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Danny Manning out as Wake Forest coach
Danny Manning, who had just one winning season in his six years as coach of the Wake Forest men’s basketball team, will not be back for a seventh season with the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest […]
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Early end to season creates quirks in team records
The college basketball season came to an abrupt and surprising end two weeks ago in the middle of the ACC Tournament. Games came to a sudden conclusion minutes before the ACC quarterfinals were scheduled to […]
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FRIEDLANDER: Greensboro has earned another ACC Tournament
GREENSBORO — Darren Nix spent $800 on a pair of ticket books, took a week off from work and checked into a hotel to see his beloved NC State basketball team play in the ACC […]
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NC State ends drought, brings home women’s conference crown
GREENSBORO — Elissa Cunane was just a youngster with dreams of a future basketball career when she attended her first ACC Women’s Tournament in her hometown a decade ago. She still vividly remembers the scene, […]
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Blue Devils head to Greensboro hoping to stay awhile
GREENSBORO — As Duke prepared to play North Carolina in the regular season finale, Tre Jones talked about the team’s hunger. “I think it’s at a high for us,” he said. “I think that we […]
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ACC Tournament returns to its roots in Greensboro
GREENSBORO — North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams once described the ACC Tournament as little more than “a huge cocktail party.” That might have been the case in the old days when the ACC was […]
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Pitt surges past Wake Forest in ACC Tournament opener
GREENSBORO — Justin Champagnie scored a career-high 31 points, and Pittsburgh defeated Wake Forest 81-72 in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Tuesday. Trey McGowens scored 14 points and Xavier Johnson […]
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Carey, Robinson help Duke complete sweep of UNC
DURHAM — Vernon Carey Jr., Tre Jones and No. 12 Duke didn’t need any wild escape to beat rival North Carolina this time. The Blue Devils took care of the Tar Heels with a strong […]
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Wolfpack women look to recover
RALEIGH — On the day his team was elevated to the No. 4 national ranking last week, ahead of perennial power UConn and in position to claim one of the four top seeds in the […]
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ACC gets behind proposal that would change transfers
Brock Hoffman is a college football player from Statesville who transferred from Coastal Carolina to Virginia Tech last summer, primarily because he wanted to go to school closer to his ailing mother — who had […]