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Can NC State once again defy the odds?
In one month’s time, local teams will be hitting the hardwood as the college basketball season gets underway, and it’s a safe bet that a lot of NC State fans will be happy to leave […]
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Purdue ends NC State’s run
PHOENIX—NC State’s March magic couldn’t last through the first week of April. The Wolfpack’s improbable postseason run of nine straight wins ended, two wins shy of a national championship, when 1-seed Purdue beat State, 63-50, […]
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NC State muscles into Sweet 16
PITTSBURGH (AP) — DJ Burns Jr. scored 24 points, including a go-ahead putback that ignited a 9-0 run in overtime, and 11th-seeded North Carolina State beat 14th-seeded Oakland 79-73 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament […]
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Pack look to continue miracle run
NC State is coming into the NCAA Tournament on one of the biggest highs in basketball history. Only one other team entered March Madness with a five-game conference tournament win streak—the 2011 UConn Huskies. They […]
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N.C. State wins ACC opener
WASHINGTON— Casey Morsell scored 25 points, Jayden Taylor had 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals and No. 10 seed North Carolina State beat No. 15 seed Louisville 94-85 on Tuesday night in the first […]
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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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College Basketball Roundup: Ingram leads UNC past State
CHAPEL HILL — Harrison Ingram scored a season-high 22 points as No. 9 North Carolina rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half and beat North Carolina State 79-70. Elliot Cadeau scored 15 points […]
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NC State faces do-or-die week
It’s been an up-and-down season for the NC State men’s basketball team, to say the least. After a 5-1 start to ACC play, the Wolfpack have been on a pendulum of wins and losses that […]
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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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Poor free-throw shooting sinks Wolfpack against Pitt
RALEIGH — They’re called free throws, but there was nothing free about them Wednesday night as the NC State went dry from the charity stripe in a 67-64 loss to visiting Pitt. The Wolfpack (15-8, […]