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Home sweet home
On Saturday, Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with just over a second left to lead visiting Stanford to a one-point win at UNC. Later in the day and a short drive on I-40 […]
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Big South and Southern Conference men’s basketball previews
By Asheebo Rojas As the ACC takes most of the attention from North Carolina’s college basketball fans, the Big South and the Southern conferences have something to say in the 2024-25 season. The state’s […]
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Coach hot seat report for NC CBB
Five years. That’s how long you get. Obviously, each situation is different, but when a college basketball team hires a new coach, the clock starts ticking. In general, the new guy gets five years to […]
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NC produces over 50 MLB picks
Major League Baseball reached out to its next generation of players with the 20-round MLB Draft, last week in Texas. As we reported last week, Wake Forest took center stage in the first round, with […]
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N.C. sends 2 to super regionals
While most people would probably think of basketball when the state comes up in conversation, North Carolina is no slouch in college baseball either. The Old North State had seven schools qualify for the NCAA […]
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CBI Title: Seattle tops High Point
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Tyson scored 30 points and made seven 3-pointers, Alex Schumacher scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, and third-seeded Seattle U closed on an 11-0 run […]
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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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3 NC teams win in Big South
HIGH POINT — Abdoulaye Thiam and Duke Miles each scored 20 points and High Point beat Radford 77-63 on Friday in the Big South Conference Tournament. Thiam shot 6 for 13 (3 for 8 from […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Ryan’s 18 help snap No. 10 UNC’s drought at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With its two star players doing little in a challenging first half, No. 10 UNC needed someone to emerge as an alternative against Virginia. Enter Cormac Ryan. He scored 18 points — […]
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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 […]