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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 […]

College basketball roundup: WCU knocked out of SoCon Tournament

March 5, 2022 The Associated Press

ASHEVILLE — Kamar Robertson recorded 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mercer to an 81-53 win over Western Carolina in the first round of the Southern Conference Tourney on Friday night. James Glisson III […]

College basketball roundup: Campbell wins in 2OT, joins High Point, NC A&T in Big South’s 2nd round

March 3, 2022 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Milos Stajcic hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer and turned it into a four-point play to earn Campbell a 75-72 win over Presbyterian in double overtime in a first-round game of the Big […]

College basketball roundup: Williams’ 28 leads Duke over Syracuse

February 26, 2022 The Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— With Syracuse’s big man out for the season, the Orange again were no match for No. 7 Duke. Mark Williams scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, Paolo Banchero had […]

College basketball roundup: Coach K wins in last trip to Charlottesville

February 23, 2022 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A.J. Griffin incurred the ire of coach Mike Krzyzewski when he passed on an open 3-pointer late in the No. 7 Blue Devils’ tight game at Virginia. “What are you doing? Just […]

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College basketball roundup: Tar Heels have 4 in double figures, win at VT

February 19, 2022 The Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Caleb Love scored 21 points with seven assists and North Carolina defeated Virginia Tech 65-57 on Saturday to snap the Hokies’ six-game winning streak. Armando Bacot had 15 rebounds and scored all […]

College basketball roundup: NC State ends 6-game skid, wins at Georgia Tech

February 15, 2022 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Terquavion Smith scored 18 of his 26 points in the first half and NC State cruised to a 76-61 victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday night. Jericole Hellems added 15 points for the […]

College basketball roundup: Williams leads Gardner-Webb over Campbell

February 9, 2022 The Associated Press

BUIES CREEK — D’Maurian Williams had 15 points and seven rebounds as Gardner-Webb got past Campbell 57-45 on Wednesday night. Lance Terry had 14 points for Gardner-Webb (14-10, 8-3 Big South Conference), which earned its […]

College basketball roundup: Early second-half Syracuse spurt dooms NC State at home

February 3, 2022 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Jesse Edwards and Cole Swider scored 19 points apiece and Syracuse scored the last six points of the game to top NC State 89-82 on Wednesday night. The Wolfpack pulled within 83-82 on […]

College basketball roundup: Davidson bounces back, wins in McKillop’s 1,000th game

January 30, 2022 The Associated Press

DAVIDSON — Luka Brajkovic scored 22 points, Foster Loyer added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists and No. 25 Davidson held off La Salle 77-69 on Saturday in Bob McKillop’s 1,000th game as head […]