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N.C. products head to Final Four
With NC State sending both a men’s and women’s team to the Final Four for the first time in school history, there will be plenty of North Carolina basketball fans cheering for some former local […]
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College Basketball Preview: ECU starts over with new coach
East Carolina reached .500 for the first time since 2013-14, but it wasn’t enough. The school parted ways with Dooley, who went 44-67 in his second stint as head coach of the Pirates. In his […]
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College basketball roundup: App State reaches semis of Sun Belt Tournament
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Justin Forrest had a season-high 20 points as Appalachian State topped Georgia Southern 73-60 in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament on Saturday night. Donovan Gregory had 17 points and […]
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College basketball roundup: Williams’ 28 leads Duke over Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— With Syracuse’s big man out for the season, the Orange again were no match for No. 7 Duke. Mark Williams scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, Paolo Banchero had […]
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College basketball roundup: Coach K wins in last trip to Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A.J. Griffin incurred the ire of coach Mike Krzyzewski when he passed on an open 3-pointer late in the No. 7 Blue Devils’ tight game at Virginia. “What are you doing? Just […]
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College basketball roundup: Newton carries ECU to road win
TAMPA, Fla. — Tristen Newton recorded 14 points and 10 assists to lift East Carolina to a 65-57 win over South Florida on Thursday night. Vance Jackson had 16 points for East Carolina (13-12, 4-9 […]
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College basketball roundup: Banchero’s double-double leads Duke to win at BC
BOSTON — A big second half capped off a very busy week with a victory for No. 7 Duke. Paolo Banchero had 16 points and 14 rebounds as Duke pulled away midway into the second […]
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College basketball roundup: Early second-half Syracuse spurt dooms NC State at home
RALEIGH — Jesse Edwards and Cole Swider scored 19 points apiece and Syracuse scored the last six points of the game to top NC State 89-82 on Wednesday night. The Wolfpack pulled within 83-82 on […]
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College basketball roundup: UNCW finishes sweep of Northeastern, extends winning streak to 10
WILMINGTON — Three days after beating Northeastern on the road in a game rescheduled because of a COVID postponement, the UNC Wilmington basketball team returned home for a rematch against the Huskies. Second verse, same […]
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College basketball roundup: Butler’s block seals Florida State’s OT win over No. 6 Duke
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — RayQuan Evans made a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left in overtime, John Butler blocked Wendell Moore Jr.’s driving attempt in the lane with 2 seconds remaining, and Florida State […]