NCAA tournament

High Point’s first NCAA trip ends with loss to Purdue

March 20, 2025 A. Carter Bills for North State Journal

The 13-seed High Point University Panthers fell to the fourth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers, 75-63, in the first round of the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament on Thursday but not without a fight. An offensive rebound and put […]

Long road home for Mading

March 20, 2025 Shawn Krest

At each year’s Final Four, the building where the games will be played hangs a giant banner reading “The Road Ends Here.” The college basketball season, and especially March Madness, are often referred to as […]

Roach faces possible Duke reunion

March 20, 2025 Shawn Krest

Every year, the NCAA selection committee swears they don’t look at the storylines in potential second-round matchups when they map out the bracket. Consider former Duke guard Jeremy Roach unconvinced. “I kind of knew they […]

Triangle teams hope to host following women’s ACC Tournament

March 14, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

College basketball fans in the Triangle, maybe just the NC State and UNC faithful, have learned this season that if the men’s teams can’t get it done, the women’s teams will. Although Duke, the least […]

UNC wins first title in 12 years

December 19, 2024 Shawn Krest

The North Carolina Tar Heels have won more women’s soccer titles than all other college teams combined. This year’s NCAA championship, however, may have been the unlikeliest in the program’s storied history. UNC beat Wake […]

Changes coming for Duke, UNC

April 4, 2024 Shawn Krest

A few hundred yards from where NC State was busy cutting down the nets, Duke sat in stunned silence. They faced the end of their season, and, for many, the end of their tenure at […]

N.C. products head to Final Four

April 3, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

With NC State sending both a men’s and women’s team to the Final Four for the first time in school history, there will be plenty of North Carolina basketball fans cheering for some former local […]

Duke gets off the deck, into the 8

March 30, 2024 Shawn Krest

Dallas—Duke beat the top defensive team in the nation to advance to the brink of the Final Four. The Blue Devils battled back from an early deficit and beat top-seeded Houston, 54-51, to earn a […]

Alabama knocks off UNC 89-87

March 28, 2024 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grant Nelson converted a go-ahead three-point play with 38 seconds remaining. Alabama beat top-seeded North Carolina 89-87 to reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school […]

Which Duke shows up in Sweet 16?

March 28, 2024 Shawn Krest

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 […]