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Plenty at stake at ACC Tourney
The ACC Tournament returns to Washington, D.C. for the first time since 2016. North Carolina cut down the nets that year, on its way to the national championship game. The Tar Heels hope to get […]
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UNC-A tops G-W in Big South semis
HIGH POINT — Drew Pember scored 30 points, six in overtime, as UNC Asheville beat Gardner-Webb 83-72 on Saturday night in a Big South Conference Tournament semifinal. Pember wound up with a triple-double for the […]
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NC Central men, Duke women win
DURHAM — Keishon Porter’s 37 points led North Carolina Central past South Carolina State 79-68 in the regular season finale on Thursday night. Porter had five rebounds for the Eagles (17-12, 9-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). […]
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Charlotte men, Wake women get wins
CHARLOTTE — Igor Milicic Jr. scored 26 points as Charlotte beat Rice 69-64 on Wednesday night. Milicic also contributed 10 rebounds for the 49ers (18-11, 12-5 American Athletic Conference). Dishon Jackson scored 15 with eight […]
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How NC hopefuls did at NFL Combine
The 2024 NFL Combine welcomed 16 athletes from North Carolina’s colleges and high schools. The biggest name–Drake Maye–didn’t participate in drills. However, plenty of the state’s prospects hit the field to be evaluated on their […]
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Kitley injury upends ACC tourney
The ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament took on a very different look on the last day of the regular season. With the seeds set and the teams ready to head for Greensboro, the top-seeded Virginia Tech […]
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CBB Roundup: UNC beats Notre Dame
CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot played in his record 162nd ACC game and No. 7 North Carolina overpowered Notre Dame 84-51 on senior night Tuesday to clinch at least a share of the regular-season conference […]
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Top-ranked Deacons want to finish job in Omaha
Wake Forest has a simple goal for the 2024 season. “We want to go further than we did last year,” said coach Tom Walter. That’s not as easy as it may sound. The Demon Deacons […]
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College Basketball Roundup: No. 21 Dayton cruises past Davidson
DAYTON, Ohio — Koby Brea came off the bench to score 17 points, including 5-for-9 shooting from 3-point range, and No. 21 Dayton bounced back from a road loss with an 80-66 rout of Davidson […]
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Duke’s Kyle Filipowski hurt after Wake Forest fans storm court
WINSTON-SALEM — Kyle Filipowski remembered seeing the images of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark being accidentally knocked down by a fan storming the court after her team suffered an upset loss. Roughly a month […]