ORLANDO, Fla. — Jon Scheyer has had a successful first year, replacing his mentor and former college coach at Duke. Now, he gets to try to keep it going by beating someone who could have […]
Jim Boeheim enrolled at Syracuse in 1962. Played there until 1966. Started coaching there in 1969. Took over the program as head coach in 1976. Put simply, he was Syracuse basketball. Until now. The Basketball […]
GREENSBORO — As the ACC regular season wound down, it appeared we might see a first in the upcoming conference tournament: All four North Carolina teams were on pace to play back-to-back-to-back-to-back in Wednesday’s second […]
The last time Duke and North Carolina played, it was the top story in sports for an entire week. The rivalry traveled to its largest stage ever, meeting in New Orleans on April 2 in […]
UNC and Duke had played 257 times. They’d played with ACC championships on the line. They’d played when the teams were the top two in the nation. More than mere bragging rights, seasons were on […]
DURHAM — Scenes from a debut, part 1: With Duke nursing a 13-point lead against a surprisingly game Jacksonville team, the Blue Devils get the ball in the final minute of the first half and […]
The 2022-23 college basketball season got underway Monday, but it’s never too early to do a hot seat check on the sidelines across North Carolina. While much of the talk this season will be about […]
DURHAM — Jeremy Roach scored 16 first-half points to help seventh-ranked Duke open Jon Scheyer’s coaching tenure with a 71-44 win over Jacksonville on Monday night. Freshman Mark Mitchell had a team-high 18 points for […]
DURHAM — For more than a decade, Duke has been known for offseason roster turmoil. As the Blue Devils embraced the one-and-done era in college basketball, the team had to rebuild, seemingly from scratch, each […]
UNC surprised just about everyone last year when a talented team led by first-year coach Hubert Davis parlayed a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament into a run to the national title game. The […]
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