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Vets put Heels in ACC title game
After the clock ran down in UNC’s 72-65 win over Pitt in the ACC Semifinals, Tar Heels Armando Bacot and RJ Davis headed toward each other and hugged. “RJ has been our closer all year, […]
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Wake loses, waits for NCAA news
WASHINGTON–Now the wait begins. Wake Forest was eliminated from the ACC Tournament with an 81-69 quarterfinal loss to Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Demon Deacons were able to add one win—Wednesday’s victory over Notre Dame—to their […]
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Plenty at stake at ACC Tourney
The ACC Tournament returns to Washington, D.C. for the first time since 2016. North Carolina cut down the nets that year, on its way to the national championship game. The Tar Heels hope to get […]
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UNC-A tops G-W in Big South semis
HIGH POINT — Drew Pember scored 30 points, six in overtime, as UNC Asheville beat Gardner-Webb 83-72 on Saturday night in a Big South Conference Tournament semifinal. Pember wound up with a triple-double for the […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Hot-shooting Wake Forest routs Pitt
WINSTON-SALEM — Kevin Miller scored 18 points, Hunter Sallis added 17 and Wake Forest routed Pittsburgh 91-58 on Tuesday night, snapping the Panther’s five-game winning streak. Wake Forest (17-9, 9-6 ACC), which ended a two-game […]
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Poor free-throw shooting sinks Wolfpack against Pitt
RALEIGH — They’re called free throws, but there was nothing free about them Wednesday night as the NC State went dry from the charity stripe in a 67-64 loss to visiting Pitt. The Wolfpack (15-8, […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Pitt rallies to beat Wake Forest
PITTSBURGH — Carlton Carrington scored 24 points, Ishmael Leggett added 22 and Pittsburgh rallied to beat Wake Forest 77-72 on Wednesday night. Pitt trailed by as many as 12 points early in the second half […]
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Pitt out-toughs Duke at Cameron
DURHAM — Blake Hinson had just led his Pitt Panthers to an 80-76 upset of No. 7 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but his night wasn’t quite over yet. Hinson, who had set a school […]
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Loftis throws for 2 TDs as Duke beats Pitt
DURHAM — Too much has been trending in the right direction the past couple of seasons for Duke to let that fade away. The Blue Devils got it right to end the regular season as […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Bacot’s big game leads No. 19 UNC past Radford
CHAPEL HILL — Armando Bacot has turned in plenty of big games for UNC, but nothing quite like this in a season opener. Bacot scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the best opener […]