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Hansbrough, Hamilton and Isner headline NC Sports HOF 2026 class

May 11, 2026 Asheebo Rojas

A new set of local sports icons now have their memories and impact forever enshrined. The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inducted 10 new members in its 2026 class in Greensboro on May 1. […]

ACC is down but not out as tournament tips in Charlotte

March 13, 2025 Shawn Krest

North Carolinians love to reminisce about how their teachers used to bring the AV cart into the classroom, so they could watch the ACC Tournament while they were at school. The cart will likely stay […]

Stakes different for UNC-Duke 2

March 8, 2025 Shawn Krest

The first game has the hype. The second has the stakes. Duke and Carolina play twice every regular season. The early February series opener generally is preceded by a tsunami of media hype, becoming the […]

College Basketball Roundup: McCain sets freshman 3-point mark in Duke’s win over Florida State

February 17, 2024 The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jared McCain set a Duke freshman record with eight 3-pointers and matched a school freshman mark with 35 points as the No. 9 Blue Devils beat Florida State 76-67 on Saturday. McCain […]

UNC rides press to win over FSU in ACC opener

December 2, 2023 Shawn Krest

CHAPEL HILL — Early in the second half of their ACC opener, the Florida State Seminoles appeared to be pulling away from UNC. After hitting 7 of 14 3-pointers in the first half to build […]

Wolfpack easily handle Florida State in low-stress affair

February 2, 2023 Ryan Henkel

RALEIGH — Wednesday night at PNC Arena saw perhaps the easiest win that the NC State Wolfpack have had — and will have — in conference play this season. The Wolfpack (18-5-0, 8-4 ACC) barreled […]

Next man up: The ACC is hoping its younger coaches can keep the conference on top

November 3, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The ACC built its reputation as the nation’s preeminent college basketball conference on the foundation of talented and charismatic coaches such as NC State’s Everett Case, North Carolina’s Frank McGuire, Duke’s Vic Bubas and Bones […]

UNC basketball updates iPhone to ‘a newer version’ of Roy Williams

October 12, 2021 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — A lot has been said and written about the transition from Hall of Famer Roy Williams to rookie head coach Hubert Davis at North Carolina. But junior center Armando Bacot may have provided […]

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 […]

UNCG hopes lessons learned lead to upset

March 17, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Wes Miller will never forget his first trip to the NCAA Tournament as a college basketball coach. Not necessarily in a good way. His underdog UNC Greensboro team was on the verge of an iconic […]