Friday was consolation night at the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League, but the games were anything but meaningless for those players looking to make one final impression on team executives in hopes of earning a […]
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 […]
Trevon Duval was the only member of Duke’s starting five last year that wasn’t selected in the NBA draft. But if he keeps putting up performances like the one he had Friday on the opening […]
North Carolina has had good luck with players “testing the waters” of the NBA Draft since the rules for underclassmen were relaxed three years ago. Justin Jackson went through the process in 2016, returned to […]
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina will open the college basketball season without point guard and senior leader Joel Berry. But that’s the least of coach Roy Williams’ worries as his Tar Heels begin defense of […]
PHOENIX — Isaiah Hicks went up for what appeared to be an uncontested dunk in the opening minute of North Carolina’s national semifinal game against Oregon on Saturday. But before he could get the ball to the […]
PHOENIX — The shot that has haunted the North Carolina basketball team for the past 51½ weeks floated around the University of Phoenix raters like a terrifying apparition Saturday. Five-point-eight-seconds left. Just a hair more […]
PHOENIX — All four teams playing in today’s college basketball national semifinals are equally motivated to bring the championship trophy home with them when they leave Phoenix. The difference is that while Oregon, Gonzaga and […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Luke Maye’s 18-foot jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining will go down in North Carolina lore as the shot that lifted the Tar Heels to the 20th Final Four in school history. But […]
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