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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 […]
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Drake Maye, Payton Wilson, Graham Barton moving up NFL Draft boards
Now that the 2023 NFL season is over, it’s time to look ahead to 2024. The end of the Super Bowl leads seamlessly into draft season, and NFL Draft prep has already started in earnest. […]
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NC college teams make final push for postseason
It appears that college basketball in North Carolina may finally be getting over the pandemic. Since COVID-19 wiped out the 2020 NCAA Tournament, the state has not seen more than three teams get bids for […]
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College Basketball Roundup: McCain sets freshman 3-point mark in Duke’s win over Florida State
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jared McCain set a Duke freshman record with eight 3-pointers and matched a school freshman mark with 35 points as the No. 9 Blue Devils beat Florida State 76-67 on Saturday. McCain […]
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Wake Forest needs to take final step to make NCAA Tournament
Wake Forest has come so far, but there is one big step still left to take. In December, when the NCAA released its first set of NET ratings — the metric the selection committee uses […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Appalachian State wins 8th straight with OT victory over Georgia Southern
STATESBORO, Ga. — Terence Harcum scored a season-high 26 points and Appalachian State beat Georgia Southern 85-84 in overtime on Saturday. Harcum was 10 of 17 shooting (5 for 8 from 3-point range) for the […]
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Shake up in women’s basketball power rankings
Five weeks ago, when we released our first set of North Carolina women’s basketball power rankings, NC State was coming off a pair of surprising losses but still managed to hold onto the top spot […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Pitt rallies to beat Wake Forest
PITTSBURGH — Carlton Carrington scored 24 points, Ishmael Leggett added 22 and Pittsburgh rallied to beat Wake Forest 77-72 on Wednesday night. Pitt trailed by as many as 12 points early in the second half […]