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Tar Heels set for Tinseltown drama
North Carolina won the ACC regular season, advanced to the ACC Tournament championship game and picked up a one-seed in the West region of the NCAA Tournament. For a team that missed out on the […]
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Steve Robinson makes subdued, but triumphant, return to Triangle
DURHAM — After Arizona upset No. 2 Duke, the local media crowded the tiny walkway leading to the visiting locker room, waiting for a chance to talk to one former Tar Heel, returning triumphant after […]
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Arizona beats Duke in Caleb Love’s return to Cameron
DURHAM — The last-ditch pass was batted around and ended up, naturally, in the hands of Caleb Love. He pitched it forward, and teammate KJ Lewis dunked it home. Arizona’s 78-73 upset of No. 2 […]
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Moving on: UNC women rout Arizona to reach Sweet 16
TUCSON, Ariz. — Kennedy Todd-Williams scored 19 points, Deja Kelly added 15 and the Tar Heels overwhelmed Arizona 63-45 Monday night to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in eight years. Fifth-seeded UNC […]
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Stanford tops Arizona for women’s NCAA title
SAN ANTONIO — Tara VanDerveer hugged each of her Stanford players as they climbed the ladder to cut down the nets, capping a taxing whirlwind journey and ending an exhausting championship drought for the Cardinal. […]
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Lute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85
TUCSON, Ariz. — Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85. Olson’s family said he died Thursday evening. The cause of death wasn’t […]
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NCAA Predictions: Triangle’s attempt to reach fourth straight title game will fall short
NSJ’s Shawn Krest and Brett Friedlander each took a crack at how they see the 2018 NCAA Tournament unfolding. Each have a Triangle team reaching the Final Four, but both picked a coach who will […]
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Keatts, Wolfpack stay perfect by knocking off No. 2 Arizona
Senior Allerik Freeman scored 24 points and freshman Braxton Beverly added 20 to help unranked NC State upset No. 2 Arizona 90-84 in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas, on […]