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UNC gets even with NC State in rematch
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina avenged a loss to NC State last month and prevented the Wolfpack from sweeping the Tar Heels in the regular season for the first time in 18 years with an […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Love, Bacot lead UNC over Wake Forest
CHAPEL HILL — Freshman Caleb Love had a season-high 20 points, Armando Bacot scored 14 of his 18 in the second half, and UNC beat Wake Forest 80-73 on Wednesday night. RJ Davis scored 13 […]
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March Madness without an NC team? It could happen
On Tuesday night, ACC fans were treated to an experience they haven’t seen in nearly five years. When Duke took the floor for its game at Pitt, the Blue Devils played their first game as […]
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College Basketball Roundup: UNC’s 3-game winning streak snapped at FSU
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — M.J. Walker scored 20 points, Raiquan Gray added a career-high 19 and Florida State beat North Carolina 82-75 on Saturday for the Seminoles’ 20th consecutive home conference victory. Walker, who made 4 […]
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Platek lifts Tar Heels past Miami
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Leaky Black scored 16 points, and Andrew Platek’s running jumper with three seconds to go carried North Carolina to a 67-65 win over Miami on Tuesday night. Off the inbounds following […]
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New year, new happy ending for UNC basketball
CHAPEL HILL — Leaky Black scored on a tough drive to the basket to give North Carolina a one-point lead on Notre Dame with 9.1 seconds remaining at Smith Center on Saturday. But there wasn’t […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Heels fall to 5-4 with loss at Georgia
ATLANTA — Jose Alvarado scored 20 points, making a pullup jumper with 45 seconds left and two clinching free throws at 12 seconds, and Georgia Tech defeated North Carolina 72-67 in a second-half comeback Wednesday […]
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NSJ 2020 Comeback of the Year: Duke, down 13 at UNC, hit two buzzer-beaters in win
The University of North Carolina had a seemingly impossible number of blown leads and heart-breaking losses in their 14‑19 season last year. None, however, were as soul-crushing as the first game against Duke. The Tar […]
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NSJ 2020 Play of the Year: Clemson’s Aamir Simms hits game-tying 3 in Chapel Hill
Tree Rollins never did it. Neither did Elden Campbell, Horace Grant, Dale Davis or Larry Nance. All told, Clemson had made 59 trips to Chapel Hill over its history to play men’s basketball. Not once […]
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NC State snaps skid against North Carolina
RALEIGH — The NC State Wolfpack beat the North Carolina Tar Heels at home for the first time since 2013, 79-76, on Tuesday at PNC Arena. State snapped a five-game losing streak to UNC […]