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Which Duke shows up in Sweet 16?
Duke basketball in recent weeks has been like spring weather in North Carolina. If you don’t like what you see, just wait a little while. During the second half of the ACC schedule through the […]
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Can Duke light fire in NCAAs?
When Duke took the floor for its ACC Tournament matchup with NC State, freshman guard Jared McCain had a large bandage over one eye. During pregame warmups, he had been doing a dribbling drill with […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Appleby leads Wake over Irish
WINSTON-SALEM — Tyree Appleby scored 21 points with six assists and four steals and Wake Forest pulled away from cold-shooting Notre Dame in the second half to earn a 63-56 win on Saturday night. The […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Bacot sets mark, UNC rolls past The Citadel
CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot had 11 rebounds, reaching double digits for a program-record 62nd time, and scored 14 points as UNC rolled by The Citadel 100-67 on Tuesday night. Bacot passed Billy Cunningham for […]
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Tune throws for 435 yards, Houston rolls past ECU
GREENVILLE — Clayton Tune completed 32 of 44 passes for 435 yards and four touchdowns — two to Matthew Golden — and Houston scored the first 28 points as the Cougars beat East Carolina 42-3 […]
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Big 12 invites BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston to join
The Big 12 extended membership invitations Friday to BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston to join the Power Five league that will be losing Oklahoma and Texas to the Southeastern Conference. The eight continuing members of […]
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Baylor’s dominance, Gonzaga’s miracle set up title game
INDIANAPOLIS — Baylor seemed to lose some of its defensive mojo during a three-week COVID-19 pause. The rotations, not as sharp. The closeouts, not quite as close. The Bears have their groove back and it […]
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Even without court storming, upset of Houston has ECU buzzing
East Carolina’s 82-73 upset of No. 5 Houston on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the college basketball world. Longtime Pirates supporter and Greenville broadcaster Henry Hinton can only imagine the impact the school’s first-ever win against […]
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College Basketball Roundup: ECU loses at home to Houston
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 […]
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Houston controls East Carolina, hands Pirates 42-20 loss
GREENVILLE — D’Eriq King threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Houston’s defense mostly stifled East Carolina in a 42-20 win on Saturday night. King threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Courtney Lark, […]