Last year’s predictions didn’t have many hits — the Panthers did select NC State offensive lineman Ikem Ekwonu in the first round of the draft — but that doesn’t dissuade the NSJ Sports crew. From […]
CHAPEL HILL — It’s a streak that defies explanation, so much so that players and coaches on both sides never seem to want to talk about it. Except, that is, once the North Carolina basketball […]
The past 10 years were an eventful decade for college basketball in North Carolina. There were three national championships, one memorable near miss, an NCAA investigation survived by North Carolina and another one that’s still […]
CHAPEL HILL — Cole Anthony isn’t just a student at North Carolina. He’s also a student of the game of basketball. That’s understandable since, as the son of a former NBA player and current league […]
Wake Forest’s John Collins turned in the performance of the day at the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League tournament on Saturday with 30 points for the Atlanta Hawks in a 91-98 loss to the New […]
The NBA’s Summer League tournament is, among other things, a place in which newly minted draft picks can get their first taste of the pro game and learn a few lessons about what life in […]
Draft night was a memorable occasion for freshman big men from Duke and their senior leader Grayson Allen. But there were few celebrations among the other underclassmen from state schools with professional basketball aspirations and […]
Plenty of area players will be watching the NBA Draft with interest on Thursday night, including several Duke Blue Devils who will be there in person at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Three months after […]
All five members of Duke’s starting five from last season are among the players invited to the NBA’s predraft scouting combine. Senior Grayson Allen will be joined by one-and-done former teammates Marvin Bagley III, Wendell […]
CHARLOTTE — Joel Berry and Theo Pinson walked slowly and quietly down a hallway from their locker room to a postgame press conference at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Sunday. It was a symbolic journey. Four […]
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