College basketball begins its new season the way the last one ended — under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak went quickly to DEFCON-1 during conference tournaments last season, going from full arenas to […]
North Carolina will host one of college basketball’s premier in-season tournaments this November when the Maui Invitational is held in Asheville. The annual tournament normally allows some of basketball’s best teams to make a Thanksgiving […]
Get your Hawaiian shirts ready, because the Maui Invitational is coming to North Carolina. The annual Thanksgiving week college basketball tournament will be played a week later in Asheville this year at Harrah’s Cherokee Center. […]
Kellan Grady is the kind of basketball player that wants the ball in his hands with the game on the line. It’s a philosophy that carries over to his life off the court. So when […]
North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]
RADFORD, Va. — Hunter Hale scored 28 points and second-seeded Winthrop advanced to the championship game of the Big South Conference tournament by defeating third-seeded Gardner-Webb 78-66 in the semifinals on Friday night. Hale had […]
GREENVILLE — Houston coach Kelvin Sampson had just watched his 21st-ranked Cougars grind through a road win when he ran across East Carolina’s Jayden Gardner in the hallway outside his postgame news conference. The veteran […]
DALLAS — Tyson Jolly scored 17 points and the first of his five 3-pointers kicked off a 10-0 run for the Mustangs as SMU walloped Eastern Carolina 84-64 Wednesday night. Kendric Davis added 15 points […]
The state of North Carolina could make history in this year’s NCAA Tournament — and not in a good way. For the past 43 years, North Carolina has sent multiple teams to the Big Dance, […]
GREENVILLE — Tristen Newton hit a 3-pointer from the left corner in the closing seconds and East Carolina upset SMU 71-68 on Saturday. Tyson Jolley made two free throws to tie the game with 12 […]
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