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August 10, 2022

NCAA tournament

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Deacons face nervous wait for Selection Sunday

March 10, 2022 Brett Friedlander

NEW YORK – Steve Forbes is a basketball coach not a bracketologist, so he doesn’t plan on spending the next few days trying to handicap Wake Forest’s chances of getting into the NCAA Tournament. That […]

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Deacons ride hot start to rout of Louisville

February 26, 2022 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — The Wake Forest basketball team probably wasn’t playing for its NCAA Tournament life on Saturday. But you never would have known it the way the Deacons came out against Louisville. Coach Steve Forbes’ […]

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NC State women to play home-and-home series with UConn

June 28, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Coach Wes Moore’s effort to catapult NC State into the elite of women’s college basketball took another step forward Monday with the announcement that the Wolfpack has signed on to play a home-and-home series against […]

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Six state schools earn NCAA baseball tournament bids

May 31, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Six state schools, led by regular season American Athletic Conference champion East Carolina and newly crowned ACC tournament winner Duke, are among the 64 teams selected to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament on Monday. […]

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Baylor wins title with beatdown of Gonzaga

April 6, 2021 The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Fresh-as-can-be Baylor obliterated wobbly-legged Gonzaga’s march to perfection Monday night in an 86-70 runaway that brought this once-downtrodden program’s first national title back home to Waco, Texas. Jared Butler scored 22 points and […]

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Baylor’s dominance, Gonzaga’s miracle set up title game

April 3, 2021 The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Baylor seemed to lose some of its defensive mojo during a three-week COVID-19 pause. The rotations, not as sharp. The closeouts, not quite as close. The Bears have their groove back and it […]

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March Sadness leads to uncertainty for NC teams

March 24, 2021 Shawn Krest

The phrase “one-and-done” usually refers to the NBA Draft in the state of North Carolina, not NCAA Tournament runs. This year, however, the state’s representatives didn’t make it past their first 40 minutes in Indiana […]

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This year’s Sweet 16 features new names

March 24, 2021 The Associated Press

By at least one measure, this is the most chaotic Sweet 16 field to date. The seed numbers of the 16 remaining teams add up to 94, the highest total since the NCAA Tournament expanded […]

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Wolfpack women address disparity in NCAA Tournament facilities

March 20, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Members of the NC State women’s basketball team are focused on Sunday’s opening round NCAA Tournament matchup against NC A&T. But that doesn’t mean they’re blind to the controversy swirling around their sport, a situation […]

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Wisconsin ends UNC’s season in NCAA blowout

March 19, 2021 Shawn Krest

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — North Carolina’s season came to an end when the Tar Heels suffered an 85-62 loss to No. 9 seed Wisconsin at Purdue’s Mackey Arena on Friday night. The Tar Heels never […]

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