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June 6, 2023

Dustin Kerns

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March Madness begins now for one-bid leagues

March 1, 2023 Shawn Krest & Ryan Henkel

For most of the conferences in college basketball, early March is not a time for bubble speculation and bracketology. While power conference teams like UNC, Michigan and Clemson have seen their odds of getting an […]

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Who’s hot, who’s not: Job security checks for NC’s men’s hoops coaches

November 9, 2022 Cory Lavalette

The 2022-23 college basketball season got underway Monday, but it’s never too early to do a hot seat check on the sidelines across North Carolina. While much of the talk this season will be about […]

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College Basketball Preview: App State returns 1 starter from 19-win team

November 2, 2022 Jesse Deal

Fourth-year coach Dustin Kerns and the Mountaineers are coming off a second-place finish in the Sun Belt. Kerns, with a 54-42 record, has posted three winning campaigns following the program’s eight consecutive losing seasons. Top […]

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App State well-suited for Duke in loss at Cameron

December 16, 2021 Shawn Krest

DURHAM — Basketball coaches are still wearing their pandemic casual clothes on the benches this year. After getting the opportunity to ditch the suits and ties last season while playing in empty arenas, most coaches […]

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March Sadness leads to uncertainty for NC teams

March 24, 2021 Shawn Krest

The phrase “one-and-done” usually refers to the NBA Draft in the state of North Carolina, not NCAA Tournament runs. This year, however, the state’s representatives didn’t make it past their first 40 minutes in Indiana […]

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Comeback falls short as App State loses heartbreaker

March 18, 2021 Shawn Krest

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In its third-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, Appalachian State lost a heartbreaker to Norfolk State 54-53 in the First Four on Thursday at Bloomington’s Assembly Hall. The Mountaineers looked like they were going […]

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Happy to be here, ready to win: App State heads to NCAA Tournament

March 17, 2021 Shawn Krest

Like clockwork, every 21 years, Appalachian State makes the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers are college basketball’s cicadas. In 1979, App made its first appearance in the Big Dance, losing to LSU in their first game, […]

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App State ‘really excited’ to play after long pause

February 24, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Dustin Kerns came into this season hoping to build on the momentum he created by leading Appalachian State to its first winning record since 2011 in his first year with the team. And in at […]

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College Basketball Roundup: No. 10 Tennessee uses stingy D to top App State

December 16, 2020 The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Appalachian State shot just 28% and it still hurt Tennessee’s season statistics. That says something about the way the No. 10 Volunteers are playing defense. Tennessee (3-0), which came into the game […]

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Appalachian State adjusting under new basketball coach Dustin Kerns

November 13, 2019 Brett Friedlander

It wouldn’t have been the most stunning upset Appalachian State has ever pulled off at Michigan. That honor belongs to the Mountaineers football team in 2007. But it still would have been notable had App […]

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