LaVelle Moton

Coach hot seat report for NC CBB

November 10, 2024 Shawn Krest

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 […]

College Basketball Roundup: Bacot’s big game leads No. 19 UNC past Radford

November 7, 2023 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot has turned in plenty of big games for UNC, but nothing quite like this in a season opener. Bacot scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the best opener […]

Former players, friends react to ‘end of an era’ of UNC basketball

April 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Shammond Williams, like virtually everyone else when they first saw the news Thursday, thought it was an April Fools’ gag. But when the former North Carolina basketball star realized that coach Roy […]

Young scores 24, Charlotte tops Wake Forest in overtime

November 17, 2019 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Freshman Jahmir Young scored 24 points and Charlotte snapped a long losing streak to ACC opponents by beating Wake Forest 67-65 in overtime on Sunday night. Seeking to end a 13-game losing streak […]

NC Central wins MEAC title for third straight NCAA bid

March 16, 2019 admin

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — NC Central got no style points in winning its third consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship. Coach LeVelle Moton figured in advance that that might be the case: In a regular season […]

Back to the future: ECU to hire former coach Joe Dooley

April 3, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Two weeks ago, East Carolina turned to former athletic director Dave Hart to help stabilize a program knocked back by the unexpected departure of current leader Jeff Compher. Now it appears that the Pirates are […]