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NC Central, A&T renew rivalry as nonconference foes
A rivalry is still a rivalry no matter when the game is played. So even though the showdown between NC A&T and NC Central has been moved from its traditional spot at the end of […]
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NC A&T officially becomes Big South Conference member
CHARLOTTE — July 1 officially begins the 2021-22 academic year and also marks the first official day of Big South Conference membership for NC A&T, increasing the conference to 12 full member institutions. The Aggies […]
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NCCU baseball tries to make most of final season
DURHAM — NC Central baseball coach Jim Koerner didn’t think twice when he was called into athletic director Ingrid Wicker McCree’s office on Feb. 11, eight days before his team’s season-opening game against Army. “I […]
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Positive COVID test ends A&T hopes for NCAA Tournament bid
Duke isn’t the only college basketball team from North Carolina whose season ended Thursday because of a positive COVID-19 test. Only a few hours after it was announced that the Blue Devils have withdrawn from […]
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NCAA Tournament watch: Which NC teams will dance?
While the ACC Tournament gets most of the publicity in this state, the big event in Greensboro is just one of several conference tournaments involving North Carolina teams hoping for a bid in the NCAA […]
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NC A&T out after MEAC decides not to play spring football season
NC A&T’s association with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in football has come to an end with a whimper not a bang Thursday when the league announced that it has canceled plans to stage a 2021 […]
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NC Central opts out of spring football season
NC Central announced Thursday that its football team will opt out of the spring season scheduled to begin next month. The Eagles were scheduled to begin its coronavirus-delayed season on Saturday, Feb. 20 at South […]
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MEAC the latest conference to pull plug on 2020 fall season
NC A&T and NC Central have played football against one another every year since 1924. But the rivalry game known as the Aggie-Eagle Classic won’t happen this year. That’s becaues it and all other fall […]
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March Madness not limited to ACC: North Carolina’s other tourney teams
North Carolina has 14 Division I teams that aren’t part of the ACC Tournament, and six of them are still in the running for an automatic bid in their respective conference tournaments. Here’s a roundup […]
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A&T leaving MEAC roots to join Big South Conference
GREENSBORO — North Carolina A&T is moving out of the conference of historically black colleges that it formed nearly 50 years ago to the Big South Conference, school officials announced Friday. The school’s 13 trustees […]