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KJ Keatts enjoying ride with Dad
With 15.7 seconds left in the ACC Championship Game, and NC State preparing to celebrate its first title in 37 years, coach Kevin Keatts turned to his bench and called his son’s name. KJ Keatts […]
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Which Duke shows up in Sweet 16?
Duke basketball in recent weeks has been like spring weather in North Carolina. If you don’t like what you see, just wait a little while. During the second half of the ACC schedule through the […]
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NC State muscles into Sweet 16
PITTSBURGH (AP) — DJ Burns Jr. scored 24 points, including a go-ahead putback that ignited a 9-0 run in overtime, and 11th-seeded North Carolina State beat 14th-seeded Oakland 79-73 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament […]
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Duke gets past Vermont
NEW YORK (AP) — For Duke to advance deep into this NCAA Tournament, the Blue Devils will need more from Kyle Filipowski. Jared McCain and Mark Mitchell each had 15 points, and No. 4 seed […]
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NC State stays hot in NCAAs
PITTSBURGH (AP) — North Carolina State is getting a little tired of being asked if it’s tired. The way the Wolfpack are playing, it’s hard to blame them. Ben Middlebrooks scored a career-high 21 points […]
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Withers steps up for UNC in win
Coming into the NCAA Tournament, UNC needed to have someone step up to take the pressure off their two stars. RJ Davis and Armando Bacot had turned the Tar Heels into a two-man team by […]
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HILL: The essential American-ness of March Madness
There is something so quintessentially American going on during March Madness that we need to keep it in mind every day of the year and remember why we love it so. Strange behavior of male […]
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Duke conquers nerves, cruises in NCAA opener
ORLANDO, Fla. — Everything went right for Duke in an NCAA Tournament-opening 74-51 win over Oral Roberts on Thursday, with one exception. Kyle Filipowski, Duke’s leading scorer, ACC Rookie of the Year and MVP of […]
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Tar Heels come up short in title game as Kansas cuts nets
NEW ORLEANS — It turned out North Carolina had a little left in the tank after all. After beating Duke on Saturday in a knock-down, drag-out national semifinal, the Tar Heels couldn’t possibly have had […]
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The very big stage: UNC trying to get accustomed to Final Four
NEW ORLEANS — It’s Duke-Carolina. It’s the Final Four. College basketball has never seen such a spectacle. Hubert Davis is more concerned that his Tar Heels notice how big everything is, however. “I am so […]