Despite drama surrounding each of them, both of Duke’s freshmen big men were in the lineup on Saturday, and it was business as usual for the Blue Devils in a 60-44 win over Syracuse. Marvin […]
DURHAM — Duke continued to prove that less is more, winning its fourth straight game since losing its best player. The Blue Devils blew out Louisville at Cameron Indoor Stadium, 82-56, to continue a remarkable […]
RALEIGH — For about six dozen people in PNC Arena on Feb. 10, there was a bright side to the Wolfpack’s four-point loss to the hated Tar Heels: They could start work on time. “There […]
CHAPEL HILL — Much has been made of North Carolina’s struggles to defend the 3-pointer this season. The Tar Heels have given up 276 threes. That’s already 10th-most in ACC history, with a month to […]
So, what have we learned? Last week was a pivotal week for the three Triangle teams. North Carolina was reeling, barely clinging to a spot in the Top 25 and facing a brutal portion of […]
RALEIGH — NC State entered this week with thoughts of an NCAA bid. After a 96-89 home loss to North Carolina gave the Wolfpack two straight losses, Keatts tried to get his players to think […]
CHAPEL HILL — Duke sat in the visiting locker room at the Smith Center and stared the end of its season in the face. The Blue Devils blew a 12-point first-half lead to North Carolina […]
On the surface, everything seems the same. Once again, the Super Bowl served as an appropriate opening act for Carolina-Duke week, and once again, on Thursday night, the sports world will stop and take notice […]
Red Panda, perhaps the most successful halftime act in basketball, will have to grind out a long couple of months before the end of the college and NBA seasons. Rong Niu, the Chinese-born, fourth-generation acrobat […]
RALEIGH — Exactly a month after losing by 30 points at Notre Dame, NC State beat the Irish by 18 points at PNC Arena, 76-58. “We’ve come so far, and you can see the progress […]
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