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UNC gets another date with Duke
UNC entered the week knowing it needed another shot at Duke in order to get a spot in the NCAA field. Nothing else would get the Tar Heels off the bubble. Mission accomplished. UNC won […]
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NC State keeps ACC Tournament hopes alive with big win over Wake
The NC State Wolfpack had one of their best offensive games of the season as they defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 85-73 Saturday afternoon at Lenovo Center. Freshman guard Paul McNeil led the way […]
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Home sweet home
On Saturday, Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with just over a second left to lead visiting Stanford to a one-point win at UNC. Later in the day and a short drive on I-40 […]
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Can Wake Forest snap NCAA drought?
WINSTON-SALEM — Fifth-year coach Steve Forbes and his Wake Forest men’s basketball team entered the 2024-25 campaign with the full expectation of achieving their fourth-straight winning season together. Barring a late-season collapse, that goal is […]
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Coach hot seat report for NC CBB
Five years. That’s how long you get. Obviously, each situation is different, but when a college basketball team hires a new coach, the clock starts ticking. In general, the new guy gets five years to […]
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Wake Forest basketball hopes to take leap forward
WINSTON-SALEM — Chasing its fourth-straight winning season while looking for its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2017, the Wake Forest men’s basketball team is aiming for a higher ceiling in the upcoming 2024-25 season. Fifth-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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Duke’s Kyle Filipowski hurt after Wake Forest fans storm court
WINSTON-SALEM — Kyle Filipowski remembered seeing the images of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark being accidentally knocked down by a fan storming the court after her team suffered an upset loss. Roughly a month […]
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College Basketball Roundup: McCain sets freshman 3-point mark in Duke’s win over Florida State
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jared McCain set a Duke freshman record with eight 3-pointers and matched a school freshman mark with 35 points as the No. 9 Blue Devils beat Florida State 76-67 on Saturday. McCain […]
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Wake Forest needs to take final step to make NCAA Tournament
Wake Forest has come so far, but there is one big step still left to take. In December, when the NCAA released its first set of NET ratings — the metric the selection committee uses […]