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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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UConn March Madness steamroller could be start of a new era
HOUSTON — There was a short list of believers in the potential of a rebuilt UConn roster before the season started. It was made up mostly of the UConn players and coaches themselves. The team […]
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Final Four newcomers: Grab your name tag at the door
Everyone’s heard of UConn. All these other guys? They’ll need name tags at the Final Four. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and […]
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Unbeaten Gamecocks, Iowa’s Caitlyn Clark star in women’s Final Four
SEATTLE — An undefeated South Carolina team led by star Aliyah Boston and guided by vaunted Dawn Staley, an Iowa squad that features high-scoring Caitlin Clark, and the return of LSU and flashy coach Kim […]
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Early exits for men’s teams in NCAAs
Tobacco Road took an early exit on the road to the Final Four this season. For just the third time since 1980, North Carolina will not have a team in the Sweet 16 of the […]
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Women’s teams have short March after being shut out of Sweet 16
North Carolina’s stay in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was a short one. The state sent five teams to March Madness, tying the most ever from North Carolina. However, for the first time since the […]
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UNC women bounced by late Ohio State game-winner
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jacy Sheldon made a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 3 Ohio State to a 71-69 win over No. 6 seed UNC on Monday and help […]
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Princeton’s late 3 sinks NC State women
SALT LAKE CITY — Grace Stone scored 22 points, including her fifth 3-pointer of the game with 4.7 seconds remaining, to lift 10th-seeded Princeton to a thrilling 64-63 win over NC State in the first […]
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Gardner-Webb women blitzed by Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Alissa Pili tallied 33 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to power second-seeded Utah past 15th-seeded Gardner-Webb 103-77 Friday night in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jenna Johnson […]