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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The college football season got off to a winning start in the Old North State last week with six of the seven FBS teams picking up opening week victories. And the only team that didn’t […]
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NC Central ousted in First Four loss to North Dakota State
DAYTON, Ohio — North Dakota State is one of the best free-throw shooting teams in the country, and that’s what it came down to at the end of the Bison’s First Four win over N.C. […]
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NC Central, Moton not looking ahead to Duke
DURHAM — LeVelle Moton knew what was coming. That didn’t stop him from trying to avoid it anyway. Moments after his N.C. Central basketball team earned its third straight NCAA Tournament bid by beating Norfolk […]
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Mid-major report: A look at the postseason hopes for in-state teams
With five and a half weeks to go until Selection Sunday, every team’s latest win and loss will be broken down to determine the impact on the school’s NCAA Tournament resume. To get a head […]
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NC’s mid-majors tip off 2018-19 season
Over the past few weeks, the North State Journal sports staff has previewed some of the highest profile college basketball teams in our state. Here is a look at the best of the rest, including […]
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Long, winding path brings Eastman to NC Central
DURHAM — It’s taken three countries, 50 years, two sports and two different styles of football for Granville Eastman to find himself in the right place at the right time. Now all he has to […]
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NC’s first-round exits look ahead to next season
Only Duke remains of the six N.C. schools that earned bids to the NCAA Tournament, and four of those teams made early exits in the first round. Here’s a look at how each of those […]
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NC A&T dominates postseason MEAC football honors
NC A&T dominated the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference on the football field this season by going 11-0 and earning the league’s automatic bid to the Celebration Bowl next month in Atlanta. Tuesday, the Aggies were equally […]
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A&T completes undefeated season by making statement with its play
GREENSBORO — After having won the past three Aggie-Eagle Classics and denying NC A&T the outright MEAC title in the process each time, NC Central decided to make a statement to its rival prior to […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
We’ve reached the penultimate Saturday of the college football regular season and while the start of basketball season has taken some of the attention away from the gridiron, there are still some significant games to […]