RALEIGH — Markell Johnson recorded 14 points, nine assists and four steals as North Carolina State began the Kevin Keatts era with a 102-67 victory over Virginia Military Institute on Friday. All five Wolfpack starters reached double […]
WINSTON-SALEM — Junior guard Ike Smith connected on two free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift Georgia Southern to an 85-83 victory over Wake Forest on Friday in Winston-Salem, N.C. Smith buried a 3-pointer […]
DURHAM — Duke‘s freshmen lived up to the hype in the first game. The team’s lone senior didn’t disappoint either. Marvin Bagley III scored 25 points in his collegiate debut and Grayson Allen added 22 in […]
CHAPEL HILL — Roy Williams was admittedly nervous going into North Carolina’s season opening basketball game against Northern Iowa on Friday. It’s a condition that only got worse when the Hall of Fame coach learned […]
East Carolina’s basketball season doesn’t begin until Sunday against Coppin State. But already, 2017-18 has taken an ominous turn for coach Jeff Lebo and his Pirates. Last week, sophomore guards Jeremy Sheppard and Raquan Wilkins […]
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina will open the college basketball season without point guard and senior leader Joel Berry. But that’s the least of coach Roy Williams’ worries as his Tar Heels begin defense of […]
It’s been a good year for Roy Williams and his North Carolina basketball program. In April, the Tar Heels beat Gonzaga to win the third national championship of Williams’ 14-year tenure as coach at his […]
CHARLOTTE — It’s an annual rite of fall, along with the changing of the leaves and the first morning frost. For the 19th time since the ACC began picking a preseason basketball poll in 1970, […]
CHARLOTTE — Basketball took center stage Wednesday, with all 15 league coaches and 29 of their players in attendance at the ACC’s Operation Basketball media event. But while most of the conversation during a long […]
CHARLOTTE — When it comes to confrontations between bare fists and solid objects, the solid objects always end up with the better end of the bargain. North Carolina point guard Joel Berry was the latest […]
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