottfried were irate at the call which basically ended the comeback.

T.J. Warren led the Wolfpack with 18 points and State shot 57 percent. Michigan, which forced State into a halfcourt game, improved to 6-0.

“If that’s the third-best team in the country, and I believe they are, then we’re getting pretty close,” Gottfried said Gottfried. “We’re not a great team yet, but we can get there if we can improve.”